About a year ago I had lunch with a thirty-six-year-old man named Alexander who suffers from extreme depression, has relationship problems, and who is addicted to drugs and alcohol. As stated by Alexander, it is his alcohol and drug dependency and his extreme depression that had the most to do with his unceasing relationship problems. [...]
Samuel was a thirty-nine-year-old graphic designer who was tired of feeling depressed on a daily basis and fed up with his unhealthy and excessive drinking behavior. In a word, he was sick of feeling tired every morning, he was angry with himself for spending his hard-earned money on a valueless habit, he was tired of [...]
Roughly six months ago I had lunch with a thirty-five-year-old male named Alexander who suffers from intense depression, has relationship difficulties, and who is dependent on alcohol and drugs. As explained by Alexander, it is his alcohol and drug addiction and his intense depression that had the most to do with his continual relationship difficulties. [...]
Nearly six weeks ago I heard about a twenty-six-year-old lady named Rachael who is manic depressive and who is also addicted to drugs and alcohol. I have read that under such circumstances, a person needs to get counseling for both medical problems and that mental health issues and addiction tend to occur in the same [...]
Jerry and Sarah have been married for six years. They wanted to experience some excitement and fun before they decided to have some kids and so they deliberately constructed an extremely vibrant social life. The chief difficulty, however, is that almost everything they do to have fun includes drinking. As an illustration, all of the [...]
Teresa was a thirty-three-year-old cost estimator who realized that she had some drinking issues. For example, within the past two months she has experienced the need to have several drinks before going to work, five weeks ago she failed a random saliva alcohol test where she is employed, five weeks ago she got stopped by [...]
Miss Benning was a health teacher at the most financially challenged parochial high school in the county. Although she had been teaching for only a few years, she had already gained a reputation as an instructor with teaching methods that inspired and stimulated her pupils to think and to learn. As an illustration, one Thursday [...]
It is interesting to point out something that family members who have been unfavorably affected by the alcoholism of another family member apparently do not understand. It appears that by protecting the alcohol addicted person with falsehoods and dishonesty to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have actually created a situation that makes [...]
Teresa was a thirty-three-year-old administrative assistant who realized that she had some problems with her drinking. For example, within the past month she has experienced the need to have one or two drinks before going to work, seven weeks ago she failed a random breathalyzer test where she is employed, four months ago she got [...]
Jennifer is a thirty call center manager who has been drinking in an excessive and irresponsible manner since her boyfriend and she broke up their relationship. In fact, for the past five months she has been drinking nearly one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking a number [...]
