I lived alone with my kids so I did not have to hide it. But I did try to hide the fact that I was buying so much by lying when I would place two 30 packs of beer and a pint of 100 proof liquor on the counter (that was how much I was drinking in one evening at the end of my drinking)....I would always say "oh, I am having a few friends over".....Somehow I don't think I was hiding anything as I was in there every couple nights for the same thing because I only went to two different places. So I guess in a way I hid it but not in the hide it at home sense.