Workaholism can be very damaging to family and other outside relationships. Unless they work at home, workaholics don't spend a lot of time there. Organizations often consider workaholism an asset because many of those who work hard also work well. People who are working out of a sense of guilt are probably not happy, feeling that someone else is pulling their strings and controlling their lives. Those who are turned on by a project, a concept or an idea and who spend a great deal of time pursuing that project to its successful conclusion are probably very happy people.
Work can provide an exhilarating sense of adventure and fulfillment.
That is, of course, if people would just get off their back about how unbalanced their life is. Unfortunately, too few workaholics realize they actually prefer work to intimacy until they've already gotten themselves into a relationship. Workaholics, like everyone else, need companionship, love, physical intimacy. They just need it on their terms, when they can find a break in their busy schedules. Workaholics have hard choices to make.