Inspiration

Drug addictions and alcoholism are extremely common in the restaurant industry all over the world. The mix between high intensity labour which brings adrenaline that stays long until after the shifts late hours mixed with a need for long-lasting energy despite frequent long hours shifts: the body of the cook seems often not enough by itself to cope with such fast demands of high and low energy everyday. Therefore, it is a well-known ritual to take a beer every night and light a joint after work. As to take cocaine or drink an unreasonable amount of coffee to wake up for prep and service. On days off, cooks sleep and sometimes see some friends. It is still hard though, to maintain friendships and love relationships with these schedules and those habits.