I am a pathological liar when I'm drinking. I really am incapable of being honest with anyone including myself. I've made up elaborate stories to give to employers in the past to account for absences. I once drank for a week straight locked away in my apartment and told my employer I was having surgery at the Mayo clinic to remove a cyst on my pancreas. My mother is a doctor so I had her write me a note (she uses her maiden name) for the HR department saying I had the flu. I spun such a web of lies I often can't keep track of what I told to who. It's madness.