My XAH was for the most part a loner when it came to drinking too but I could tell this wasnt what he wanted at all. The kids and I got in the way of his good times that he longed for. And when we asked him to go to rehab....well then that turned out to be the beginning of the end..
He not only drank alone but the kids noticed before he left us in Jul 05 that it only took him 3 or 4 beers to become drunk...I didnt understand this until now.
And like alot of others have said we didnt go out at all and his drinking cost us the few friends that we did have...