Yes I do live in Fl and I'm in a similar line of work that you were. My point was that the only way to "force" someone to get treated is through either the baker or marchman acts, not inferring that either is effective at all.
Yes addiction/alcoholism is a sign of underlying issues and I hope that Gordon chooses to seek out help, however as you know- loss of money, family, fame or material things rarely has an effect on an addict. I have a gross amount of experience with this both personally and professionally.
I truly believe if someone isn't letting you help them up then you help them down, accelerate their journey to the bottom. Cut Gordon, tell him what he needs to do to get his life back in order and let him prove he can do it on his own. There is a network of former players that understand this, that are trying to help players like Gordon, he won't be abandoned as long as he's doing SOMETHING to help himself. I know 4 current or former NFL players personally that are reaching out to players like Gordon but players like Gordon need to do ALL the work, not just some but ALL.