Doctor,



I am married to an alcoholic that after 7 years of sobrity has started drinking again daily.  He drinks just about 24 hours a day, I cant believe how much he can drink and still function on a fairly normal scale, however, by the end of the day he usually passes out, however, sometimes it almost like he drinks his self sober so to speak.  I would suspect he drinks in excess of a case of beer a day most days, and then it seems like sometimes that isnt getting him the buzz he needs so he will top that off with a fifth of whiskey.  I have been down this road before with him however this time seems so different in that he hasnt any desire to stop it seems. He has been in detox and treatments and AA so he does know how to get help if he wants it, however, is there anything i can do to get him to "want to"?  At the present he is working daily and somehow controls it enough to do that, however, after 5 its really time to get into drinking for him and he starts the day with a drink and i suspect takes a few at lunch also.  He is a large man, 6'4 and 230. I do not drink at all myself and cant for the life of me understand the things that drive him to do this to himself.  I really worry alot about this, please advise as I do fuss at him all the time about his drinking.



























Thanks