Hi again-
I just posted this on a different thread and thought I'd throw it our here as well.
Part of me is considering a job change as I work in a very high stress(but high reward) industry where drinking is part of the culture, but I think my plan is now to shelve that decision until I have at least 6 months of sobriety under my belt and then decide. That will give me a better picture of the situation. I'm confident that I can handle the drinking culture of the industry as I've managed that for years now but it's the pressure part that gets me.
Thoughts? Yes my job adds lots of stress, but I'm beginning to think the alcohol makes the stress worse and if I remove the alcohol then the stress will be more manageable(and I do know I need to find other tools to deal with stress in general, I have a therapist I work with for that part which will help as well.)