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When your profession requires drinking but your body refuses

I work in wine and everyone expects me to drink professionally but my body can't handle it anymore and I don't know how to do my job.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Career identity can become so intertwined with substance use that professional competence feels impossible without it.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Alcohol and the body?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.