Start in the articles: Adult children of alcoholics 1-49 Read them in the selection Adult children of alcoholics and other difficult parents Part three. At work: self-sabotage syndrome. Chapter 14 VDAU VDA there are no preferences in choosing a profession. Below, examples will show that regardless of the chosen profession, the qualities inherent in the ACA come to the fore in work. ACAs seem to induce stress, even if their position did not initially suggest this. ACA Master. When we were children, we were often told: work hard and it will pay off. Children of alcoholics often try to achieve success in life through diligence. If they start with technical staff positions or with physical labor, they “bet” mainly on diligence - improving the quality of work, reliability in overtime. Less often, they consider obtaining an education important for career advancement. Even less often, they engage in building business connections, and, in general, relationships with colleagues. As a rule, this style of work, perfectionism and loyalty, negatively affects their personal life - there is no time for family. As a result, both career and family life suffer. ACA administrator. The “bureaucracy” typically provides the clear instructions that the ACA so desperately needs. But these instructions do not prevent the ACA from showing super-loyalty and overworking, in response to requests from superiors, for example, on national holidays. ACAs also often perform the duties of other employees. Generally, ACOs hope that such behavior will lead to promotions and increased compensation. As in the case of the “master,” the result is a lack of career advancement and failure in his personal life. ACA is a nurse. ACAs often find themselves in helping professions. They like to help people “for old times’ sake.” The difficulty of nurses’ ACAs is that they are overly loyal to requests, and over the years they completely forget to say “no.” Even understanding that life needs to be changed, they, as a rule, do nothing in this direction. Today we looked at how ACOs of various professions find themselves trapped by their own character traits and, despite all their diligence, do not become professionally successful. Something seemed to you acquaintances? Call 8-921-919-85-59, I work in person and online