Pretty harsh.
On the other hand, I've concluded that some people are just plain destined to weed themselves out. My own father-in-law died of a massive heart attack brought on by decades of heavy drinking and smoking unfiltered cigarettes.

But he was an adult, so there really wasn't anything that anyone could do, other than watch him go to hell as he saw fit...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 23 Dec 2008, 13:34, 1 reply)

This is true
He was the type of person who couldn't function without being given any direction in life. When my mother in law died, he had no one to keep him in any kind of line. Took up with a gin-soaked chain-smoking old troll for a few months until even she got fed up with him.

An incident where he ended up with a fractured neck after a drunken fall kept him in hospital for four months and dried him out for a bit. First thing he did on being discharged was hit the pub. He was dead only a few months later.

I don't think he wanted to live to be honest, but took the slow option...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 23 Dec 2008, 13:50, closed)