Delilah1

I am 45 now, but when I was a teacher in my early 20s I lost one summer job because I kept calling in on Mondays due to long beach weekends that continued through late Sunday night. I also quit another summer job to allow myself more time to drink.

I somehow managed to never let the drinking spill into my job year round, but there were many days I was not at my best.

I hope you are able to get back on target. It is worth it!

1984Toy

I was terminated from a good job, that I had been trying to get for 1 1/2 years, this past May. Memorial Day weekend, I thought I would have a "few" drinks. Turned out to be a five day bender. Missed a whole week of work. After the third day I quit calling in. I was still in my 90 day probation period, and attendance is looked at real closely. Needless to say, I was fired.
Since then I have been sober, and start new job Monday. I am semi-retired, so wasn't hurting too badly for money. But still have mortgage and pay for two kids college tuition.
All it took was those first couple drinks, never again...

lovetolisten

Thank you for this post. I am very new and
this is a great reminder about what will happen if I go down the "well, I can have a drink or two" mental path. I deserved to lose every job I ever had, even though I was never terminated. Not sure how I managed to not get fired over the years, but I am sure my current employer is out of goodwill towards my hangovers/moodswings, etc.

Chandaaa

I keep coming back on here, because I need others opinions and in others experiences. I like to know Can be interesting... The thought of this year I waited for this position to open since last year, went back home to Arizona because I had no where to go here in WA. I went home for a fresh start, home wasn't working out before I even arrived back home, Bad experience! It's like memories of why I moved to Seattle in the first first place. When I got the job I always wanted, for months, I finally got the opening, this year was a somewhat great start, I was only there for at least two months and like I said the contract was for a good year, I cannot believe I lost my job due to poor attendance and poor hang over and I let that stupidity hang over took over my job. The fact I gotten fired, I think to myself " the biggest mistake! " I'm telling you I had it so good, so good... with salary, transportation, cater , respect etc I look back at it today, like dude seriously? I can't get over it!

This year , like I said .... Started out OK for me, I lost friendship, I lost reputation, I lost respect from others , I lost my job, my iphone 6s broke , my arm is in a CAST, I lost hope, I lost opportunities, I lost a lot of stuff man! it sucks because who knew life would be like this... Three things I regret I didn't lose is respect from others, my dream job, my arm being broken.

Bunny211

Yes.
At the end of my drinking I did.
I never thought that would happen to me....

Delizadee

Haven't lost a job directly no. Indirectly maybe and I'm about to quit my latestime job to work on my sobriety and mental health.
I screwed up my reputation pretty badly as someone who was self employed and was good at what I did. It was less to do with the drinking and more to do with the secondary effects of heavy dependency... anxiety, not coping well with clients, not meeting my own deadlines and generally my whole life becoming completely unmanageable.
I know it's not funny but it kind of is to me in a way. I look at life like I'm supposed to be my own boss and for crying out loud I'd fire my own self... can't even end the job properly never mind start it right.
Grateful to be alive though even if I am the shittiest employee I could ever have to work with, well at least every day I get a chance to start fresh.
It's amazing how crafty addicts can be that is for sure. We find brilliant ways of feeding the problem and struggle finding the solution. The things we can struggle through while soggy, I love reading about the accomplishments of those in recovery.

mapdell

My dad lost his job because of alcoholism.

Forward12

I have only showed up drunk a couple times (never was noticed) but tons of no shows because of hangovers, or I just wanted to get drunk instead. I also do quite a but of craigslist sales, and I've lost literally hundreds of dollars in sales because of alcohol problems

Loekken

I really believed I could get through a day of drinking at the job without anyone noticing. I drank only vodka to try and hide any significant odor.

I must have looked the part though, because I was neatly picked aside by a manager and escorted out a backdoor to a waiting taxi.





yeah well, can laugh about it now, I was miserable at the time. So friggin embarrassing.