Scuttle,
Your response was beautiful. Thank you. I have a ton of compassion, empathy, etc. And I only hope the best for him at this point. I am still going through the grief process but the way you described the addiction part made so much sense to me and I believe you are spot on, “Untreated mental aspect of addiction” I have heard some more clinical terms of that same thing but the way you described that was something I could understand and comprehend. Thank you for your perspective as well as all of the others. I really thank you for taking time to respond to this. Wishing you the best in your recovery and congratulations! 🙂