Originally Posted by cynical one

I too am confused, I must be missing something. Since your are offering him suggestions and taking him to meetings, then I assume you too are an addict...but you are in recovery? And, the suggestions you are going to offer him are what you did to get clean and stay clean? That's how recovery works, addicts reaching out to other addicts. And, I'm sure you too had times when you wanted to be done, but were just not ready. All you can do is share what worked for you, resources you used, and then the rest is on him and his timeline.