Originally Posted by
fml23 
It's the total mind f*** of the addiction. From my perspective AH IS being serious about recovery in a genuine way. I believe him when he says he woke up hungover and realized he's going to drink himself to death alone and it's not what he wants for himself or his family. It's not that I doubt him or want to down play that. Its just like isn't that another example of how an addict thinks they are the center of the universe?
YES! This exactly. This is why you need to take care of you. He won't, he never could. At least in the case of mine I know that even if he never drinks another drop, that will never change. It's been too many years, I think the center of his universe is fixed.