I havn't drank at work for almost 2 years. And I mean not a drop. In fact, in several of the champagne rooms at the clubs that I've worked, there was usually a fake plant that I could pour my drinks into unbeknownst to my customers. Then about three weeks ago a group of customers talked me into just one glass of red wine...... that was the end. I started drinking two to three drinks a night at work after that for a few weeks. After that my totals at work drastically dropped. But of course I blamed it on hard economical times and how bad the business is getting. Yea, yea right. Anyway, the beginning of last week I refused to drink at all at work and low and behold my totals went back up to where they were before. Some of the things that I noticed during my two weeks of drinking were that I seemed a lot more sensitive emotionally to almost everything, customers got on my nerves a lot more, unless I had a drink and I seemed to need to make friends with everyone and I dreaded going in to work for fear of.... I don't exactly know what I was in fear of but I just felt less inpowered.
I don't want to say that I'm an alcoholic but as I reflect on it now at what job could you get away with drinking at work. I see a lot of girls that seem to be able to do it and they appear to be doing well... but are they really????? I'm not trying to judge anyone. I'm just more curious than anything. Most people that know me, know me for being very in tune with my emotions. Maybe the alcohol aggravated some and surpressed others. I wonder if the top earners that do drink at work, even if it's only one drink, that if they stopped and toughed threw the first week or so with out a drink, if they too would start making even more than what they make now.
So no one goes off the handle, I'm not judging anyone that drinks, just for me, I guess it's kind of like oil and water. I'm just a little curious as what everyone has to say. :)
Candice
