Daniel Osbourne extends a lifeline to Peter Barlow on next week's Coronation Street after he recently hit the bottle again.
Peter Barlow returns from Scotland explaining he hasn’t touched a drop of alcohol. But at the hospital Peter, played by Chris Gascoyne, is told there’s no improvement in his liver function.
Peter has a shock when his half brother Daniel, played by Rob Mallard, steps in to say he'd be prepared to be his liver donor if he’s a match, and he's adamant he doesn't deserve the help.
Peter instructs his solicitor nephew Adam Barlow to draw up an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment declaration.
But his dad Ken begs Peter to consider Daniel’s offer and not to throw his life away.
Fearing he drove Peter to this because of his fling with his partner Carla Connor, Adam reveals to Carla that her man plans to refuse a transplant, and sadly Peter goes off the rails again.
At the Rovers, Carla catches Peter taking a swig from a bottle, and at her wit’s end, she pleads with him to reconsider.
Peter steals a bottle of whisky from the bar and knocks it back as Carla begs him to stop.
And Rovers Return landlady Jenny tells Peter he needs to find somewhere else to live as living in a pub clearly isn't helping.
Ken tells Peter he can move back in at 1 Coronation Street on the condition he stops drinking but Peter turns down his offer and heads out.
In the ginnel Peter slumps against a wall and knocks back whisky.
He's found unconscious by Steve McDonald.
Dr Susan Gaddas explains that he’s suffering from hypothermia and needs warmth and rest.
But Peter refuses, and to Ken’s horror, he heads out again.
