Human Servs. 131, 132, 134 (1990) (noting that denial is a barrier to successful treatment of alcholism and that alcoholics must come to accept that they have a problem); M. Gallanter, Religious Conversion: An Experimental Mode for Affecting Alcoholic Denial, 6 Currents in Alcoholism 69, 69 (1979) (The use of denial as a defense mechanism by alcoholics is generally acknowledged to be one of the