However underneath that, the core truths remain. Imagine a drug-addicted relative that constantly laments his plight in life and makes excuse after excuse for doing nothing about it despite your repeated attempts to help; it just gets old and at some point you have a right to tell that person exactly how you feel.
I agree. And for those of us who know a thing or two about alcoholics, one might fairly add " . . . and to decide to no longer enable their destructive behavior."
