Originally Posted by
littlefish 
If he is in any kind of program, he would be advised to NOT make a major decision like buying a house in his first year of sobriety. He is 25 days. He has a long way to go.
Asking you to retrieve things for him is the total opposite of anything he would learn in a program like AA, which encourages the alcoholic to become less egotistical and learn to think of others.
Is he in any kind of recovery program?
Nope, he's not seeking advice from ANYONE including his Dr.
Not going to AA or anything even related to it.
He's told a few family members and close friends, that's all.
Doing it on his own, which I think is going to be very hard for him.