My mom got sober when I was in my early teens through AA, so in the ensuing years I was around many active and recovering alcoholics. I went to a lot of open meetings, Al-Anon, and Alateen meetings and learned a lot about the disease and those that suffer from it. They come from from every walk of life, every socio-economic group, every ethnicity and gender, you name it. One thing ties every last one of them together though. I've heard it straight from my mother, I've heard from countless speakers at meetings: They'll lie to your face about their drinking, and lie to themselves about their drinking. It's an integral part of the disease, and what makes it one of the harder aspects of it to overcome. It's why one often has to hit an absolute rock bottom before the seek help because they lie to themselves and everyone around them about what is really happening to them.
Everything I've seen reported about Hegseth indicates he's an active alcoholic. That means he's lying as we speak. Period. It's just part of the disease, and part of who he is right now. For that one fact alone he has no business being at the helm of any government agency, let alone as Sec Def.
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