I am ever grateful to those who do the R&D for me regarding being cured. I just got back from a cup of coffee with a man who got sober in 1947. I asked him, "Dick, do you even remember what whiskey tasted like?" He looked at me and said, "just like it was yesterday!" and he went on to remind me why after all these years he still works the program and I see him in as many meetings as I do. His comment was, "I am 61 years away from my last drink, but just as close to my next one as the fellow who walked into the rooms for his very first time today!"
Best wishes to your friend Taz, and keep coming back no matter what.
Jon