Originally Posted by
ag0710 
The question is whether they become so out of control in their personal life that it starts showing at work.
You just never know. It probably depends on what your AS is using, to some extent. My father managed to hold down a job his whole life and I know he was/is a pill (opiate) addict, and I think also alcoholic, but a functioning addict/alcoholic. My AS, on the other hand, has never been able to hold a job longer than the first, or the very best, was to the second paycheck.