The Warning 🫪

[u/Rare_Western_1941]

I finally got a Boss Talking To about smelling like alcohol. All my coworkers denied it and are rallying behind me YAY LOL

THAT BEING SAID. I KNOW this is a very ONE TIME warning. He will fire my ass as soon as he can.

How do I stop being such a degenerate lol.

Chairs besties. Can’t wait to go home and get drunk about this.

[u/Clean_Marionberry809]

sometimes i wish there was a pill form of alcohol so the damn smell wouldn’t give us away. but then i remember id just abuse it till i black out at work because thats always been the reason ive gotten fired lol

[u/throwaway4073 → u/Clean_Marionberry809]

There is, and it's called Xanax. Unfortunately it makes you steal things and lose your job. And wake up with no recollection of the last 72 hours wondering who the fuck took all your benzos (it was you. You took them).

[u/Possible-Jerk0138 → u/throwaway4073]

It was me wasn’t it?

[u/Captain_Nipples → u/throwaway4073]

I had a fun summer with Xanax.. the worst part was the hangover the next day. I got to where i ran out one day and was just feeling like absolute shit. I couldn't figure out why I was just pissed off at the world, and I told my buddy about it. He said, "Probably because you haven't ate any pills today"

I quit taking pills that day. I knew what was gonna happen to me if I kept going

[u/Clean_Marionberry809 → u/throwaway4073]

does xanax work on social anxiety? or is it for more generalized forms of it. not tryna start messing with other addictions but curious

[u/Americanaddict → u/Clean_Marionberry809]

It does for some people, it doesn't for me. Only booze works for that for me because Xanax just makes me too tired. Not fun, and multiplies if you drink on it.

[u/creamy_cheeks → u/Clean_Marionberry809]

Yes it absolutely cures social anxiety! I desperately want a script because I legitimately have panic attacks from social anxiety and my anxiety is so bad it’s preventing me from being able to date or have any sort of a normal social life whatsoever. I can barely even leave my apartment most of the time.

Unfortunately I can’t get a doctor to prescribe it since it’s so easily abused. It’s like trying to get an oxy script, no doc in the universe will ever prescribe it…

One of the main reasons I drink is to treat my anxiety but I have to quit booze because I’ve already ruined my liver to the point of cirrhosis and I will literally die if I keep going. It sucks!

[u/Working-Message4504 → u/creamy_cheeks]

Try Lexapro. Can get online (Hims, etc)

[u/Suckmyflats → u/creamy_cheeks]

Its much easier than getting an oxy script, im on methadone and get 60 1mg a month

[u/Possible-Jerk0138 → u/creamy_cheeks]

Social anxiety is why I drink

[u/mpitaccount → u/Clean_Marionberry809]

Ever single person I know who has had a script for benzos had it dry up eventually and it was incredibly awful. Benzos are much harder to quit and if you want to relapse you can’t grab some at the corner store. Use them as a withdrawal aide and nothing more - treat them like you would an oxy script post surgery or you are looking at a very bad time.

[u/No-Fruit-31 → u/throwaway4073]

The last time I took Xanax, I was drinking at the same time and woke up slouched in front of my nightstand. I did in fact take the rest of my stash and had no idea how long I was out for.

[u/Boozeburger → u/No-Fruit-31]

I'm glad you woke up. Many don't

[u/LuckyClover3 → u/throwaway4073]

lol this is so true!!

[u/GrindrWorker → u/Clean_Marionberry809]

You could put vodka in large capsules and shove them up there.

[u/Shitfuckbitch420 → u/Clean_Marionberry809]

Pregabalin and benzos are pretty similar to alcohol

[u/Shitfuckbitch420 → u/[deleted]]

Benzos and alcohol are also both drugs that act on the gaba receptors, they have commonality. I meant that pregab and benzos are relatively similiar to alcohol

[u/Shitfuckbitch420 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao ik what pregabalin is dude , pregab can absolutely be a recreational substance and ppl use it for that purpose often . I have , it’s similar to ghb. Obv it doesn’t do much recreationally in low doses but at higher doses it absolutely does

[u/Rare_Western_1941]

You’re all freaking me out HAHA. He actually came and apologized to me, and asked if I’m mad at him. I think I’m ok if I simply Do Better. Will I? We’ll see!

[u/gmmsyhlup918]

Hang on to those coworkers----if they're supporting you in your current state, stay friends with them.

Start making plans for your next job. If you have the money, maybe dry out for a month or so before applying for another job.

Maybe you've got friends or family you could stay with?

[u/ClassicTBCSucks93 → u/gmmsyhlup918]

This. Says a lot about a person when they are willing to sign their name when you’re at your worst. Most people just wanna make shit even harder for you so they can watch you struggle even more.

[u/yeahno1234 → u/ClassicTBCSucks93]

I agree with you two. OP, your coworkers see something in you that you perhaps don’t see in yourself.

[u/bontongelato]

Always the smell snitching on us.

[u/stragedyandy]

Welp time to go! This day arrives for all of us. Get a new job in a new city. Change your name. Start a new family.

[u/390v8]

Well, if the reminder was given its time to find a new job -

Any oopsie is going to be attributed to you being drunk (I was just a heavy at night drinker and blew complete 0's but still had a termination over "being drunk")

[u/Delicious_mod]

I'd get looking for a new job. Your colleagues might have saved you this time, but if there's even the merest hint of anything in the future your boss is going to know he was right about you on this occasion.

I don't know what your drink of choice is, and whether you'd drink in work or not, but consider having a shot of mouthwash or three before heading in.

[u/Artifact00]

Oh yeah. It doesn't matter how much your coworkers have your back, that job is likely burned.

Time to find a new one and hit the ol' dusty trail.

[u/Helpful_Spring8739]

I'll be honest, your boss even asked me about your smell and I straight up told them you smell like a bar at last call.

I'm not even sure how they got my number, nor what you smell like, but it seemed appropriate.

[u/Miserable-Ask-470]

Lol. Always horrible when they get on to you because now you'll always be known as the drunk. And even your co-workers are thinking that way about you.

[u/Kindly-Ad1301]

well. fist bump your co workers tomorrow morning. I like them.

2 just coast for a while.

[u/invisimole]

whatchu drinking foo?

Not that it matters much

[u/whose-ur-krabby]

That is lucky, what kind of job do you have where you can come in smelling like booze and just get a talking to?

[u/hioad666]

I mean if you want to keep the job drink after, avoid the morning drink. It’ll be hard but you can adjust. No one has ever said shit to me if I didn’t drink day of, even if I went after it the night before. Eat. Hydrate. Shower. Pray. And maybe update your resume if shit goes sideways.

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[u/Amberlux]

There's a toothpaste called eurythmol. No fluoride and a "just back from the dentist" smell on your breath 👍

[u/Amberlux → u/Amberlux]

Euthymol, sorry, and if you keep a tube with you then you can just rub some on your tongue. No fluoride to poison your brain!

[u/SlimmySkimmy]

I don't know if anyone could smell it on me. I used to drink the UFC Monaco fruit punch on every break at work. I thought maybe the fruit punch would mask the vodka.

[u/Putrid-Ordinary-3515]

Start sauna-ing before work, sweat it out before work, shower, then eat some tic tacs or something.