No - alcoholism is a former colleague who having been at the receiving end of a traumatic physical attack took consolation in Vodka. After 4 years of daily abuse - "it's a softer morning" they used to say, by 9pm they were pretty well pickled - they passed away caused by complications associated with extensive liver damage. A truly tragic waste of a wonderful mind, and compassionate individual.
I have a colleague who doesn't drink during work (to my knowledge) but drinks like 10 whiskey neats with 4-5 beers as chaser on the reg at team dinners which happen a couple times every week.
Omg ALR, that is so sad! And yeah, I don't think my colleague is an alcoholic, just that he uses alcohol as a way to cope with his real life issues (going through a pretty brutal divorce)
Being away from home and realizing that things at home are screwed - i get that. And yes, self medication with alcohol isn't uncommon. When it turns to true dependency though ("I can't get up without it") then there's a real problem. It was very very sad. Many of us felt culpable in that we should have intervened more strongly - in the end though, individual choices are individual choices, all you can do is support and be there if someone wants to reach out.
There seems to be more alcohol abuse in consulting than other places. I watched a manager drink herself right out of her job. She hid it well for quite some time but eventually it definitely caught up with her.
No - alcoholism is a former colleague who having been at the receiving end of a traumatic physical attack took consolation in Vodka. After 4 years of daily abuse - "it's a softer morning" they used to say, by 9pm they were pretty well pickled - they passed away caused by complications associated with extensive liver damage.
A truly tragic waste of a wonderful mind, and compassionate individual.
I have a colleague who doesn't drink during work (to my knowledge) but drinks like 10 whiskey neats with 4-5 beers as chaser on the reg at team dinners which happen a couple times every week.
When I was an intern somewhere else, one of the managers got the shakes around noon and 5pm. He'd go out to his car at lunch and drink vodka
Yes.
^ jesus
I'd say that's heavy drinking vs a true dependency...
Every person on my team abuses alcohol.
P1 wow. That sounds like alcoholism..
Omg ALR, that is so sad!
And yeah, I don't think my colleague is an alcoholic, just that he uses alcohol as a way to cope with his real life issues (going through a pretty brutal divorce)
That is really sad... but doesn't mean p1's story isn't alcoholism either.
Being away from home and realizing that things at home are screwed - i get that. And yes, self medication with alcohol isn't uncommon. When it turns to true dependency though ("I can't get up without it") then there's a real problem.
It was very very sad. Many of us felt culpable in that we should have intervened more strongly - in the end though, individual choices are individual choices, all you can do is support and be there if someone wants to reach out.
PwC do I know you? And we worked on the same team before but now you are all alone?
I'm 90% sure I know who OP is and I've worked with him.
There seems to be more alcohol abuse in consulting than other places. I watched a manager drink herself right out of her job. She hid it well for quite some time but eventually it definitely caught up with her.