He's fooling himself but he's not fooling you. You know what is going to happen. Double digging now if he's buying pills. All I can tell you from my experience with my AH is that he can not have one drop of alcohol hit his tongue. It doesn't matter if it's beer, wine or vodka. It's alcohol.
And, when you say it brings you back to point 1 a.k.a. HELL. Yeah it does. I listen to AH talk. When he told the Dr last week, Doc, when I started drinking again, it was like I was back at the worst point in my life when I knew I had to quit. There was no in between, no enjoying the buzz... it was not good n here I am, 5 years later having all these issues. I can't drink.
I just sit there n listen. He's speaking the truth.