He did not take the advice. His luck ran out when he was arrested later for his drug use. He did it the hard way by doing jail time and losing his license to practice. He is now getting the help he needed through Florida Lawyers Assistance, and there is hope he may practice again. If we, as attorneys and judges, do not get help for the alcoholic attorney, the problem will not go away.
Alcoholism is a progressive disease that only gets worse if untreated.
I have lived this first hand by swearing off drinking only to drinkagain and going right back to where I left off the last time I drank. Many of us do not want to get involved. Not to get involved is to enable the alcoholic to continue in his disease. Help is available if you want it. It can be as simple as calling AA or the Florida Lawyers Assistance hotline.