A Woman Displays Signs of Depression and Alcohol Addiction and Schedules an Appointment to See Her Healthcare Professional About Her Hazardous and Abusive Drinking
Teresa was a thirty-seven-year-old accounts payable manager who knew that she had some drinking issues. As an illustration, within the past three months she has felt the need to have one or two drinks before going to work, a week ago she failed to pass a random blood alcohol test where she works, two months ago she got stopped by the police for a DWI, and finally, for the last five months she has begun to fail to remember what she does and says when she goes out drinking with her friends.
Not unlike many other people, Teresa’s experiences with alcohol began at a “snail’s pace” and stayed at this pace for quite a long time because every once in a while she engaged in occasional social drinking. As a matter of fact, for around nine months, every time she went out with her buddies to drink, she made sure to drink responsibly. Something about her pattern of drinking, nonetheless, seemed to fundamentally change when she got divorced.
So She Can Endure the Divorce of Her Husband In a More Pain Free Manner, Teresa Determined That She Will Start Associating More Often With Some of Her Pals Who Love to ”Get Down” and Drink
Teresa got exceedingly despondent about the breakup with her husband, and as a way to quit her preoccupation with her disheartening feelings she came to the conclusion that she would start going out more frequently with some of her friends who love to have fun and drink.
Quite honestly, Teresa figured that having fun just about every day by drinking with her pals would help her rise above the divorce of her husband in a less wearisome manner.
Teresa’s Drinking Escalates Greatly the More Habitually She Goes to Sporting Events, Family Get-Togethers, Private Parties, Happy Hours, and Dinner Dates With Her Buddies
It didn’t take long, however, before her drinking escalated to a significant extent the more habitually she went to and drank at family get-togethers, sporting events, private parties, dinner dates, and happy hours with her buddies. Not only this, but the fact that her drinking buddies were all many years younger than she was and therefore able to party more thoughtlessly was one of the reasons why she didn’t focus more on her increased drinking. In brief, she was having fun drinking just like everybody else in her group of pals without giving too much consideration about the unhealthy results of her irresponsible and abusive drinking.
Yet somewhere in the recesses of her brain she realized that she most likely needed alcohol rehabilitation but stayed away from the thought as much as humanly possible.
Teresa Gets a Physical Exam, Discloses the Facts About Her Abusive and Hazardous Drinking to Her Physician, and Acknowledges Her Constant Negativity
One afternoon during her yearly physical exam, her physician asked her if she drank alcohol. Not wanting to tell falsehoods to her healthcare practitioner, Teresa admitted that she frequently drinks more than she should. As a matter of fact, she stated that she regularly drinks in a hazardous and abusive manner. Then Teresa informed her healthcare practitioner about her melancholy. More specifically, she articulated that wrecked relationships more often than not started a disheartening cycle of events typified by increased drinking which further led to more negative feelings that, in turn, led to more drinking. And this is exactly what took place when her husband and she got divorced six months ago.
When her healthcare professional heard this, he told Teresa that according to various alcoholism facts and statistics on alcoholism he was investigating, alcoholism and depression commonly happen in the same person. He then informed her that some of the alcohol statistics, research investigations, and facts he has been studying also point out that people who drink in an excessive manner and who also suffer from depression need to get treatment for both medical circumstances.
Teresa’s Healthcare Practitioner Schedules an Appointment for a Psychological Assessment and For an Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Assessment
Teresa’s physician then said the following: “I am not trying to make an overly quick analysis, but with your medical situation we may be dealing with two separate problems. Consequently, I think we ought to schedule an appointment for you to get an alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse assessment from my partner, Dr. Ballas, who is an alcohol abuse and substance abuse specialist. Whether your drinking problem is more associated with alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse is unknown at this time, but I believe that further evaluation is defensible. Then I think we need to schedule an appointment for you to get a psychological assessment from another one of my partners, Dr. Cooke, who is a psychologist. I want to get a better understanding about your depression and see how much your drinking and depression are interrelated.” Teresa expressed her satisfaction with her healthcare professional’s “game plan” and thanked him for his assistance and concern. Now all she had to do was to try to reduce her drinking and wait for her appointments.