Hi Gerry, if only he would do AA but he won't. For the reasons you cited, AA now is combined with drugs as well as alcohol and with his DDO job he is widely known & instantly recognisable. Not sure if you recall when he went to rehab he went ultra shabby disheveled in hope so as to not be recognised. Did manage to keep at it relatively successfully, but he on the other hand recognised many. AA is supposed to be confidential, and it is to a great degree. Our city while large is remarkably small in terms of who knows who. The issue isn't people knowing who he is, it's what he does for a living. The dogs have been targeted previously with life threatening injuries sustained. So he chooses not to do AA. He's tried it a few times, each time he's been recognised, that combined with the religious aspect has turned him away. The rehab he went to previously has Tuesday evening sessions for men only, I'm trying to encourage him to attend but I have to accept with a 4am start to each morning a 10pm finish is extremely difficult. I'm hopeful to find somewhere that offers late afternoon sessions he can attend on his RDO's.