“I’m not really a social drinker. I’d say most of my drinking is work-related”

“I’m not really a social drinker. I’d say most of my drinking is work-related” is a jocular drinking line that has been printed on many images. American journalist Linda Ellerbee described work pressures with a “joke” in her book, “And So It Goes”: Adventures in Television (1986):
   
“Are you a social drinker, sir? No, all my drinking is work-related.”
   
“I’m not a social drinker.  Its mostly work related” was posted on Twitter on April 19, 2009. “im not really a social drinker. I´d say most of my drinking is work related” was posted on Twitter on January 17, 2010/
   
     
Wikipedia: Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee (born August 15, 1944) is an American journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington, D.C. correspondent, and also as host of the Nickelodeon network’s Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. Her work on NBC News Overnight was recognized by the jurors of the duPont Columbia Awards as “possibly the best written and most intelligent news program ever.”
 
Google Books
“And So It Goes” :
Adventures in Television
By Linda Ellerbee
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
1986
Pg. 119:
Are you a social drinker, sir? No, all my drinking is work-related.
 
Los Angeles (CA) Times
TV’s Ellerbee Talks to Women on Women
April 27, 1987|BOB SCHWARTZ | Times Staff Writer
Linda Ellerbee, newscaster, author and single mother, held back a grin Sunday as she read aloud the synopsis of a seminar on “The Art of Juggling Work and Home,” offered at a women’s conference the preceding weekend at the Irvine Hilton:
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Women should not try to imitate men by keeping work entirely separate from other parts of their lives, Ellerbee said. “We know what a sick child is to a woman, or a lost love. We know you can’t separate this and that. . . . We also know the cost of not doing that . . . drugs, heart attacks, ulcers, drinking. ‘Are you a social drinker?’ ’ Nooo, all my drinking is work-related.’ “
 
Twitter
Not Quite Polite‏
@notquitepolite
I’m not a social drinker.  Its mostly work related.
9:53 PM - 19 Apr 2009
 
Twitter
Narelle‏
@amardia
I’m not really a social drinker.. I’m sure most of my drinking is work related..
😊
2:53 AM - 31 May 2009
 
Twitter
Patty‏
@PattyinVA
Another classic magnet!  RT @ErinJMeier: LMAO!!! RT @PattyInVA: I’m not a social drinker.  It’s mostly work-related.  HEEE!!
10:35 PM - 15 Sep 2009
 
Twitter
ImYizus D la Barrera‏ im not really a social drinker. I´d say most of my drinking is work related
@kchuyito
12:07 AM - 17 Jan 2010
 
Twitter
Mel Simms‏
@bigMel_AtlBarz
“I’m NOT Really A Social Drinker. I’d Say Most Of My Drinking Is Work Related”...FROZEN ASSETS Happy Hour ... - http://eepurl.com/fhzKM
7:51 AM - 17 Aug 2011
 
Twitter
Drink Up Philippines‏
@DrinkUpPH
“I’m not really a social drinker. I’d say most of my drinking is work-related.”
3:16 AM - 16 Apr 2014
 
Me.Me
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