I'm Rod, I haven't checked in for a week or so and been weaker because of it. Thanks all for being here. It's been a few hours since I lied but now that I'm back I'm hoping to build on it.

Hello, I am MRB. I lied 4 times yesterday and knew about them all. I had a few stretching the truths but backed off of them. I will try harder today and know I do not want to be a big fat liar any more.

Hi my name is johnny. Havent lied for 12 hours

Hey All,
Wendy, nice to see another woman here. Yes, I relate completely. My journey is about showing up as the real me, not the me that I think I should be. I have been off the site for a few days - b-day. I hope that it's a great year filled with honesty and change.

Sending you all compassion on this Easter morning. I'm not a Christian but I find power in the Easter story. New life IS possible and we all are good in our cores. With renewed commitment, we face another day.

Happy day being Easter knowing Jesus died for my sins and paid the sacrifice for my sins. This is truly something to rejoice in. I regret that my past patterns ace cost me the forgiveness of those I care about most. With healthier choices and patterns of deception being minimized I may one day have them back in my lives. Any way I miss my son, and I am a liar going through my first day without a single lie! Worthy of celebration! Keep up the good work everyone. I pray that I am able to have one more day of lie free.

Monday. I love Mondays. A mini-new year, a fresh start, a reminder that things can begin again. May we all keep our minds attuned to our own truths, big and little as we begin a new week.

Johnny here again.

I have to go to work and dont know if I can make it through th day without lying.

Hi everyone, just checking in. I went to an Alanon meeting this morning and confessed my compulsion for lying. I asked one of the guys there if he could help me in the short term like a sponsor. He agreed temporarily and will be helping me with my search for an appropriate permanent sponsor. I get the 12 step program and look forward to addressing my strong Co Dependance issues. I am hopefully starting my Wellbutrin for my ADD symptoms as they are more evident to me now than in a long time. I lied to a client today and am starting over on my count, I have 6 hours of lie free time under my belt. I was proud to have made it for 47 hours prior to that. I caught myself in my lie and minimized it but I lied nevertheless. Good luck to you all and I will check back in tomorrow.

MRB

Michael,

Glad you got yourself to an Al-Anon meeting. They tend to be very accepting. I don't know if I could've gotten here without that program. I hope it works well for you too. How many meetings have you gone to and what area do you live in?

Hi, I'm Laura O. and I'm a compulsive liar. I haven't lied in quite awhile, but nor have I checked in here in awhile, so that probably has a lot to do with not keeping track.

Hi Laura,

Thanks for the encouragement. I have been to 5 Alanon meetings. I am married to a recovering AA member so I was familiar with the group but not thinking I needed to be tree. I watched my wife begin to get healthy as she celebrated her 5th year of sobriety. She got help and I was the one who did not reach out. My lies caught up with me and I was not really knowing why I went to the first meeting, probably to validate my thought that everyone else had problems. When I got there everyone openly shared about their life with an alchcoholic and personal stuff. I related immediately to the co dependance or as they refer to it as para alchcoholic. I peeled back the layers and realized I had several things going on that I have not addressed. Mostly the lying and exaggerating to feel complete. My lying started really thick the moment I went to college. A new set of friends and everyone seemed to come from money or normal families. Mine was a mess and I did not want anyone to know about it so I made up things along the way, sometimes without really knowing what I was saying. This started a lifelong coping mechanism to survive the shame I felt for myself. I live in the Milwaukee, Wi area and am trying to really understand how to build better life skills that do not include lying. Today I am seeing the therapist who recomended the Wellbutrin and it's really my first meeting to tell him my real story. Wish me luck.

Thanks, I am MRB and I am a liar!

Good luck! Hope it goes well for you :)

hi guys my name is Reggie, i am a massive liar feel good about this though

Hey All,
I am dealing with a situation where I am at risk of deception by omission. I just don't want to bother my husband with things that could potentially be upsetting when he's stressed by his job anyway. I don't want to add to his burdens. But I know that when I avoid upsetting, I often end up hiding things and deceiving him, which I often get away with but sometimes leads to awful consequences. I just want to nip this in the bud and call him and tell him the potentially upsetting thing so he can deal with it and I can have a clear conscience. Avoiding always works for me in the short term, but never in the long term. Breathing in, breathing out, committed to a new kind of life.

Hi Reggie, Laura, and committedto, and all the other readers,

I am MRB and I am a liar. I feel that I have a long way to go to clear up my past but I feel I have a better support network for today, I am not looking too far in the future, only in the increments that don't feel too unmanageable. I know I can get by without lying until 1 pm today if I set my mind to it. Then if and when I get there I am setting a goal for not lying until 5 pm, and then until I go to bed. It has worked for me for now. I feel for your omission, it has been said silence is the biggest lie. I am not in a position to give advice, for me omission is intentional and therefore I categorize it as a lie. Good luck everyone and keep on keeping on!

MRB