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Addictions, Lies, and Relationships, article by Floyd P. Garrett, MD - Addiction Survivors Peer-Support Forum
I think what jumped out the most was his thoughts on personal exceptionalism. My AW continually tells me that no one knows what she is going through, that she has all this stress that she has to deal with and no one understands. And it because of all this stress that no one understands is why she has high blood pressure. So right now she is on this kick to cut out all salt in her diet. I tried talking to her about the fact that too much alcohol is one of the leading causes of high blood pressure, but to no avail. just kinda weird. She is becoming more and more paranoid and defensive. She feels that everyone is ganging up on her and she cant take much more...blah blah blah. It just becomes mind numbing