Zoe, your post really said it all. You are right. I am a threat. Here is how it would work if we were to stay together:
If AH and I stay together, then that would have to mean that not only has he quit drinking, but has embraced living a healthy, sober lifestlye. If that happens, he would have to, at least for quite awhile, stop putting himself around people who drink constantly, especially these people, which all his memories of them are when they are all getting blitzed. And I truly believe that if he can stop drinking and come to terms with a happy, sober life, he will really see what happiness abounds. And in turn, see that these people are not only NOT FUN, but that they are not his friends. So, yes, I guess succumbing to me would mean that there would be a great chance of them losing their drinking buddy. It just sucks right now b/c he can't see the forest for the trees.