Originally Posted by
Summerpeach 
Round, that's what I was trying to get at. He doesn't seem like an "addict"
But there is always that knee-jerk reaction to "you're a codie, leave him, he'd a drunk, it's progessive and will get worse". That is such BS!
Not everyone who drinks is an addict.
This guy sounds like a great guy (from what I read in this post, I've not read in details the OP's other posts)
Great people can still be alcoholics.
XABF fit the OP's list to a T, and there's no question he's an alcoholic. He's a functional, responsible alcoholic, but still, an alcoholic.
I have no idea how bad it will get though, because I won't be around to watch it.