You know, I have no idea. He had been in rehab four times by the time I left NY for good and never looked back. He was never coming back, that much was certain. Last I had heard he had found out he had contracted Hepatitis C (probably from his time in California) and his liver was crapping out. At 28, the doctor had told him he had the liver of a 50 year old man.
Whoa...not good! There comes a point where you have to do exactly that - leave and never look back. Otherwise, you get sucked into the vortex yourself. been there, done that.