A patient with an alcohol addiction says, "My drinking is all my wife's fault. She makes me so crazy I just have to have a drink." What does this exemplify?
a. Rationalization
b. Denial
c. Intellectualization
d. Projection
D
The patient in this scenario is projecting. He is blaming his wife for his drinking problem, rather than accepting that the drinking is his problem.
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