Originally Posted by
Hawkeye13 
The bottle hiding and blatant lying is a common pattern. Most likely he’s drinking quite a bit more and more often than you think as well.
Moderation is impossible for alcoholics to sustain, even if they have good intentions or really believe they can. It will keep progressing and he will cover and protect his drinking.
Hope your plan B is still in progress OLM. . .
What was my plan B again lol? I don't take offence to the lies while drinking anymore - so true, it's very common from everything I read. Also, I don't ask questions. I can see that he is really grieving that his friends can drink normally - he wants to be able to so badly. Anyways, hopefully the sponsor and counselor can get very real with him, if he's able to be honest with them.