A Wellness-Focused Retirement & Avoiding Substance Overuse

"Attorneys, like other highly regarded and respected professions, will typically derive a significant amount of their identify from their professional life. When retirement comes, it can be incredibly challenging to redefine who they are, how they relate to others—as well as themselves, and deal with loss of professional life and personal identity. Given that sense of identity loss, substance use can and often will be used to mitigate that pain and sadness."