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became an everyday part of my life (addiction is
a chronic and progressive disease). Despite my
increased alcohol and drug use, it still seemed to
the outside world that all was good. I had two nice
cars, a nice home, my kids were in private schools
and we enjoyed exotic family vacations.
Soon I had crossed over into using alcohol and
drugs in quantities that, by any standard, were
addictive in nature. But as long as there were no
visible, negative consequences, I had no reason
to stop. Sure, there were occasional hangovers,
an increased number of fabricated "late-night
appointments, meetings and obligations" that
were all part of "business," but nothing I couldn't
handle.
Until I couldn't handle it. Until I couldn't
handle the amount of money I was spending
on alcohol and cocaine. Still, I did everything
I wanted to do. I bought expensive clothes
and sports tickets, took trips with friends that
started as a couple of nights, but always ended
up being extended by a day, then a couple of
days, then a week. Missed appointments and
mysterious illnesses that required last minute

court continuances became more frequent.
I would go away to bench bar conferences or
political events and after everyone would call it
a night, I would get into my car and drive to the
nearest town and look for a bar - where no one
knew me. Then I started to do the same thing
when at home - stretching the radius of where
I drank and where I went for drugs - wider and
wider and wider.
I BEGAN TO LIVE TWO LIVES!!!
I felt like I was forever walking a tight rope,
trying to balance myself, lest those different
lives I led tumbled into one another. I became
a chameleon. I could change myself to fit any
environment. I felt just as comfortable when I
would visit the West Wing of the White House
with a friend of mine who was a member of the
President's cabinet as I felt when I was in a seedy
bar or the house of a cocaine dealer.
But, I was high functioning and nobody could
tell me what to do. Lies and deception became
more commonplace than truth and honesty. I
certainly couldn't let anyone know what was really
going on. After all, what would they think? I was

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