18. I'm an alcoholic - almost five years in recovery now
Your friend is lucky to have people looking out for him, but ultimately it is up to him to stop drinking or not.
Good for you for taking care of him and talking to him. Encourage him to go to AA meetings. Ask him to consider going into rehab.
My next piece of unsolicited advice? If he ignores all your advice and continues to drink himself into oblivious, stand back. Separate yourself emotionally and physically from what he is doing to himself.
He will not stop drinking until he makes a decision to stop drinking. For some people that day never comes. My father drank himself to death and I have a dear friend who is doing the same.
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