Fitz M. made his own diagnosis xxix:16
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The patient had made his own diagnosis, and deciding his situation hopeless, had hidden in a deserted barn determined to die.
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Once again the first step in recovery is illustrated. We must make our own diagnosis of our condition. Are we alcoholic? Can we cure ourselves?
The authors have no intention of pronouncing us alcoholic. If we are alcoholic, perhaps we can see some similarity with ourselves in the doctor’s description of alcoholism.