Gazza is an addict/alcoholic...
He has an addictive personality. He wants to be loved but he doesn't love himself. He no longer gets his buzz from football/fishing but from a bottle and painkillers.
It's a shame but only Gazza can help himself. In fact it may sound horrible but the best thing is for him to be left to his own devices. The more people help him out, i.e., giving him stuff/jobs out of sympathy the more they are enabling him. He needs to hit his own rock bottom, realise he has nobody to help him, nobody to give him a few quid, nowhere to live and then maybe he will have enough.
Then when he comes for help, help him with a re hab. Hopefully he will then see a treatment stint through. 2-6 weeks in a rehab is not enough. He needs at least 18 month.
Unfortunately some people just don't get it and end up dead. There is nothing you can do about it, i.e., Best.
Hopefully Gazza hits his bottom and has enough.
Of course the scum are not going to help embarrassing the man with pseudo sympathy. That will cause him to hurt more. When he asks someone to get him a drink they should say 'fuck off Paul, if you want to top yourself I ain't helping you. I happen to like you, and probably more than you like yourself.'
Shame on the cunts that enable him