You're listening to the Recovery Happy Hour where we talk about life beyond the bottle and what happens after we stop drinking.

I'm your host Tricia and it just dawned on me that the 90s were 30 years ago.

Think on that. Thank you for joining me. So today's interview is

cool for a lot of reasons. For one, he's in sales and for all of the emails

that I get from people who are in sales and struggle with drinking at

conferences and events. Just know that you're not alone. Second, Dusty,

that's our interviewee today, Dusty went all in. He'll explain what it's like to go to detox. He went to IOP, which is a great

kind of middle of the road option if you're not able to go to an inpatient treatment center,

but you need more help than just trying to do this on your own.

But this is the real kicker.

He also told his CEO about getting sober, and telling our bosses or colleagues that we're

struggling with alcohol is a huge scare for so many people and totally valid.

We're very black or white people, you know, and probably assume that needing treatment is a reason that we need to be fired. You know that we're an alcoholic or

whatever word you want to use and that we just deserve to be canned. And I can't

stress this to you enough. That's not the case. If you're in a place with

your drinking where you need to take the time off work to go get healthy, that's

worth talking to somebody about. You might be surprised at one how supportive your work people might be and two that you

have protection from FMLA. The Family Medical Leave Act laws, they vary state by state.

So this is something you're going to need to do your own research on.

Start with googling it or ask your HR person, but saying I'm having trouble with my health

and I need some help is not enough for you to get

canned.

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