Not much to add here except that yes, from my experience, alcoholism gets worse, not better, unless the alcoholic really commits to an intensive program of recovery. My ex-husband got worse slowly for a long time, and then "slowly" became "quickly" and then "very quickly". He had moments of shame for what he was doing, and he "tried" rehab and AA, but always goes back to drinking (and it sounds like your husband isn't even doing it secretly, if he's putting his beer in the fridge!).