Six Ways to be Free of Workaholism

By Bob Livingstone LCSW

Have you ever wondered if you are a workaholic or if you just really love your job? A workaholic doesn’t necessarily even like her job. She puts in a lot of hours and is always available to her supervisors-night and day. This is a common practice and almost all her friends are in the same pressure cooker. It is not unusual to answer the phone or respond to electronic messages while you are in the middle of a meal. She is defined by her employment because her job is where she spends the most time each week. She has little time to raise her family or develop relationships with friends or partners. Her job has become a means of survival and becoming a workaholic-working 24/7, worrying about deadlines, and obsessing about how the boss feels about her has somehow become the expectation.

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