Work gap related to rehab

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Work gap related to rehab 2017-04-13 08:32:33 Post No. 1953918
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Work gap related to rehab Anonymous 2017-04-13 08:32:33 Post No. 1953918 [Report]

How do I talk to companies about my work gap when it involves rehab that I'd prefer not to bring up?

I had a suicide in the family last year and coped by drinking heavily. Stress at my job wasn't helping and they tried to heap on an entire other position's workload to me, so I quit to try to get my mind right. I took two months off and joined a company that was going to let me work from home, but they turned out to be a disaster, lied to me about my responsibilities, and I found myself tearing through a case of beer a day, sometimes adding on hard alcohol. I quit that job after two months.

With the help of a family doctor, I went through "rehab," and now I'm clean and ready to get back to work, but what do I say about the couple of months off? I don't want to paint this picture of me as an addict, and this isn't on my health record either.

Anonymous 2017-04-13 08:43:06 Post No.1953932
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Anonymous 2017-04-13 08:43:06 Post No.1953932 [Report]

I would just tell them that you had a traumatic death in the family and you had to take some time off work to grieve and to help your family. They don't need to know about the alcoholism.

Anonymous 2017-04-13 08:58:34 Post No.1953967
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Anonymous 2017-04-13 08:58:34 Post No.1953967 [Report]

>>1953932
This.

You wanted time off to grieve. Company would not give you the time, so you left on amiable terms.

Anonymous 2017-04-13 09:00:24 Post No.1953970
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Anonymous 2017-04-13 09:00:24 Post No.1953970 [Report]

>>1953918
What type of rehab did you do? In a similar situation, that's why I ask. I'd like to see what worked for you

Anonymous 2017-04-13 09:12:30 Post No.1954007
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Anonymous 2017-04-13 09:12:30 Post No.1954007 [Report]

>>1953970

Honestly? I put rehab in quotes because it basically just involved hanging around my doctor for a week in case I went through DTs, which I didn't, purging my house of booze, and going to some counseling for the suicide and alcohol.

It's been mostly willpower to stay away from the booze. I'm probably not going to permanently stop drinking, so I'm looking for resources to help moderate or continue to abstain when there's situations like having a few drinks at a happy hour.

I just had to fight my way out of accepting booze as a crutch for coping with that suicide.

Anonymous 2017-04-13 09:15:06 Post No.1954013
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Anonymous 2017-04-13 09:15:06 Post No.1954013 [Report]

>>1954007
Thanks for the reply dude, and best of luck to you

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