A Common Desire

I used to share at meetings that I worked in a heavy drinking job. I was a journalist. I stopped saying it when I heard a man say, “I work in a heavy drinking trade—I’m an undertaker.” I realized then that alcoholics tend to work in heavy drinking jobs. I didn’t have half a pint of beer or a gin and tonic to relax after a hard day and then catch the train home to wife and family. Once in the pub I was there till closing time.