In article >,
TFM® > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > I'm glad to see I'm not alone... I tend to get bitchy with my nerves on
> > the ragged edge every time I try to give it up. I'm a much nicer person
> > if I allow myself to drink. ;-) Funny isn't it? The drug companies would
> > probably love to sell me something for that.
> >
> > Cheers dear! <clink>
> >
> > I do not, however, drink and drive, nor do I drink before going to
> > work...
>
> I used to drink a 6 pack of Bud Ice on the way to work years ago.
>
> It was a hundred miles one way. I thought I needed it.
>
> Sometimes I'd get more beer right before I got to the job.
>
> Then I'd drink all day discreetly as I worked. (at least I thought I was
> discreet <G>)
>
>
> I did this for many years. Then one day in a moment of clarity I
> thought, "What if I have to get another job where this type of behavior
> ain't permitted?"
>
> So I quit drinking at work and on the way to work.
>
> This led to quitting drinking on the way home as well.
>
> Things accelerated and I quit drinking in the evenings as well.
>
> Everybody was so proud of me. They didn't think I had it in me.
>
> Then I moved to Florida and though I still don't drink in the morning
> nor at work, I more than make up for it in the evenings.
>
> It's ok, I'm a functional alcoholic.
>
> I build multi-million dollar homes and if I didn't have something to
> unwind I'd be working mentally 24 hours a day. I need the break.
>
> Though sometimes I wake up at midnight due to dreams about work.
>
>
> I ramble on,
> TFM®

Try Melatonin at night....... ;-)

Works for me.
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson