How can recovering addicts deal with work issues?

In recovery work plays a varying role with addicts. Again it all depends on if you are the owner of a large corporation where you have a lot of responsibilities or if you are someone who really doesn't have a lot of responsibilities and work doesn't interfere at all. It really depends on the individual and their particular orientation or relationship with work and the obligations of it. Some people choose to cut off work and not be involved at all during the early phases of recovery and only slowly integrate back in to the work environment but other people try to keep work going at the standard pace. This may or not be advised. I'm not suggesting either way is correct. It also depends on the orientation of your employer. Are they going to be accepting of you? If you tell them that you have an addiction or you're in a recovery program, are they going to be accepting or are you going to lose your job? It's a very delicate topic in contemporary life, the issue of having an addiction and being part of a work force. Particularly, certain addictions are totally taboo and I wouldn't advise anyone tell their employer unless their employer happened to be a mental health practitioner. For more information visit http://www.habitdoc.com

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1:10 geez got any examples?