Frank McKenna confessed Monday that politics is a trap that can drag you down and rob you of balance in your life, reported CanWest News Service Jan. 31. The former New Brunswick premier sounded like a textbook case of a recovering workaholic bowing out of a field that is rife with the destructive addiction, experts say. Politics, by its nature, is rampant with workaholics who are in so deep that it is rare to recognize the affliction, let alone publicly acknowledge it, said Ron Burke<\/B>, professor emeritus of organizational behaviour at York\u2019s Schulich School of Business. Parliament Hill, which is widely considered the pinnacle of a political career, is one of the worst breeding grounds, he said. \"With the Ottawa scene, they have to spend a lot of time in the evenings at social functions and then when they come back home they have to spend time with their constituents,\" he said. \"People keep telling me about the high divorce rate among politicians and the number of dicey marriages. That might be one of the symptoms [of workaholism] for those who have to work so hard.\" <\/P>
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