A Young Male Drinks Abusively, Gets Motivated to Get Treatment for Depression and Alcohol Addiction, and Improves Upon His Life

Monday, June 14th, 2010 at 8:32 pm

Stanley started drinking heavily when he was a sophomore in high school. From a positive way of looking at things, even though he drank hazardously when he was an adolescent and a young adult, over the years he has been mostly a moderate drinker.

After he completed his education he eventually found employment at a local brass processing plant where he applied himself and worked his way up from stock person, to office assistant, to purchasing assistant, to purchasing manager. Unlike his other positions, as the purchasing agent he frequently took existing vendors and potential vendors to lunch and to a variety of sporting events.

Though it was not written in concrete, meeting with existing vendors and potential vendors constantly involved situations in which alcohol was present. In truth, over the past fourteen months, Stanley had begun to substantially increase his social and his work-related drinking. This has led to a predicament. To be more precise, the more successful he became as a purchasing agent, the more heavily he began to drink.

His Increasing Bouts of Depression Also Made Him Question if He Was Becoming an Alcohol Addicted Individual

In fact, it didn’t take much time at all before Stanley’s excessive drinking started to negatively affect his relationships, the money in his savings account, his health, his mental health, and his work efficiency. After many weeks of heavy drinking, Stanley, actually, began to get concerned about his abusive and careless drinking and questioned whether his alcohol related issues were alcoholism signs. What is more, his increasing bouts of depression also made him question if he was becoming an alcohol addicted person. In short, Stanley clearly needed to learn more about the facts about alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency.

Stanley Needs Alcohol Detox and Alcohol Rehab For His Alcoholism and a Medical Assessment Regarding His Depression

So Stanley used his problem solving ability, called his doctor, and scheduled an appointment for a physical examination. A week later after seeing his family doctor, Stanley unfortunately was told that he was an alcoholic. His doctor informed Stanley that he needed to get alcohol detox and alcohol rehab for his alcohol dependency and that he also needed to get treatment for his depression. In a word, Stanley needed treatment for his alcoholism and depression.

The Good News is That After His Treatment For Alcohol Addiction and For Depression, He Felt Like a Different Individual

His healthcare practitioner suggested to Stanley that he take a 30-day leave of absence from work and get registered into a quality in-patient alcohol rehabilitation program where he could also be treated for his depression. This is exactly what Stanley did. The positive news is that after his treatment for depression and for alcohol addiction, he felt like a new person. In point of fact, now that he was sober he hardly ever got depressed and he now knew how to better manage his health, his relationships, his finances, and his job.

To no one’s disbelief, the most difficult “test” Stanley met was at the office. More precisely, he still took his existing vendors and potential vendors to various sporting events and to lunch, but after his alcohol rehabilitation he was able to stay away from drinking while entertaining his clients.

Interestingly, Stanley also discovered that none of his potential vendors or his existing vendors thought any less of him because of his abstinence. Alternatively, he found out that his existing vendors and potential vendors thought even more highly of him for staying true to his convictions.

After Stanley went through alcohol treatment, however, he learned that he was a person who, for whatever reason, couldn’t drink in moderation. In truth he found out the hard way that if he refrained from drinking, all of the other important parts of his life would be fortified. Every so often, Stanley missed drinking, but the better finances, relationships, work performance, and the better health he experienced more than offset his love of drinking.

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