This has come up and I've learned that I'm a superb liar if it's lying to a stranger or someone I don't respect.
If it's a friend, or someone I respect, I wouldn't want to and I couldn't pull it off even if I did.
I've been an alcoholic for the entire almost 6 years I've been at my job.
When the old psycho/ass**** boss suspected, I easily lied and got out of any touble.
Now that I've taken his place, since he got fired for being a psycho/ass****, I answer to a bigger boss, and I respect/like her, so when I was over an hour late twice in a row, and she asked "What's goin' on?!?
"
I just told her, "Sorry. If I were you I'd fire Me right now 'cause I'm an alcoholic."
Furthermore, the best urine test they have can detect if you've had alcohol 5 days ago, so of course, being in my Intensive Outpatient Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program, I'm not going to drink, in case there's ever a test.
But, I'm in phase 1, then will come phase 2 where you have to only go in once a week, and after that, phase 3, where you only have to go in once a MONTH.
In phase 3, I could conceivably get away with drinking. However, having thought about it, I respect and like the 2 counselors there so much that if, on my once a month visit, they just asked, "So how's it goin'?"
I would never be able to say "Great. Been a breeze. Sober-Sober-Sober." if I had in fact had any booze.
Just couldn't do it.
So that's lame, 'cause it means at least 2 years where I know I can't drink at all.
