I love my job. Best one I've had not counting the 20 years in the Air Force. That was my best job on a totally separate level. In the end, we spend ALOT OF TIME at our job. In the very least, we are, hopefully, making the money necessary to pay for our basic needs and to enjoy the time we are not working with out loved ones.
Being a recovering alcoholic myself, I know what works and doesn't work. An in-patient program works, going to meetings works, getting a sponsor works. A higher power (God) is crucial to long-term sobriety. It is a self-diagnosed disease (anyone, including a doctor can look at a persons case (medical or situation) and know that there is a drinking problem but only the person themselves can do something about it. Hard decisions are usually necessary to help the person which are usually 'not helping the person' (enabling). Most of my friends are in the program. There are people on CS in the program. I won't name them. They are not hiding this fact. Seek them out, they have way more time than I do even though we only have 'today.'
RE: work, a means to an end, or is it the end?
I love my job. Best one I've had not counting the 20 years in the Air Force. That was my best job on a totally separate level.In the end, we spend ALOT OF TIME at our job. In the very least, we are, hopefully, making the money necessary to pay for our basic needs and to enjoy the time we are not working with out loved ones.