Sorry to hear about your friend, broh. Alcoholism is a pretty insideous thing, and it takes away too many people who really are good people, they just have a bad problem. I just watched a bio about Mickey Mantle yesterday, and he suffered with alcohol related problems his whole life, even thought he was one of the greatest base ball players of all time. So, it just goes to show how far reaching it is.
Stay strong, Big Dadddy.