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Uncle Danny is in hospice now. Stage 4 cancer spread to his brain, least surprising news after he refused treatment a year ago. Man spent his entire life on cigs and alcohol. Age 13 to 78, while I don't judge as he has been through Vietnam and shit and who knows what that did to him....just crazy to watch the addiction in action still.

On his death bed, he didn't want to go home and be with family...he wanted to go home so he could smoke and drink.

He lost half a lung and they told him stop, and he went home with a cig in his mouth and chugged a beer.

A great, caring, soft hearted man who would do anything for anyone. The man was 70 years old teaching me construction as I rebuilt a house years ago and he fell through my roof, got up cussing at himself and smoked on his way back to his house while he was all cut up and bleeding.

Once healed he went right back to helping. Wouldn't even care about his own well being just wanted to help people....

Then his own family, his own kids, his sister, none of them went to his house for his last Christmas.

Such a sad, sad week.

Watching addiction, while not ending a life, certainly pushed it along quickly, and watching a great man be ignored by his family.

Sad sad shit.