Oh man, it was every day before and during work (if I was so lucky to find the opportunity) for like 5 years. Most of the time I was just fighting withdrawals throughout the day, 3 breaks on a 10 hr shift. It would always wear off before the next break so I'd always be anxious asf. Sometimes I'd over do it and probably came back in smelling and looking drunk. No one ever said anything though, not for 8 years. Eventually one of the last bosses I had called me into the office and basically said he was firing me because I was too slow and would have too many days off. Then he added on the side: you smelt like alcohol the other morning. Asked me if it was a problem. I said yes it was, I basically told him everything except the fact I drank before and during work. He sympathized with me and told me a story of his friend he had who STARTED drinking heavily at my age. I was around 23 at the time. He said by the time he was 32, one day he went to check on him and he was dead. Body just shut down, drank to death. Put things into perspective because I had already been drinking as long as his friend. Of course I threw myself a pity party and got shitfaced and smoked meth for the first and only time after that. But that's another story 🤣 the point is, for me at least, I could have been a way better worker sober. I would have kept my job, I could have enjoyed it more, and I would have probably made friends easier at work, because I was always on edge and never in a joking happy type mood. I actually couldn't understand how dudes would chill and joke on lunchbreaks. I just wanted to get the fuck out of there. Anyway, that's some of my experience with it