Originally Posted by Gottalife

If he is in AA, and is "grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty", and then accepts a chip for 11 years continuous sobriety, well, I don't see how that will work. Where is the rigorous honesty?

If he believes in his own mind that he didn't relapse, it is not much of a hop to believeing he is not alcoholic. Whatever he chooses to believe will not change the truth. It may not affect anyone else, but such a deception (by ommision) would be impossible for me to live with. It sounds more like denial than any rational point of view. Time will tell.