Have you tried to nip this in the bud at all?

Yep. I know the 5W's to every problem I have. The solution is getting out of SF and forgetting I ever lived here. I've been walking around in circles for too long, the city is just a blur of triggering bad memories.

Move to Palm Desert and just hang out with Brant Bjork and smoke blunts all day.

There is going to come a time when you realize that you are the only one keeping you down and working towards fixing that is the only way to make progress.

Move to Utah.

I'm sure he would love the Great Mormon Kingdom.

Utah is pretty great for Homeless people though. They curbed their homelessness rates so much by giving them foreclosed homes and having them follow up with a counselor.

I can totally see WD becoming some kind of born again whatever at some point in his later life.

One of those dudes who goes on an internet forum to tell everyone how great it is that he's so happy now and that we should all consider the good news? And then when he gets told to **** off he doesn't turn the other cheek and the situation devolves into an epic ****storm until he is eventually banned?

Exactly.