Addiction is a disease and lying is a part and parcel of it. The Lying happens to the spouse, children, to business colleagues, to employers, to employees, to friends and most importantly to one’s own self. Lying becomes second nature. It reaches such an extent that the lying happens even when it is just as easy to tell the truth.

The reasons why those who suffer from addiction lie are:

To Protect their Drinking/Using.

The lying is to protect oneself from facing the fact that the drinking and drugging has become a problem ,  that their will power and control no longer work …for ,admitting it would mean that one has to do something about it and one does not know How to. Hence anything that is perceived as a threat to their using is lied to and anything or anyone challenging this has no place in their lives.

Hence , the lies “ I had such a difficult childhood hence I drink” “ My marriage is in the dumps , how can I not drink?” “You don’t understand the amount of stress I have at work, this only relaxes me."

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