Originally Posted by AquaObsession

Oh no, I'm not being selfish. Nothing is more important than him being healthy and happy. I don't want him to drink anymore, after hearing that. I didn't know this story when I asked him to drink with me. I thought he enjoyed drinking, just not with me, and could not understand it. When he finally told this story to me, he in the same breath said he wanted to start drinking again, because of my request in the past. I immediately told him that from my perspective that's a terrible idea in light of his past, but he insists it's not like that. I'm here to see if it probably is like that, actually. Thank you for your reply. I think you mean it is like that--that he should stay away from it because of how it affected him before.