YEah, it's not looking good, but let's try to be supportive, shall we?
Somebody out there is reading this, and somebody out there will be able to help Scott get the help he needs.
No reason to make excuses, yeah he might not have been able to hear himself, but he's clearly medicated, clearly moving a lot slower than he should be.
I give it a few more shows like this before the tour gets cancelled so Scott can have more time off to grieve, and get well. He's a sensitive dude who just lost one of his best friends, and less than a month isn't enough time to bounce back from that.
I'm not sure what makes balloon head think that retiring will keep Scott from imbibing. If anything, more down time = more time to get loaded.