Thumper says: It is possible (although not likely) that the divorce will be enough shock that his wife will rethink her behavior and become a loving mother to her son.

It reminds me of a story my sister, an alcoholic, now deceased, used to tell about her alcoholism. (She died with almost thirty years of sobriety).

When the Israeli hostages were taken at the Olympics, my sister was a non-com officer in the Marines. She was very upset by the hostage situation, and tried to find someone to go have a drink with her to 'drown their sorrows' about the whole thing. Well, no one would go. So instead she went to the bar by herself to commiserate with the bartender about how no one understood how serious the situation of the Israeli hostages at the Olympic village was.

There's always a reason to drink.

I just listened to a tape by a doctor who specializes in addiction as part of a program on domestic law. She emphasized again and again that the problem with an addicted parent is they are not present in anyway that a child can grasp or rely on.

I recently realized that under the adult adoption laws in my state anyone could adopt another adult for any reason. It seemed to me a good idea that people who oppose draconian immigration laws should be willing to adopt an adult from another country so that they could remain here. That is not fraud, that's just a way of accomplishing a goal.

Unfortunately I soon discovered that the folks with the resources to undertake such an action were unwilling to risk a fight over their wills after they died.

Ah well, I guess we'll just have to insist that our government pass a just and equitable immigration law.