Absolutely....
As an alcoholic in my 20th year, I can verify that that's an active alcoholic.
These are some of the characteristics of us alcoholics: grandiosity, enormous ego and low self esteem, self-will, refuse to take responsibility, never take responsibility.
It takes one to know one....
Nothing you can do or say will affect his alcoholism in any way. The active alcoholic will take you down with him. You are powerless over his alcoholism and can only take care of yourself.