Neither of us adhere to the 12-step philosophy (although my mom was an AA devotee). I bought him the book Rational Recovery by Jack Trimpey, which he has yet to read, and even attended a few SMART Recovery meetings in hopes of getting some ideas I could pass along to him. I tried to get him to come with me but he declined. He doesn't want to share his problems with a room full of strangers, which I can understand.

I think private sessions with an addiction counselor might be more up his alley, but he's not willing to do that either at this point. He was able to sober himself up for several weeks before he fell off the wagon. He believes he'll be able to do that again when he's ready (those last three words being the operative phrase here).

We're moving in three weeks. My hope, as I've mentioned before, is that the change of locale plus the presence and support of his family will help give him a new perspective on alcohol and depression treatment.