Thanks just, I think maybe we do have different ways of doing it over here, I do know he had litium the first time, but the doctor wouldn't give it to him without an assurance that someone else would monitor it (ended up being methat time as I was with him) but he got 7 days supply and had to follow a plan to taper off from it.
Daisy, I thought of asking the doctor, but as far as I know he's not getting this through his doctor, its from some other place he's been going to about his drinking, Social Services I think, and I'm not convinced by them as last time he'd been sober for two weeks and they advised him to drink again (it's true, I was there and heard it!) Even though he'd been sober he was told to drink 8 cans a day, then 7 etc and taper it off, he just switched the cans for his usual vodka and carried on. Also, I don't want feel like I'm going behind his back and snooping on him.