Not being an addict myself - I can't imagine how anything gets accomplished at work...but I know that alcoholics need a certain amount of alcohol in their system to even feel functional; kind of a maintaining of the status quo at the cellular level.
This was me for sure. I could not do much at work, and it was when work was threatened, I finally went to recovery.
I drank so much (to blackout) late in my career, at least the last two years, that when I arrived in the morning, I am sure I was at a .015, just to get thru the day.
I am sure I reeked of alcohol.
But now, I cannot even smell those dang liqueurs. they make me nauseous.
Beth
Off to check my pancreas, after 16 years, now it is acting up!
