It sounds like now is not really the right time in his life for "don't give up". It's time to get things stable again, and then if he still wants to give it an

It sounds like now is not really the right time in his life for "don't give up". It's time to get things stable again, and then if he still wants to give it another shot he should do that once the other parts of his life (and his finances) are settled down a bit.