How can alcoholism be managed?

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Q. My 35 years old brother-in-law has alcoholism, though not on a regular basis. He got married 9 years back to my sister and started drinking alcohol heavily after the second year of marriage. After drinking he starts abusing his wife and all relatives in filthy language and making false and rubbish statements/ accusations. This bout lasts for about one week to ten days. After that he becomes normal and leaves drinking. Such episodes keep on coming in every 4 to 10 months (infrequently). During such bouts he recalls all the sundry incidents in the past and keeps reciting them telling whoever is present. This way he tries to justify all his abnormal behaviour. After the passage of the bout, he apologizes to all of us and requests us to unify with his wife and children. For the last 9 years this has happened at least 25 times. We had taken him to psychiatrist for treatment of alcoholism. Assuming that he is a normal person doing such things deliberately, we took the case with police and women's help groups many times. But there has been no improvement. His strange behaviour still continues. This is causing a lot of hardship to his family and us (as close relatives). Please suggest.