The airline pilot life lends itself well to alcoholism. You are always on the road a midst unfamiliar surroundings and strangers most of the time. Biorhythms are perpetually askew. Awake when you should be asleep and trying to sleep when you are alert. Add to that the depression that comes along with the messed up body clock, bad diet, loneliness, loss of self worth and poverty. People tend to self medicate. A little booze can make instant best friends out of those you haven't met before and make a cold concrete hotel room feel like home.

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