well his plan of attack is hypnotherapy, it helped him quit smoking cold turkey succesfully, he is apparently allowed to drink in moderation, one or two drinks which he had last night and tonight, i'm sceptical, i was to begin with, I wont be trusting him for a long time, he came home a few days ago and mum has just grabbed on to this hypnotherapy because i think she needs to believe it will work, she needs it to be so, I just dont think u can go from drinking that much, for so long, for those reasons, to being able to drink in moderation, i believe the issues will still be there and just like before just like with blue wombat, after some time, he will drink like he did before. What do you think, does he need rehab and AA to stop? all i can do to protect myself at the moment is not to restore my faith as quickly as my mother, I don't trust him and I wont let him close to me. I'm just keeping my distance.