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One thing to remember, and I learned this the hard way - is that addicts often turn on those how help them and blame them for their own lack of strength. You could "help" him because he is your friend and end up having him ticked off at you. It's irrational, but it happens.
I have a lot of sympathy for people with the disease of addiction, its victims are the addict and everyone around him. The people around him have to take care of themselves first. I learned this far too late.
Tell him he has to go back to rehab and then a recovery program. (rehab is useless without a follow-up recovery program) He can't stay with you. If he went on a bender in your house you are already in too deep in a problem too complex for a layman to handle. If he's a basically a good guy he'll eventually thank you for not enabling his addiction.
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