For All Alcoholics – How Do You Manage / Fit Your Addiction Into Your Daily Life?

Question by Jason N: For All Alcoholics – How Do You Manage / Fit Your Addiction Into Your Daily Life?
To start off, I consider myself an alcoholic. On average, I get drunk 4 – 5 times a week during the summer, and 3 times a week during the school year. I’m working as a server at a hotel during the summer, so with a staff pub nearby there’s no shortage of opportunities to go out drinking with my friends and also no shortage of people to pre-drink with. Obviously, working the next day after drinking is hell for me (especially when I work breakfast shifts), but to manage and hide the fact that I drank a lot the previous night I write myself reminders to chug water when I get back home after drinking. In the morning I take tylenol, chug more water, drink rock star and coffee to raise my energy levels, and have a large breakfast. If necessary I will puke before I eat breakfast and go to work. I also avoid starting at people / looking into their eyes when I talk to them so they can’t see how tired I am / how bloodshot my eyes are.

At school I drink less often so that I can keep my marks up. On the weekends I sleep in as late as I want and do homework by myself (after a night of drinking) so people don’t know I’m really hung over. If I have to go morning class after a night of drinking, I’ll use the same techniques listed above to hide the fact that I had an episode of binge drinking the night before. Even though word gets around that I drank a lot at pub, I use these techniques to hide my hang overs and manage during the day, so that I can keep my job / stay at school regardless of my alcoholism. Even though I know drinking is hazardous to my health, I try my best to fit in my drinking into my work schedule and academic life.

How do you manage / fit your alcoholism into your daily life?
Also I’ve gotta add that I set 5 alarms in the morning to ensure I don’t oversleep work or class!

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