I’ve been watching someone close to me spiral into the black hole of alcoholism. At some point I went down to the local liquor store and asked them not to sell my loved one liquor. How stupid was that? An alcoholic will always find booze. Always. You can’t stop them. You can only make sure they face the consequences of their actions. And sometimes you can’t even do that. At the same time, it’s tempting to wish you could eliminate all liquor production, liquor stores and bars. America tried prohibition. It didn’t do anything to stem alcoholism. How could it? In the same way, a criminal will always be able to get a gun. Always. You can’t stop them. You can only make sure that they face the consequences of their actions. And sometimes you can’t even do that.