Originally Posted by
ScottFromWI 
Did you discuss your drinking at all? I would wager that it's a much bigger risk to your health than your work schedule.
Yes we did. We agreed that I need to do both things -- stop drinking NOW and start scaling back on work ASAP -- to give myself a real chance to recover. He said it may be the best way out of this vicious cycle I'm stuck in of excess stress triggering the urge to drink, drinking leading to even more stress, and then more drinking, and on and on.
And that's the thing. Stuck is how I feel. The prospect of quitting drinking seems so hard in the midst of my chaotic life.
But it must stop. Day 1 again and I WILL NOT drink tonight. And when I meet with my late evening clients tonight I'm going to inform that that I will no longer be available at that time going forward.