Besides, he doesn't have it together enough to walk the walk under the same roof. Also, he has only been dry for a couple of months.
In general, a LBS should never leave. But he's on the cusp of it. To backtrack now could be the equivalent of a death blow in his sitch....
Find me someone on this site that wasn't all over the road when they got here. Jab has been flogged enough over his problems. He just didn't know enough to not make claims under emotional distress. I put no stock in coulda, shoulda, woulda.