Squizz this is a great thread, i just found it.
Work is a huge stressor for me, this past year especially.
Quitting is not an option, it is a state govt. Job with huge benefits,insurance, 6 weeks vacation,sick benefits, pension and i have been there for 26 years.
I'm a surgical education admin for physicians in training. I work under the doctors who teach the med students. The surgeon i worked with for 10 years was wonderful,she decided to move on to teach younger students in a non clinical environment. I got a new doc to work with who is a complete 180 difference..i privately refer to her as the witchdoctor.
She tries my patience, micromanages and makes me crazy. To add to my stress, i 've known her since she was an intern.
I just now am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, but i really wanted to just blackout drink on many of these changes. Instead, ive looked for other ways to cope (im 20 months sober), i know this would be the worst way to deal with it, and i cant afford to retire, im not old enough. Its now a challenge to outsmart the system and i cant do that with a hangover.
My daughter bought me this great coffee mug, it says "i'm surrounded by morons"
Thanks for this thread.