Originally Posted by
Raider 
This is something, even as an A that I just do not get. Why lie? Why are they lying to anyone? We are talking about adults here. Yes I have relapsed, I don't hide it. Maybe I'm just too old to keep lies straight. I would love to lie to my parents so they stop smothering me! They live in Alaska so it would be easy to pull off. But I am 54 years old, and I just don't lie... And I do not understand what they are gaining by lying.
Got it, on your part.
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And I think some insight on *them.*
It is all an image thing. Self image, and how they think others see them. Sort of like being stuck in a mirror of lies.
Scott Peck covers it in this book. I though it was a fairly Good Read. Offered it to Mrs. Hammer a few years ago. With no adverse meaning, just coincidental timing. Was not too long after her relapse, but I guess the lying was already setting in. The book enraged her. She still rants about it on and off.
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil: M. Scott Peck: 9780684848594: Amazon.com: Books