OMG! This thread takes me back. I used to hide bottles from myself but always found them eventually.One day I was "thrilled" when having nothing to drink at whatever time of the day it was, I found two bottles of wine in a cupboard. A lot of the time I deliberately went to different shops/supermarkets/off licences to get my booze but in the end, I was outside the corner shop at 8am. They knew I had a problem and viewed me with a mixture of contempt and pity. To "protect" myself from this, I used to wrap my "denial" in a bubble of invisibility, never made much eye contact and got out as quickly as I could. Getting rid of the empties was a nightmare and a palaver too. Always scared I'd be seen or heard. Thanks to AA and my HP I don't have to do any of this today.