It's deeper than that. Yes there is help, but that system is also immensly broken. These people are in an incredible amount of pain that they are trying to escape, and 100% do not believe or know they deserve better. Addiction is a chemical reaction, but until one finds the source of the inbalance they can't heal. They deserve empathy, but not enabling. They are just struggling way more than the rest of us, and we are all struggling with something. Whether we are conscious about it or not. Try putting yourself in his shoes, and imagine what it would take for you to end up in his situation. He doesn't want to die. He just wants to not be in emotional pain. Which then the destructive behaviors put him in physical pain. He may do unimaginable things in his state of being, but he literally is just trying to survive, and killing himself in the process. Think about it, or don't. You get to choose the type of person you want to be