No worries, I was aware of how much it will take. And I absolutely agree that it will have to be dead honest, otherwise it would be rather futile.

I once started writing in 2014, when I was seeing an psychologist/alcohol counselor, who, ironically enough, had worked at that same rehab years before. She liked what I was writing, (I had made a start of 10 pages, and a structure), but also found it confronting to hear how it feels to the patients - even though she was well aware of the daily life there. She was disappointed when I told her it was all too raw to continue. She was also ready to assist if I ever picked it up again, with the only proviso that the book would never suggest moderation is a possibility for alcohol abusers (and I fully agree with that).

I have worked as a journalist in a previous lifetime, and as a writer on a comedy website, so I have some experience, but then again that was always about other people.

As for assistance... let me talk to my good buddy from Canada. It was his life long friend who died in December due to alcohol BTW. He is well connected and has experience editing books and producing audio books. Mind you, if someone else has other suggestions I'm perfectly OK with that, I don't want to impose, and I don't even know if he's interested, but I have a feeling he will be. He'll be visiting me second half of this month, so we'll have some time to talk about our little (ahem) project. I also trust him 100%.

Yes, anonymous is pretty much a given. And if we go forward, we might consider taking it to a less public place to do the actual work. Not because we have much to hide, but because it might be slightly more comfortable. Nothing against NT of course, I'm very grateful for the platform they kindly provide. But I already feel we might be pushing the limits of what is useful content for their site (or this thread).