guyinNC,
That's probably the best advice, albeit the hardest to hear, I've had so far. The problem is, going out is his life. During the week he goes out on his own to "play poker" at clubs. The poker is for fun, with no real money on the table, but i know he really goes there to be amongst the drink. I noticed a symtom of alcoholism is spending time with "lower peers" simply for drinking. We're all close, but we only see each other on the weekends, and that usually involves going out to a pub. He definately will be hurt if we tell him we can't see him like this anymore, and I'm not sure if I can go through with it. I'm not even sure if it's my business to interfere. The thing that makes me angry is that his parents MUST see all this, yet they do nothing! Even with their younger 17 year old son in rehab!