Does job stress drive executives to drink?
Don’t bet on it! By Ira S Wolfe and Marilyn H. Walker George had a job many people would envy: marketing director for one of the largest retail store chains in the northeast. He quickly climbed the career ladder and soon found himself in charge of fourteen locations. Managers and employees alike respected George and believed him to be a competent senior manager. George liked his life and went to great lengths to maintain his job and image. Sadly, that included hiding his dirty little secret. George, you see, was an alcoholic. Like many other addicts George was quite skilled at disguising his destructive behavior. Sober at work, when off the clock, George went home and drank himself to into a stupor. Soon, the all-night binges made him nervous. To quiet his anxiety, he began popping prescription drugs during the day. George is not alone. Substance abuse and other addictions, among executives and all workers, are on the rise. Estimates put the workplace costs of substance abuse at $81 bi
