Lost a friend today...
I just got home from the visitation at the funeral home of a friend of mine that past away of cancer. He was 81 yrs old and had been sober for 30 something years. I met Ramsey in the rooms of Alcoholic Anonymous when I first got sober.
So it goes to show that a alcoholic or addict doesn't have to die as the result of using. Ramsey had 30 something years to make amends to his family and friends, help others stay sober, and show people that one can sober up.... live... and die a sober man.