Teresa was a thirty-eight-year-old insurance agent who realized that she had some drinking issues. As an illustration, within the past seven months she has experienced the need to have two or three drinks before going to work, four months ago she failed to pass a random breathalyzer test where she works, six weeks ago she got pulled over by the police for a DWI, and lastly, for about six months she has begun to forget what she does and says when she drinks with her buddies.

Like other people, Teresa’s experiences with alcohol began slowly and remained at this level of involvement for quite some time because from time to time she engaged in occasional social drinking. In truth, for around four years, every time she drank, she made sure to drink in moderation. Something about her drinking behavior, nevertheless, seemed to thoroughly change when she got divorced.

So She Can Overcome the Breakup of Her Husband In a More Pain Free Manner, Teresa Made Up Her Mind That She Will Begin Associating More Routinely With Some of Her Friends Who Love to Have Fun Drinking

Teresa got extremely despondent about the loss of her husband, and as a way to stop her preoccupation with her disheartening emotions she made up her mind to begin going out more often with some of her pals who love to ”get down” and drink.

Quite honestly, Teresa believed that having fun nearly every day by drinking and partying with her pals would help her recover from the divorce of her husband with less misery.

Anger, Stress, and Time Management Difficulties

Teresa also thought that drinking with her friends would help her stay away from her time, stress, and anger management difficulties.

Teresa’s Drinking Increases Greatly the More Often She Goes to Private Parties, Happy Hours, Family Get-Togethers, Dinner Dates, and Sporting Events With Her Pals

It didn’t take long, however, before her drinking increased to a significant degree the more frequently she went to and drank at happy hours, family get-togethers, private parties, sporting events, and dinner dates with her buddies. What is more, the fact that her drinking friends were all quite a few years younger than she was and therefore able to party and drink more intensely was one of the reasons that she didn’t allocate more of her attention to her increased drinking. To be brief, she was drinking and having lots of fun just like everybody else in her group of friends without too much deliberation regarding the negative effects of her hazardous and abusive drinking.

Yet somewhere in her mind she knew that she more likely than not required alcohol treatment but steered clear of the thought as much as possible.

Teresa Gets a Physical Exam, Owns up to the Truth About Her Abusive and Irresponsible Drinking to Her Physician, and Owns up to the Facts About Her Sadness

One late afternoon during her six-month physical exam, her physician asked her if she drank alcohol. Not wanting to tell falsehoods to her physician, Teresa ”came clean” and said that she routinely drinks more than she should. In fact, she stated that she routinely drinks in an excessive and hazardous manner. Then Teresa informed her doctor about her depression. More explicitly, she stated that ruined relationships usually set off a depressing cycle of events characterized by increased drinking which further led to more dismal feelings that, in turn, led to more drinking. And this is explicitly what happened when she and her husband got divorced four months ago.

When her doctor heard this, he told Teresa that according to various alcoholism facts and statistics on alcoholism he was researching, alcoholism and depression often arise in the same person. He then told her that some of the alcohol statistics, facts, and research investigations he has been reading about also stress the fact that individuals who drink in an abusive and irresponsible manner and who also experience depression need to get treatment for both medical conditions.

Teresa’s Healthcare Professional Makes an Appointment for a Psychological Evaluation and For an Alcohol Dependency and Alcohol Abuse Evaluation

Teresa’s healthcare practitioner then said the following: “I am not trying to make an unprofessional analysis, but with your medical circumstances we may be facing two separate matters. As a result, I think we ought to schedule an appointment for you to get an alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse evaluation from my partner, Dr. Bornhorst, who is a chemical dependency and substance abuse specialist. Whether your drinking circumstance is more associated with alcohol abuse or alcoholism is unclear, but I feel that further assessment is required. Then I think we ought to schedule an appointment for you to get a psychological assessment from another one of my partners, Dr. Chambers, who is a psychologist. I want to get a better grip on your dejection and see how much your drinking and depression are associated.” Teresa showed her approval of her healthcare practitioner’s strategy and thanked him for his help.

Teresa Faces Her Stress, Anger, and Time Management Issues

In reality, Teresa now experienced a sense of personal happiness and self esteem because she finally got inspired to do something constructive about her drinking problems and her depression. Not only this, but Teresa also knew that after alcohol counseling she would be more able to manage her anger, time, and stress management problems. Now all she had to do was to try to reduce her drinking and wait for her appointments.

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