Verbena, I actually do have Beyond the Influence on the recommendation of my councilor. I haven't gotten very far yet. I just got it back from my Dad actually, he had agreed to read it months ago and I bought it for him, but he never touched it. I asked him if I could borrow it to read myself.
TheEnd, I don't know if we have something like that where I live (Canada), but I'll look into it. He had agreed once to think about going into a detox, but said no when I followed up. I've been meaning to ask again. Maybe I'm too pessimistic but I haven't figured there would be much chance at success for this since he spent a full 3 months in the hospital and so had completely gone through detox (which was one of his complications). But, I guess that doesn't mean it couldn't work next time.
Thanks again all.