“A series of circumstances brought me to a new doctor. I had to see a doctor because once again I had become fearfully ill, and I was unable to work. My stomach was distended, and my ankles were swollen nearly twice their normal size due to fluid retention. The whites of my eyes had yellowed from jaundice, I had spidery broken veins all over my body, my skin itched all over and took on an eerie greenish-gray appearance. My blood had apparently thinned, because the lightest touch would cause a terrible bruise and even a small scratch would bleed for a very long time.
Dark marks appeared on my face and arms, my hair began to fall out, and because I had no appetite at all, I was very weak and extremely fatigued. The new physician took one look at my appearance and my blood test results, and asked if I drank. I said that I used to but had abstained for quite a while. This was a blatant lie.
- “In reality the only person who was being fooled was me.”
Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 472-473, 2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition
- See also;
- Denial & Defence Behavior
- Double Trouble in Recovery
- Strategies for Dealing With Denial
- A Woman’s Way Through The Twelve Steps
- Twelve Signs of a Spiritual Awakening
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