Everybody gets the blues. When the dog dies, you lose a job or a boyfriend, a check bounces, the roof leaks, you get sick, your team loses – you feel down, sad and empty. In a relatively short time though, you bounce back. You get better because the circumstance changes, you take some action or your feelings just go away.…

One of these people is an addict and one isn’t. Guess which one is lying: “Are you an addict?” “No.” “Are you an addict?” “No.” It’s a trick question. The answer is neither is lying. The non-addict is telling the truth, and the addict is in denial. (For sake of simplicity, the term “addict” will be used to refer to…