Corking the Bottle

I saw this in yesterday's newspaper. Actually, yesterday's online transmission of news. See if this is something you can identify with. DEAR ANNIE Annie Lane Worker lives for drinking at pub Dear Annie:  I work in a big city. After work, I enjoy going to the local bar. I’ve been doing this for three years, and everything was fine — with occasional problems — until the past few months. Now it is what I seem to be living for. My work is not very challenging, but I consider myself lucky to have this job. Many people would give anything to have it. At five o’clock, I leave the building and head straight for the bar. When I started doing this, I could take it or leave it, but gradually going to this pub has become an obsession. I can’t wait to get there and to order that first drink. It’s as if I perform busy work all day long, and I can only enjoy life and really be myself at the bar. In the past few months, I have noticed that I think about going to get drin...