I Was A 'Functional' Alcoholic. Here's What Happened Behind Closed Doors.

I Was A 'Functional' Alcoholic. Here's What Happened Behind Closed Doors.

"I was excelling at work, widely respected by my peers, I had won several prestigious awards and I looked gym-fit. Why would anyone think I had a problem? People are often bemused when I say I was a “functioning” alcoholic. They may think, how do you function, exactly, when you’re dependent on alcohol? For me, it was about being able to drink almost continuously while, at the outset, being able to live a perfectly “normal” life.I didn’t drink un…