I have made the decision to keep my recovery to myself at his time. I hope my friends wouldn't judge me if I told them, but I also worry about them "walking on eggshells" around me.
I am not ashamed, but as has been said, there are a lot of misperceptions out there. I was reading a novel the other day and there was a character in recovery (10 years) and I couldn't see any of us here in that character, and he was even the hero of the story.