My name is EeZo and Im a BurnoutAholic

I noticed there are a few other weekend warriors on the site, slaving away for the man Saturdays and Sundays.  I thought I'd share the internal monologue rolling through my head these last couple days while I've been going through hell week.  I thought I had a grip on this but after a marathon week of horrendous problems at work and sleeping in the break room I noticed I was starting to crack up.  And the sad thing is I think it was mostly Burnout related...

Hello, my name is EeZo and Im a BurnoutAholic.  Its comforting to see you all here in group therapy but I have to ask who burned the coffee?  I thought it was some kind of pre-requisite to join these 'addiction anonymous' groups that you know how to work a coffee machine?  Sorry, I've been a little on edge lately.  I kinda fell off the wagon.  You see Its been almost 9 days since my last takedown.  I feel so ashamed.  Just the other day I had the opportunity to play some burnout but had to back away.  I knew if I started racing I wouldn't be able to stop and would likely be late for work.  Oh yes work, my new life recently.  9 of the last 10 days have been nothing but 13 hour shifts of having my  brain in high gear, sleeping under desks, and non stop phone calls from stressed out whiney programmers.  I can't wait to take a shower.  My only joy has been actually listening to some of them breakdown on the phone and start crying.  Now I think I know how the spartans felt in that movie 300.  This thing about work overtaking burnout has truly been an eye opener for me.  I need to get a handle on that situation.  I am taking steps to fix it.  I have promised myself not to let work interfere with burnout and as an act of redemption I was able to ship off my extra copy to a co-worker who has never played the game.  Hopefully I can corrupt them and show them all the benefits that burnout has to offer.  It was the only thing I could do to ease my conscience.  So I am looking forward to this Sunday when I can finally climb back into my revenge racer and put this entire week behind me.  I truly truly hope this will be my last relapse.  I actually feel a little better now, just knowing that fellow BurnoutAholics are listening (reading) Thanks for all your supprt in this very trying time.