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Old 07-29-2023, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by D
Honesty's important. Its fundamental.
I couldn't get sober until I was honest with myself and stopped lying to everyone else.

but - 'I'm drinking but hey at least I'm being honest right?' ....is that a really 'honest honesty' or is it honesty as fuel for further addiction?


Lying A and B

A. Stop lying to yourself about being an active addict.
B. Lying to everybody else.

Example C
"I'm drunk and at the very least I'm honest about it"

C1. As an admission of fact yes.
C2. As a denial tactic?
C.3 As an aid to falsely (ego?) believe ("I at least I'm honest") in all my (A) affairs?

I think believing that I can drink and feel good in the fact "at least I'm honest about it" may not help. It may help me see there is some small upside to continuing to drink. Like kudos honest drunk good step forwards?

Hey, I'm no lopp lying drunk, I have a streak of honesty in my drinking. If I feel good about this then it is misleading maybe in a self-deceptive way. Denial promoting in a way.

Just the two statements of drink and honesty together feel someway wrong to me.

I can be entirely wrong
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