got caught being drunk at work. had to give my boss a ride home and he found my gin under the back seat. am I fucked?

Lie, lie, lie.

Stop drinking and driving.

They didn't catch you doing anything. They caught alcohol in your car. That doesn't mean anything. They didn't catch you drinking

Never admit anything to your boss or the police. If you're drinking at work you are an alcoholic and you should get help though.

gaslight your boss. message him that you’re concerned about his drinking, that you find it inappropriate that he drinks so much on the job that he relies on you to drive him home. then gaslight him further by saying he was so drunk he started accusing you of drinking the alcohol he had just drank in your car while you were driving him home

This isn't gonna be a good situation for ya, but if you wanna talk to an ex-daily drinker, I'm one year out of rehab (almost 11 months technically but whatever) and its stuck with me. Always happy to be an ear! Also had my bouts with benzo and opiate addiction, so I'm sure a lot of feelings you have would be familiar.

You might be. You're extremely lucky that you didn't get fired for being drunk at work because that alone is a huge liability and most bosses aren't going to take that risk.

This is the wake-up call you've been waiting for. It's time to get serious.

If I were you I'd find a good sobriety program and other supports for addressing your drinking problem. Then I'd march into the bosses office, ask to speak to him, sit down and look him dead in the eye and say:

"I'm not here to lie to you and I'm not going to ask you to play pretend with me. You know I have a drinking problem. I know I have a drinking problem. The other day was a turning point for me and I've realised how far I let this get out of hand.

I'm not asking for your sympathy or your forgiveness. I'm not going to ask you for a second chance. I just want you to know that I've done [x, y, and z] since that turning point the other day. If that's not enough for you, I don't begrudge you for it; I have a long road ahead of me and the only way that I'm going to make progress is by taking responsibility for my choices. If this is the point where I get laid off then the only person I have to blame for it is myself."

But the thing is, you're gonna have to mean it when you say it. The excuses and the denial have paved the road for you up to this point and they're going to keep on paving it for as long as you keep on using them. It's only through accountability that you're going to change the direction you're heading in.

Good luck. You can do this.

I'm confused about the order of events here.

The worst reading is you were drunk, your boss had you drive him home, and at some point he discovered evidence of you drinking in your car, presumably at work/on the way to work/whatever.

The other (better) reading is you were drunk at work at some other time, today you had to drive your boss home, and he found gin in your car which he took as evidence you are still drinking at work, possibly even while driving. Although alcohol is legal and the mere presence of it in a private vehicle doesn't mean anything illegal or against work rules occurred. Which is why I assume this was a follow up event to the first statement. I'm probably reading too much into it

Were you given some sort of sobriety test that was failed? Did he pull the parental trick of ‘lemme smell your breath’? Were you accused of drunkenness at work?

If no, there’s not much to say. You have a bottle of alcohol in your car. Are you in the US? Bars that are BYO/set-ups allow you to provide your own alcohol. Most of these bars require some sort of method to get you there; car, truck, horse n buggy, etc. ‘oh hey boss, we were at the local setups bar this past XXXX. Looks like I forgot to remove the bottle when I arrived home’. But only if asked. Never volunteer anything.

As others said, deny deny deny. Then maybe it’s time to begin dealing with the problem, if you think you’re a problematic drinker.

Yes. Drinking and driving is terrible. You're extremely fucked.

Are you in trouble? Idk

Alcoholic tip, switch to potato vodka. Less aromatic. No juniper etc.

Is it illegal to have alcohol under a backseat? Is it evidence of anything except having alcohol under a seat?

Drink driving bad. Alcoholic abuse/dependence a serious problem.

But gaslight/gatekeep/girl boss. You’re not getting fired for the gin that you keep for camping trips. That would be crazy.

Are you fucked? Probably. Will you get fired? Maybe. It likely depends on what you do next. I'm not sure how universal it is, but if you enter treatment a lot of places CAN'T fire you. You can DM me if you want to talk about it.

Why was he looking under your back seat? Lol why was he in the back of the car at all? Scandalous!

I think this is a sign you’re about to receive a big promotion. Smile brightly today young sir :)

Edit: given the total lack of details and ambiguity of this post(were you caught being drunk in the car or at your work site? Why would your boss want a ride home from you if you were drunk? Ect). I’m assuming this is a joke and you meant to post this to badposting but dude if you’re for real you need to pull yourself together before you get yourself or others killed.

So you were drunk driving too?

It depends heavily on what company policy enforcement is, and even more heavily on how much your boss approves of you.