Official Dad of the Internet on Nostr: My uncle sobered up but went from a professional to almost unemployable. He worked as ...

My uncle sobered up but went from a professional to almost unemployable.

He worked as a janitor for the latter half of his life and lived in a shitty rundown trailer that I think a friend cut him a discount on out of pity.

No one came to the funeral. One friend couldn't handle it. One was out of town. One was in jail.

That's all he had--three friends.

So my dad and I buried him after a service that no one came to.

But I still see it as a redemption story. He died sober and with his integrity intact.

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That was my FIL. He drank heavy all the way into his late 30's, then was able to completely kick it. But by then his liver was FUBAR'd and the doctors told him it was just a matter of time. His quality of life deteriorated pretty hard over time and he didn't even make it to his 60's. Severe liver cancer.