*ahem* being an alcoholic myself and having experienced almost exactly what this guy is going through at almost exactly the same age, i can tell you that is bleak and not helpful.
sure, you can beg a drunk to stop drinking etc and get no response. however, what you CAN hope for is to catch them at a moment of clarity or a brief moment of sobriety. just long enough for them to dump their fucking bottle and goto the hospital.
it doesnt take long, and you cant control when it happens but it will eventually. if you havent experienced it you wouldnt fucking know what its like. that moment where you can finally fucking bring yourself to pour that shit out and call someone for help.
for me, i was so braindead i couldnt even use a fucking phonebook cuz i was struggling w/alphabetical order so i called the only number i could remember off my head (my mom) and had her find it for me.
its bs this page went for so long but hell, maybe at some point he checked it when he was not so drunk and decided to help himself.