Because if his alcoholism, Ben has accepted the thought that he will never find love. Instead he seeks short term shallow relationships, just like his neighbor.
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Ben meets new women all the time, he can't and won't, keep any of them. Either they don't want him as soon as they find out he's an alcoholic, or he leaves them before they find out and get the chance to shame him for it. After years and years, it seems as there are no women left to meet. Feeling a bit desperate, he knocks his neighbor's door.
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