Laura is a single mother with 2 young children – Nathan is 5 and Colleen is 3 – she has a boyfriend, Julian, who is not the father of the children . . However, Julian states that even though he is not the biological father, he loves Nathan and Colleen as if they were his own. After 2 years of dating, Laura and Julian decide to get married, and after a year of marriage, Laura becomes pregnant with Julian and has another child named Lilly. Five months after Lilly's birth, Julian's younger brother dies in a fatal car accident and Julian becomes deeply depressed and seeks alcohol as a form of remedy for his sadness. As Julian has become increasingly depressed and dependent on alcohol, he is fired from his job, unable to fulfill his fatherly duties, and experiences mood swings of rage towards Laura. Over 4 months have passed since Julian was fired and he has only fallen into an even greater slump. Laura is desperately struggling to provide for not only Nathan, now 8, Colleen, now 6, Lilly, still a baby at 9 months, and now even Julian. Laura deeply understands the pain Julian feels following the death of his younger brothers, but she is unable to provide for the family alone. Laura is at a crossroads: whether or not she should leave Julian with her 3 children and live with his parents or stay with him. As Laura's friend, she should definitely leave Julian. Julian has become emotionally dependent on alcohol and abuses it. Julian showed distinctive signs of alcoholism, such as drinking large quantities of Corona and Bud Light beers, or harder alcoholic drinks like Jack Daniel's whiskey and Smirnoff vodka. Julian is known to drive ...... middle of paper ...... program to detox from alcohol; however, the rehabilitation facilities are far too expensive for the family. The most basic and least expensive inpatient rehab program can range from $2,000 to $7,00 in which patients live in a facility full-time while participating in a recovery program for 30 days. The program includes daily and nightly meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous, daily tasks, intake, assessment, and 24-hour monitoring (Brande). Laura does not want to break up the family; however, she gave Julian many chances to detox and sober up, but Julian relapses every time. Laura talked with Julian about his drinking habits and begged him to change his habits, but to no avail he can't stop. Unfortunately, Julian is too addicted to this toxic substance and cannot give it up for the sake of his family...