The Last Push
As many of us know, you can’t help someone who doesn’t want to help themselves. However, sometimes people just need one last push to inspire them to make a change. This storyteller was friends with a super smart guy in college, but he was a mess. The friend had a serious drinking problem, and our storyteller was seeing this friend’s life fall apart before his eyes.
He felt he had to try and do something, so he sat this friend down and had a serious one-on-one with him. He told his friend to check out Alcoholics Anonymous and get his life together because he didn’t like what he saw. The two eventually lost touch after college, but our storyteller recently reconnected with him. This friend has been five years sober, mainly thanks to that serious talk and final push.