Him taking the steps IMHO is a huge positive.
I'm about the same place as your bloke and it's a miraculous process.
I guess the question of myself is "how would I react?"
I think very similar to your bloke... Something a long the lines of
"I'm desperate not to lose my sobriety, but no man is an island... Aggggghhhhh"
May I suggest just slowing it all right right down.... Don't go off the deep end with it.
Get to know each other really really well.
The underlying problem in most new relationships that involves a newly recovered Alcoholic is that it goes off like a sky rocket and then skyrockets go boom.
That is possibly what he and his AA buddies are worried about.
Most of the people I have met in AA have been in or seen a skyrocket relationship.
Then again I've seen some very well managed and maintained relationships blossom into something special and quite spectacular.
All the best to you and your man whichever way you decide to go with it
