How will he manage all this? How will we ever survive these next 11 months? This is all going to suck.
he'll either hike up his Big Boy Panties and deal with this OPPORTUNITY to get his life on track OR he'll be a punk about it, and end up doing his time in jail.
either way, YOU aren't the one going to rehab or jail.....so you get to keep living your life and your routine, and have a lot of time to really truly think this all thru. and hopefully get involved/stay involved in some support activities that will benefit YOU.
he should be humble and grateful for this chance. there are a lot of men in prison for lesser charges. and they were never given the option.