You know it's been grim when your upswing includes giant pockets of blood in the lining of your esophagus that could have popped at any time and killed you lol
That's what 25 years of working in the bar/restaurant industry and drinking like a fish will do to you. He's been sober a little over 2 years and just now is kinda on the upswing from when they basically told him he'd be dead in 6 months if he didn't stop. Fucked his insides all the way up.