There is a saying around the rooms of recovery that some alcoholics never find help "in this lifetime." In other words, they never get to the point of reaching out for help and they continue drinking all the way to the grave, all the while denying they have a problem. For friends and family members, watching someone drink themselves to death is a lonely, frustrating and devastating experience, as D.J. describes in her painful tale of his mother's final days.

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