Crossing the Rubicon

‪A year in rehab and now he finds himself in lockdown with an alcoholic flatmate. Bottles of half empty booze on table and floor. No books. No TV. No friendly girlfriend to talk to or watch cross the apartment threshold. Just liquor and a selfish drunk in the adjacent room.‬ Laughing at any complaint. Deriding any objections. The flatmate did his own thing. Refused, point blank, to tidy his mess in the kitchen. Left bristles in the bathroom basin when he shaved…