I am an alcoholic, a drug addict, and a lawyer.  I started out highly functional despite bouts of alcohol binging and depression. 

I love being a volunteer peer counselor for other lawyers struggling with addiction.  Peer counseling provides me with continuous opportunities to reflect on my own personal progress.

As a lifelong Atheist (as I am today) after 30 years of law practice and 24 years of recovery from substances, I closed my law practice to care for my wife in her Parkinsonism and dementia.

Marijuana is less destructive than alcohol use on individuals and society, right? I sometimes heard or read that, and I sometimes said it myself.