e his helpmate and partner in life, the woman whose presence in his life would help make his life a proper fathers life, one he could happily bring his daughter home to at last. (Banks 219)Wade needs some type of intervention, which involves people like his family members, friends, and loved ones preparing themselves to have a dialogue with Wade who is involved in the destructive behavior of alcoholism. The important thing for them to know is that alcoholism is not a lifestyle choice. It is a disease, an actual impairment of the body's health that prevents the person from functioning normally and causes pain not only to the alcoholic, but also to family and friends. Alcoholism may have been one of the hardest things to deal with in Wades life, but without the support of his loved ones he was a flawed man with nothing....
