"A flourishing career brought with it demands that took a major toll on Hayley Field's mind and body – until she found her balance in midlife
When I entered the corporate workplace in my mid-20s, I enjoyed the comfortable lifestyle it brought with it. It was gratifying to be able to buy nice clothes and shoes and handbags; to be able to park a nice car in the company car park.
I was working in project management in Herefordshire and found myself quickly gaining more and more responsibility at a relatively young age. But the demands of the job brought with them an increasing amount of stress. I had become quite ambitious, but more because I felt that was how I ought to be than because it made me happy.
Looking back, I can see that I wasn’t happy at all; I was really beginning to struggle. I had no balance in my life as it had become all about work. The corporate culture I found myself in was one in which if you weren’t working until late at night, then you weren’t working enough. There was an expectation you would put in 12-hour days and when there was a deadline looming I effectively had no choice but to stay at my desk until late into the evening. It was what everyone did.
To deal with the stress of the job, I started using cocaine. At first only it was only occasional, to wind down when I got home. But after a while I was doing it every day. "
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wo...ocaine-addict/
Anybody on here would want to share their stories then? I'll start - as of now I never used illegal drugs, can take polygraph test if necessary.
When I entered the corporate workplace in my mid-20s, I enjoyed the comfortable lifestyle it brought with it. It was gratifying to be able to buy nice clothes and shoes and handbags; to be able to park a nice car in the company car park.
I was working in project management in Herefordshire and found myself quickly gaining more and more responsibility at a relatively young age. But the demands of the job brought with them an increasing amount of stress. I had become quite ambitious, but more because I felt that was how I ought to be than because it made me happy.
Looking back, I can see that I wasn’t happy at all; I was really beginning to struggle. I had no balance in my life as it had become all about work. The corporate culture I found myself in was one in which if you weren’t working until late at night, then you weren’t working enough. There was an expectation you would put in 12-hour days and when there was a deadline looming I effectively had no choice but to stay at my desk until late into the evening. It was what everyone did.
To deal with the stress of the job, I started using cocaine. At first only it was only occasional, to wind down when I got home. But after a while I was doing it every day. "
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wo...ocaine-addict/
Anybody on here would want to share their stories then? I'll start - as of now I never used illegal drugs, can take polygraph test if necessary.
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