He was acting strange. Not his usual self. Just about always a sign that something's going on.
His supervisor calls and asks if he can pass a drug test.
"Hell no," he replies.
When the supervisor asks him to wait so he can help him, he declines. He says something about having things to do. Then he took his belongings and left.
The sad thing about this man's relapse is that when he left the last time he nearly died in a field. He's only alive because the homeless man he was shooting heroin with called 911 when he overdosed.
When he returned to TLC a while later he talked of his gratitude for being alive. About how he'd learned a lesson from the incident.
He spent months back in the program, going to groups and doing the right thing. He went to meetings. He seemed to be on the right path. And then he wasn’t.
We can only hope he survives.
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