Husband needs help getting sober, starting now. What’s first? (After pouring everything down the drain?)

I have been uneasy of my husband’s drinking for a while. He has a history of opiate addiction, but overcame that around a decade ago and has been free of opiates ever since. However, he added drinking back into his life (this all happened before we met) and has been a casual drinker for many years at this point. Except when he’s not.

There have been many occasions, one being last night, where he got wasted and embarrassed himself, and me. I have also caught him hiding his drinking before.

Well tonight he (drunkenly) broke down and told me that he needs to stop drinking. He admitted he has a problem and needs help. I’m so proud of him for finally coming to this realization without having something absolutely devastating happen.

He told me point blank that he needs to quit and he needs my help. After we had this talk he went to bed. So my question is, what now?

Do I look into the local AA program and find a meeting? Should I call his best friend (who does a lot of drinking with) and let him know what’s up so we can get him on board too? His brother is 2 years sober, I am thinking about calling him however I am reluctant to get his family involved just yet. I think they can trigger him a bit and some distance might be good.

I’ve already poured out all of the alcohol in the house.

Thank you for reading this far! Please, what is step one in this situation?