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 [...]
What are the fundamental components in an effective alcohol intervention? Why do some alcohol interventions succeed as projected while more than a few flop? The Requirement for an Acclaimed History of Intervention Attainment Scientific research makes evident the fact that a “winning” alcohol intervention needs to be supervised by an intervention specialist who has a [...]
It is remarkable to point out something that family members who have been unfavorably affected by the alcoholism of another family member clearly do not comprehend. It seems that by shielding the alcoholic with untruths and deceitfulness to those outside the family, these well-intentioned family members have in effect created a condition that makes it [...]
Mr. Blake was one of the health lecturers at a medium size countryside junior high school in the Western part of the United States. For “Alcohol Comprehension Month” he came to a decision that he would consider focusing on the following three topics for a class assignment: alcoholism symptoms alcoholism statistics, and alcoholics info. After [...]
How do you identify the fact that you have a problem with your drinking? When is it obvious that you are engaging in hazardous drinking? If you have unsuccessfully tried to stop drinking or if you sworn to yourself that your drinking days are gone and then you were made aware that you were drinking [...]
