I wish I could say things were improving in our area - but the opposite is true. But despite that he is a person now, a face, a character, somebody not a pile of notes - that's harder to treat in what my doctor described as an inhumane and intolerable way.
For now it's another proffessional he's real to and that's been the best thing we've had since the start of all this. Not to mention one who has told him to get her help sooner rather than later!
Edit - Just to add we talked about it tonight and flippin' ada does D see it differently these days, he's so glad to have the number but determined that if he ever does need it it won't be because he's drank. In his perception and mind set this is for life - because it is life and he's valuing that like never before.