In recovery? Here’s how to handle social drinking situations in the workplace

Picture this: It’s lunchtime in the 1960s, and you’re out with co-workers enjoying not one, not two, but three cocktails with your meal.

While the three-martini lunch seems improbable today, workplaces still can be boozy places. After-work happy hours, corporate parties and client meetings at fancy bars are still expected in many areas of American corporate culture.

Talking about sobriety with managers and colleagues therefore can be daunting for people in recovery from alcohol addiction.