Drinking in front of alcoholic?
A friend of mine is coming to dinner this weekend. He is in recovery and is an alcoholic. He has been sober approximately 3 weeks. He ended up in the hospital after having a particularly bad time and mixed his anxiety/depression medication with alcohol. He was in/out of it for 3 days....and after that decided he needed help, signed himself into an inpatient 5 day program, which was extended to 8 because he was looking for a program to go to. Today marked his 5th day in the daily program and his 6th day in the sober house.
THIS IS MY QUESTION......he is coming to dinner on Sunday and I asked another family member of mine to please not drink in front of him. She said I was being ridiculous - he's going to need to learn to be able to handle other people drinking.
I agree that eventually he will need to be able to handle himself in a situation like that, but not 3 weeks into it? Am I being unreasonable? I think she could refrain from drinking wine for the few hours he is going to be here. Her attitude is "get over it"....I don't think he should be in that kind of situation so early on in his sobriety.
Please let me know what you think. THANK YOU.