Originally Posted by lizatola

She was referring to the distorted thinking that most alcoholics get into and also referring to the compulsive thinking regarding alcohol itself. For me, it has been really hard to wrap my head around the fact that his distorted thinking could be related to the drinking problem because he was/is a binge drinker. I guess it was hard for me to see that and I kept trying to make excuses or twist my own perception of what alcoholism is and how it was affecting us. Does that make sense?