Springboard: 99 Bottles of beer.
Alcoholism is big with law enforcement. Do you drink? Alot? Are you an alcoholic? Why? What parts of the job are connected to it? Or is it all personal? Talk about it!
I used to drink. Often, though not a lot. I didn't ever think of myself as an alcoholic and I still don't. I could quit. I did. I rarely drank past my comfort point. It was something one did. Of course, that was before I worked in law enforcement, before I ever became a CSI.
Now I don't often drink, though I can admit when I do it is sometimes more than I should. I try and not drink because of cases, more because I desire the taste. It's too easy to drink because of the case and then just keep drinking until it goes beyond the case and becomes a way of life.
You know, people think that there's something about being a cop, or in law enforcement, that makes people more susceptible to things. Alcohol. Deception. Abuse. I don't think that's the case. I think it's that the job can make you numb. Day in and day out of depravity and cruelty and you start to feel that everyone does it. Or you can, at least. In the case of drinking, it's easy to look at all the DUIs and drunk and disorderlies, and all the crimes that spring from alcohol and it's abuse and then think that it's no big deal you're drinking, so long as you aren't doing all of that.
Doesn't make it right. Doesn't make it better. Just makes those in law enforcement human. Just like everybody else.
I used to drink. Often, though not a lot. I didn't ever think of myself as an alcoholic and I still don't. I could quit. I did. I rarely drank past my comfort point. It was something one did. Of course, that was before I worked in law enforcement, before I ever became a CSI.
Now I don't often drink, though I can admit when I do it is sometimes more than I should. I try and not drink because of cases, more because I desire the taste. It's too easy to drink because of the case and then just keep drinking until it goes beyond the case and becomes a way of life.
You know, people think that there's something about being a cop, or in law enforcement, that makes people more susceptible to things. Alcohol. Deception. Abuse. I don't think that's the case. I think it's that the job can make you numb. Day in and day out of depravity and cruelty and you start to feel that everyone does it. Or you can, at least. In the case of drinking, it's easy to look at all the DUIs and drunk and disorderlies, and all the crimes that spring from alcohol and it's abuse and then think that it's no big deal you're drinking, so long as you aren't doing all of that.
Doesn't make it right. Doesn't make it better. Just makes those in law enforcement human. Just like everybody else.