[CalRobert]

I like beer, but it's exhausting because the assumption is your socializing now takes place at work. I imagine it's pure hell for anyone who struggles with alcohol addiction.

As a compulsive eater, I HATE it when offices have free snacks. It's mentally taxing to know there's free snacks only meters away all day long. When I switched from a place with free chips and candy to a place with free apples and pears, I lost a decent amount of weight.

[bweitzman]

But at the same time, you can't expect places to not have free snacks out just because you can't deal with them. And for the record, I actually hate having snacks around too but that's something that I feel like I need to deal with myself.

It must be really difficult to be an alcoholic in a workplace environment where people drink regularly. But being an alcoholic in general must be really difficult because of the emphasis that our society puts on social drinking.

[CalRobert]

Very true - I just find it to be a great challenge. I certainly wouldn't tell my coworkers they shouldn't have access to snacks because of my own issues, the same way I enjoyed the free beer (good beer too!) at my previous job. The difference is I don't have any trouble putting beer out of my mind until Friday afternoon, whereas food is ever in my thoughts when it is presented.