If drugs or alcohol interferes with your ability to live in a managed and meaningful way, then they are a problem. You drank before therapy - is that why your T fired you? That would be a BIG red flag to me that there is a problem. Therapy doesn't work if we're drinking or getting high because therapy only works when we have a clear mind to hear and learn. You are not helping yourself at all "coping" with drugs or alcohol. I did it for many years and I can honestly say it does not work. i had to learn how to cope with the REAL world with REAL coping skills that didn't poison my body.