Lynjo, I've worked with over a hundred painters in my career, likely more than that. I've known a fraction of those who drank excessively,
after work. Never did I work with someone who drank
on the job, and this is after 20-odd years in the trade. I saw no preponderance of alcoholics in the painting trade like I have in others (like the medical profession, or worse the local Air-Guard).
...And I've worked side-by-side with alcoholics who, by virtue of having an ETHIC, never drank on the job.
Yeah, lets perpetuate a myth...
This thread stradles the cusp of idiocy for it's insinuation...