Well in my honest opinion some ppl aren't just in the phase they feel they need to ask for help, perhaps gazmix is able to kick the habit on his own, perhaps not, but he's in charge here, not you. And it's better I think to support ppl whatever decision they make than go nagging them and forcing a program on them which might've helped for you but might be very unhelpful for someone else. But as I said 1 day @ a time I was somewhat annoyed when I wrote that post so I came off as way too black & white, also you're right, you adviced some kind of program and not AA per se and you never called him (or me for that matter) a dry drunk. My apologies. I guess I have to work on Unconditional Others Acceptance, ha. :P
That being said: gazmix: it's a big step you're going to look into these self help groups, gather as much information as you can and take the useful parts out of the programs/tools/steps they offer, good luck.
