I had my first experience with an LCL volunteer 25 years ago. My firm was a hard-drinking one. To a practicing alcoholic like me, a newly minted lawyer, it was perfect. But the level of drinking going on concerned a partner, and he asked an LCL volunteer to come to our annual fall retreat and talk about alcohol abuse in the legal profession. The LCL volunteer, Bill, delivered a dispassionate, … [Read more...]