I drank daily. Then I was on prescription drugs and would binge when I didn't have the drugs. I would stay home to drink all day. If I woke in the middle of the night, I drank. If I had a party, I would hide bottles in my bathroom. Sneak a drink when I could. I never drank out anymore, my mother before she died advised me to stop. It was ruining my rep. She was also a functioning alcoholic (as far as I knew). Now, that I think of it she would b e off work for weeks and months and would be drinking. I realized now I probably went to work still intoxicated from the previous morning hours. It's a miracle I was never fired.