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Sounds to me like a recipe for a bad habit. If you have a problem doing "awkward" things like firing people, paying bills, etc, you need to figure out the root
by Duff 15y ago
Sounds to me like a recipe for a bad habit.
If you have a problem doing "awkward" things like firing people, paying bills, etc, you need to figure out the root of your anxiety and deal with it.
If numbing yourself with alcohol is how you get through, you may find yourself turning to the bottle more. Alcohol isn't tea or coffee, and boorish behavior isn't a measure of whether alcohol is affecting your life.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWhy does "having difficulties firing people" have to have a "root cause" other than "you think of yourself as a fairly decent guy and understand the effects getting fired has on somebody"? This is just pop psychology mumbo jumbo.
- sdfsdf22 15y agoIt isn't. To rephrase what he's saying: "If you have trouble handling awkward things sober, work on overcoming that difficulty. Having a drink to solve your problems leads to alcoholism, and alcoholism is a much worse problem."
- burgerbrain 15y agoAlcohol leads to alcoholism. It's an extremely addictive substance. The frequency and volume are what put you at risk, the reasons people drink are only poor indicaters of those factors. Thinking to the contrary can actually put you at more risk, since you might think yourself not at risk if you "only drink socially".
- Duff 15y agoHaving difficulty firing someone is normal -- I'm not suggesting that it should be fun. Drinking Gin to give yourself the nerve to fire someone probably isn't fine. If you have a job to do, you need to be able to do it. If the psychic toll of doing your job requires that you hit the bottle, you probably don't belong in that job.
- burgerbrain 15y agoThere is a keen difference between not being able to fire somebody while sober, and preferring to not do so. Similarly I can not drink at parties, but I can do so as well, so I do. You are mistaking responsible drinking for dependancy.