Episode 174: Alcohol and Work
The Broad Experience
The Broad Experience
5.0 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A lot of workplaces use alcohol as social glue. When Lisa Smith started out as a lawyer in the '90s she spent multiple late nights out drinking with colleagues. But the pressures of work had her drinking at home too, and by the time she was in her thirties she was an alcoholic. In this show we look at women's relationship with alcohol as it intersects with the workplace.
By being at the bar Lisa got career opportunities she wouldn't have if she'd stayed at her desk. Today she works with law firms on changing their cultures so that alcohol plays less of a central role in people's careers, and to end the stigma around addiction in the legal profession. We also meet Dawn Nickel of She Recovers to talk about the issues women face in seeking treatment for substance use, and how the pandemic has affected women in recovery.
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| 0:37.8 | Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace, and success. I'm Ashley |
| 0:55.1 | Meltight. This time, women drink a lot more than they did before they join the workplace on mass. |
| 1:03.6 | And sometimes the stress of work can help turn a habit into a problem. You know, it's very easy for us to creep into imposter syndrome as young professionals. |
| 1:16.6 | I don't know why they hired me. I'm going to get fired. All of those things. And drinking can shut |
| 1:22.2 | that voice out. And you might assume the pandemic had made things worse for anyone struggling with an addiction to alcohol. |
| 1:30.3 | But that's not universally true. |
| 1:32.5 | Women take this opportunity of isolation, lockdown, and actually use it to their advantage on their recovery journey. |
| 1:39.6 | So they are saying things like, wow, you know, I'm not drinking because I'm not being put in social |
| 1:47.3 | situations where I'm feeling pressured to drink. |
| 1:51.3 | Women, alcohol and work. Coming up on the broad experience. Britain is a boozy culture. |
| 2:07.4 | And one of the things I remember from my first ever job is how much socialising was a part of office life. |
| 2:14.3 | And socialising always meant going out for drinks. |
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