What do you think of functioning alcoholics?

Question

Like people with advanced degrees from competitive schools with great jobs who still can’t go a day without getting trashed

Answer 1

It will catch up to them.

Answer 2

on that path eventually they stop functioning. 

Answer 3

there's a lot of people like that, it's normal

Answer 4

I used to work with a guy who would have a 40 OZ beer hidden at his desk every day and whenever my boss wasn't around would take a swig.  He was great at his job so I never said anything.  Eventually, he couldn't do his job anymore and my boss had to let him go

Answer 5

I don't think that is the definition of a functioning alcoholic, unless you mean they get trashed at home in private. So what do I think about that? They are deceiving themselves and everyone else. It is dangerous and sad.

Answer 6

I think there is no such thing.

Answer 7

they need to be careful

Answer 8

NOT THRILLED....

• df3 weeks agoReport

  What do you mean? Not thrilled because they are successful while still being able to get drunk?
  

Answer 9

Well, that describes one of my grandfathers. He never missed a day's work. His heart was in the right place, but he still ruined my mother's life, because he did not take care of her.

Also, there was a coworker who came to work stinking every day. One day, he didn't come in for several days, because he was dead. Barely 50 years old, what a waste, how sad.

Answer 10

Ill be honest, I have had issues with alcohol but I still manage to get a lot done.