Consciousness begins its evolutionary journey in ‘primordial darkness’, builds an identity predicated upon freewill intoxication, and then surrenders the identity as sobering from freewill intoxication occurs. While identity remains its primary vantage point of creation, consciousness is very creative in developing and employing mechanisms to sustain its identity and avoid the truth. Four control dramas, anger, and substance abuse are three of the most prolific mechanisms employed to sustain the ego and we discuss those avoidance mechanisms in this episode.