Sorry to hear about this week's events.
We probably share a lot of opinions, and I'm a big fan of not drinking for myself and people who have had drinking problems in the past, big fan of keeping them there, the past.
Face to face support can be really helpful to help staying centered, something must be telling it sounds like good idea, no harm in finding out.
The biggest harm would be from any other part that would use not going as reason to knock one off of being centered.