Originally Posted by
Duckguy 
Life or death? No. But I paid for it all before I quit drinking, and if I didn't go now I'd have to refund the hotel, registration, and airfare. >$1,000. So I do indeed need to go.
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I can only give you my opinion. It's not essential for your job to go to this conference. It's a choice. I would not go. My recovery is worth more than a thousand dollars and, I might have made it through the conference, but I would be drinking on the way home. That's me.