Why is his going to rehab a secret? That you can't talk about? If he was going in for brain surgery, or heart surgery it wouldn't be a secret. If it's a disease, if it often stems from self medicating, and if alcoholics are only as "sick as their secrets"...? With me, I've been trying to shine the light on my own secrets,too. And to feel and honor my feelings. Not to fight them or squash them or try to intellectualize them away...when I try and bottle them up I end up feeling extra depressed and finding the ice cream and chocolate too inviting!
