February 1976
Denial
Like a fever, it has to be reduced before we can attack the disease
ONE OF OUR AA founders said that alcoholism is the only disease known to man which has a built-in syndrome of denial: The victim denies the disease. It's true, of course. If a doctor tells you that you have the hives, you don't say, "No way, doc. Don't insult me by telling me I have the hives."
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