Originally Posted by
Slats
I have no doubt it is a disease however, if someone had been killed or an accident happened, I'm sure we'd all be singing a different tune. What if it were one of our loved ones boarded on that flight? How would you feel then?
It's always a disease when we get caught... Many airlines have substance abuse policies. Maybe he should've taken advantage of it.
The point I'm trying to make is that many of these folks don't REALIZE it's a disease, an addiction, until something like this happens. And I'd be making the same exact point had it resulted in an accident. The simple fact of the matter is that most alcoholics are convinced they're NOT alcoholics. That is all part of the disease - it makes you deny, deny, deny until a) it catches up to you or b) through some kind of intervention, you catch it first.
I've talked to more than a few recovering alcoholics. They almost all have had the same exact situations/circumstances.