Give him props for trying to keep his life straight. ?

Most people stay at jobs they hate. Why do you think they need to pay us?

I hope you told him this. Might convince him to stay, if he wants to leave eventually.

Sad to hear that, OP. Still, good on him for making the effort to stay clean.

Give him a raise or make his job better.

Very few people will actually ever have a job that they truly enjoy. Your employee is dedicated, for whatever reason, cant ask for more then that.

So? I don't like my job either. I only work there for the paycheck and the insurance.

I think that is commendable that he is making such an effort to stay clean. I don't think you should be disappointed in him but it is disappointing to hear he doesn't enjoy his work. still he's your favourite employee for a reason.

Maybe find out what you can do to help him enjoy the job? That way, he can stay clean and also find himself growing in other ways, all through the circumstances you create for him.

That strategy would work better if he cared about getting fired, but if he doesn't like the job anyway...