I have had some struggles in life, and I have had help getting through
them. b In the year 2018 I started working for a home medical
equipment company that was understaffed and was a constant need
for someone to be on-call because they had contracts with a hospice
company. I would find myself working anywhere from sixty to
seventy hours a week and taking an additional forty-plus hours of on-
call. I was burning myself out mentally with work and I found myself
coping with drinking when I was off. I ended up quitting that job
after making sure I could financially support not working for a while
and I took a year off from working all together. In that time off, I
stopped drinking and have not had a drink since then. b I sought
therapy and have found someone I really like seeing and I have found
to be very beneficial. b I put my mental and physical health over a job
now, and I would never put myself in a position like I was in before.
Learning that I was more important than always saying yes to a boss
has really helped me.
