I've been telling a friend this kind of advice for probably 4 or 5 years.

He recently told me that he's been diagnosed with stage 2 lupus.

He has been drinking an energy drink basically every day that entire time.

He has been eating garbage food and hates drinking water.

And yes...he has kids...what's worse is that his own mother died when he was a kid and his life trajectory seems to be nothing better than a repeat of what his mother did to him.