To the average person, there is no moderation, there is no naltrexone option, it is either quit or drink yourself to death.
but when my friend asked me to quit drinking with him, I said no, that I could moderate. I said this because telling someone that is drunk about a pill that cures alcoholism seems far fetched. I have been taking the naltrexone for over 6 weeks and not going to just quit and relapse because this guy wants to quit drinking. He knows I went to rehab and that it helped for a short period of time, but not in the long run. I think that he thinks I drinks just as much as him , but after taking naltrexone , I still drink too often, but drink much less. I support him going to aa , but as much as he would love for me to quit with him I cant, not after putting 6 weeks into naltrexone, as odd as that sounds, quitting now would set up self up for early failure I know this from experience. But my gf nor anyone understands. I am giving naltrexone a fair chance. I know alcoholism is in my genes, so people wonder why I dont just quit, I tell them that is the end goal, and then they wonder why I cant just quit. I am not going into a pharmacological extinction discussion at the bar , it would be a losing battle, nal would seem a magic to naysayers.

You could still support him, couldn't you? Do non-drinking stuff with him, not drink when he's around, stuff like that?

yea for sure. I will fully support him.