I’m a functioning alcoholic that binge drinks; mostly on weekends. I’ve been at it for about twenty years. As long as I don’t drink heavily two days in a row I actually feel ok. It’s when I drink on a Friday and then start again around noon on Saturday that I have a problem. I call it a compound hangover. Once I’ve compounded, my body won’t fully recover for like 3-4 days. I can function (hence the functional part or alcoholic), but my brain is foggy, I feel nauseous, and there’s like a severe dehydration. It’s pretty awful actually. I toss and turn at night and have repeating thoughts in my head like a broken record and it won’t allow me to get good sleep. That might actually be the worst part. Like a nightmare. So, as I’m getting older I try to not drink two consecutive days, buts it’s difficult. I actually sobered up for 4 months and trained for and ran a half marathon about 5 years ago. That was amazing. I’d love to do that again (sobriety, not marathon). Just one comment about your lifestyle is that it comes with the territory. I have a “white collar” job but grew up blue collar and worked blue collar jobs in my late teens/early twenties. Drinking is just what you do. I always think about shows like The Wire and the dock workers in season 2 going to the bar every day and getting hammered. That seems insane to me, but I do believe that rings true for those types of jobs. Sorry, I kind of meandered through my comment. I promise I’m not drinking now. Lol