Oh, man ... one of my favorite topics. But don't worry ... it's not
controversial and requires limited discussion, little more than two
words: *STOP IT!*

OK, there's a little more, primarily because there are two types of
workaholics: the victims who hate their work but feel compelled to do it
to excess, and those who love their work. The latter are often happy
with the situation, while many of the former are miserable with it. We
all know both types. More power to the latter, because what could be
better than getting rich doing what one loves (presuming, of course,
that one has no family suffering one's absence.) Many of the latter
include people who are workaholics due to a true calling, common in
medicine, emergency public services, and the military.

Second best is those who love their work but get paid only for the first
40 hours. They really ought to find a way to get paid for the extra
40-60 hours each week they donate.

The third, saddest, probably largest, and IMO most misguided group
consists of the people who think they owe it to someone finish all their
assigned, implied, and even imagined work, to the best of their ability,
on time, all the time, at the expense of their *real* lives. Most of
them really need to think that through further.

I.P.