Yes, give it up. You can learn coping skills and if needed, there are actual medications you can take that won't harm you like alcohol will. And if you have insurance, the meds will be a whole lot cheaper than alcohol too.
Pretty hard to keep a job when you're drinking at lunch, isn't it?
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.