My friend is a recovering alcoholic and I gave him some beer as a surprise gift.
Why would you do that? Don't you think that might make him relapse?
I don't think it will affect him. He is strong and can get through this.
Even if he's strong, that was a very disrespectful thing for you to do. You should be supporting your friend and not giving him alcohol. He will think you don't respect him or want to help him.
So he can give it someone else, then.
Yeah, he can, but you shouldn't have given it to him in the first place. There was no reason to give him any temptation to drink beer.