My friends son is out of the hospital however he's not ok. 

OMGOSH it is sooo hard not to say something and just listen.  She got a big reality shock when he came home to recover for a few days.  He's much more into the drinking than she knew because after all she could control if he was getting alcohol or not .. guess what .. that's not reality and she found that out the hard way.  He's back in the hospital because the drinking aggravated his situation again .. I think this is a good thing because maybe the hospital will force rehab at this point.  I had speculated on the drinking and self medicating at this point .. I think he's actually having ddt's and that's part of the hallucinations that he has going on at this point.  I do think that mentally he's not ok .. who can be while in active addiction. 

We had a long heart to heart about addiction and I tried to keep it to the facts about not being able to control the situation.  It really isn't an option for her to have him in the house because of her youngest.  She's already in a 12 step program as well as seeing a counselor so I did not mention alanon at this point just from the stand point of my own ESH she's having a similar situation to my XAH with her son and the same frustration about finding him help.  She's got some strong boundaries, to the parents of A's out there on the board I honestly can say it's a side of the fence I wish to avoid.   

Please continue the prayers .. I know that HP works major miracles I have seen them on a daily basis .. he is so young and done so much damage to his body at this point. 

Thanks, S :)