Workaholism often flies under the radar but for those who have reached burnout, the suffering is very real
hen Marion’s* workaholism caused her to lose the sight in one eye, her response was to work even harder to prove she was healthy and fit enough to do her job. When Laura lost consciousness during a meeting because she had worked 24 hours a day for the preceding three days, she was so appalled by the idea that people might think she was not able to work properly that she got back up off the floor and insisted the meeting continue.
about attending Workaholics Anonymous meetings. He said workaholism was not treated as seriously as substance addictions. One night this week, 10 workaholics attended an online Workaholics Anonymous meeting. “My mum had an accident when I was eight and I grew up feeling that my role was to be super-good,” said Alicia, in her mid-20s. “That evolved into constantly asking myself: ‘How do I do this better?’ Employers love that stuff.”
Ines’s parents were both workaholics, she said, sadly wondering how she had reached 70 and “forgotten to live my life”. Umoja’s mother worked herself to death on the family farm. “My parents drummed their work ethic into me: I never questioned that I was born to work,” she said.
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