Originally Posted by
happybeingme 
I see it like this. They may very well have thought they were supporting him by not treating him different. It was only a photo.
Do you two avoid stores, television and radio so you don't see images of alcohol?
Are you not engaging in social activities because of alcohol?
Well, it IS a little different when you have a family member sort of virtually waving it under your nose. Insensitive, to put it mildly, but lots of families seem to do that sort of thing.
No, nobody has to be protected from every view, smell, encounter with alcohol. It's everywhere. It's inconsiderate for family members to be in your face with it.
But, as I was saying, that's a boundary for the alcoholic to enforce for himself.