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Media Coverage of Executive Addiction
High functioning but still alcoholic Sarah Allen Benton is hardly your stereotypical alcoholic. She has a master of science degree from Northeastern University and is a licensed mental health counselor at Emmanuel College in Boston. In recovery from alcoholism for the last five years, she has written an enlightening new book about people like herself, “Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic” (Praeger Publishers).
New York Times May 4 2009
Back From Addiction and Sharing the Lessons The partners here are extremely supportive. They trust me because Dave believes in me. Every year on the anniversary of my “clean” date, we have a cake. I can’t work directly with clients while my license is suspended, but under the partners’ supervision I can help on cases. I can also use what I’ve learned about addiction to help others.
New York Times
March 23 2008
Heavy drinking among professionals is on the rise. Chief executives of big companies and public sector organizations are coping with their stressful positions by drinking the equivalent of almost three bottles of wine a week, new research shows.
The Independent Newspaper, U.K.
January 23rd, 2008
Addiction is indiscriminate If there is anything that addicts, and the experts who study them, can agree on, it is that addiction does not discriminate. It does not evaluate a person's social standing, wealth, creed or color before it lays on a stranglehold.
South Florida CEO Magazine
February 2006
Executive Alcoholism and Substance Abuse One recovering executive believes executive-level addicts are unfairly and naively singled out by employers, citing that ten to fifteen percent of most workforces have employees who are addicted to alcohol or drugs.
Business to Business Magazine
May 2005
Executive Life; Detoured, but Not Stopped, by Alcohol - New York Times Samuel C. Johnson, chairman emeritus of SC Johnson, the household products company, has talked openly about his mother's and his own alcoholism. Mr. Johnson was treated at the Mayo Clinic in 1993 and now his four children are educating their children about hereditary predisposition to the disease.
New York Times
May 25 2003
CEO's Anonymous Hardly acknowledged, rarely confronted, alcoholism is a stealthy liability that pervades corporate America and puts some of its brightest leaders at risk.
Chief Executive Magazine
March 2002
