Kza...... I'm a lucky alcoholic! Lucky to be one...... (but that's another discussion).
Aqua - sounds to me like you're tempting fate. I can't possibly say or know if he's an alcoholic or not but it sounds like he's doing pretty well now so why encourage him to mess with the fire, yanno?
If he were my friend, I'd probably encourage him to keep on doing what he's doing and that the way to deal with those old feelings of guild and shame that center around drinking is to deal with the guilt and shame in a sober state.......not to try to power through them by drinking through them.
