Tell people to stop saying Charlie Sheen's family should help him.

via savage chickens dot com

I don't believe there is anything Charlie Sheen's family can do to help him. Legally. Am I wrong? People write online that if he is not on drugs then he must be in an acute manic episode. Others cry for his family, such as his father Martin Sheen to help him. At least get Charlie Sheen put away on a 72-hour hold.

I don't believe that is possible even if they wanted to. A person who does not want to be committed cannot be committed unless they are a demonstrable danger to self or others.

Charlie Sheen can lose his job.

Charlie Sheen can lose his kids.

Charlie Sheen can lose his money.

All of this without our control. I'm not sure this is for the best. But it is the state of the laws regarding mental illness in California as far as I know. He is free to spend his money on frivolities until it is gone. He is free to speak gibberish on national television.

His family's hearts must be breaking. Let us not compound their pain by blaming his problems on them.