Sylvie- the "I've only x in x time" logic is the same nonsense I hear about lying... Lately I get a lot of "I've lied a lot less than in the past" (as if that's noble) as well as "I've only drank 3 times since the bail order was put in place and it was a grand total of 8 beers combined".
He's so busy focussing on the specifics and trying to justify that he misses the point.
You are an A. You are not to be drinking PER COURT ORDER. Either you are honest or you are not- no in between.
When I say things like the above (or even if I don't but don't reward him for his "few" slips) I get told that I think in only black and white.
I tell him he's right. With honesty and sobriety there is only black and white in my mind. You are either sober or you aren't. You are either honest or you aren't.
My AH's middle name should be "terminal uniqueness"- he's got an exception to everything to explain why it's no big deal.