Drinking And Prayer
So he takes this Hadith as an excuse for not going masjid or to say prayer. While he should be aware of not consuming Alcohol at first place.
Perhaps you can share the following verse with him: Quran 5:91 Translation by Asad By means of intoxicants and games of chance Satan seeks only to sow enmity and hatred among you, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from prayer. Will you not, then, desist? ‘