Teresa was a thirty-three-year-old bank executive who realized that she had a problem with her drinking. As an illustration, within the past four months she has experienced the need to have quite a few drinks before going to work, two weeks ago she failed a random urine alcohol test at her place of employment, six weeks ago she got stopped by the state highway patrol for a DWI, and lastly, for roughly six months she has started to fail to remember what she says and does when she drinks with her friends.

Similar to hosts of other people, Teresa’s experiences with alcohol began little by little and continued at this pace for quite a long period of time due to the fact every so often she engaged in intermittent social drinking. In actual fact, for nearly four years, every time she drank, she made sure to drink responsibly. Something about her drinking behavior, nonetheless, seemed to fundamentally change when she got divorced.

In Order To Overcome the Breakup of Her Husband In a More Trouble-Free Manner, Teresa Determined That She Will Start Palling Around More Repeatedly With Some of Her Buddies Who Love to Have Fun and Drink

Teresa got especially dejected about the loss of her husband, and as a way to quit dwelling on her dismal emotions she came to the conclusion that she would start hanging around more repeatedly with some of her pals who love to drink and have fun.

Quite frankly, Teresa truly believed that having fun almost every day by getting an alcohol “buzz” with her friends would help her rise above the divorce of her husband with less grief.

Teresa’s Drinking Escalates Substantially the More Routinely She Goes to Sporting Events, Private Parties, Happy Hours, Dinner Dates, and Family Get-Togethers With Her Buddies

It didn’t take very long, nevertheless, before her drinking escalated substantially the more frequently she went to and drank at happy hours, sporting events, dinner dates, private parties, and family get-togethers with her pals. Furthermore, the fact that her drinking friends were all quite a bit younger than she was and therefore able to drink more recklessly was one of the reasons that she didn’t concentrate more on her increased drinking. In brief, she was partying just like everyone else in her group of pals without giving too much thought to the unhealthy consequences of her drinking behavior.

Yet in the back of her mind she knew that she most likely needed alcohol treatment but sidestepped the thought as much as possible.

Teresa Gets a Physical Examination, Discloses the Truth About Her Hazardous and Excessive Drinking to Her Physician, and Discloses the Truth About Her Constant Negativity

One late afternoon during her six-month physical exam, her doctor asked her if she drank alcohol. Not wanting to tell falsehoods to her healthcare practitioner, Teresa owned up to the fact that she frequently drinks more than she should. If truth be told, she said that she commonly drinks in an excessive and hazardous manner. Then Teresa informed her healthcare professional about her sadness. More specifically, she articulated that wrecked relationships more often than not triggered a disheartening cycle of events typified by increased drinking which further led to more discouraging feelings that, in turn, resulted in even more drinking. And this is explicitly what happened when she and her husband got divorced eleven months ago.

When her healthcare practitioner heard this, he informed Teresa that according to various alcoholism facts and statistics on alcoholism he was exploring, alcoholism and depression commonly arise in the same individual. He then informed Teresa that some of the alcohol statistics, research investigations, and facts he has been studying also stress the fact that individuals who drink excessively and who also go through depression need to receive treatment for both medical situations.

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

Teresa’s healthcare practitioner then told her the following: “I am not trying to make a sudden diagnosis, but with your medical situation we may be facing two separate problems. Consequently, I think we need to make an appointment for you to get an alcohol abuse and alcoholism evaluation from my partner, Dr. Jeffries, who is an alcohol and drug abuse specialist. Whether your drinking problem is more related to alcohol addiction or alcohol abuse is unclear at this time, but I think that further evaluation is required. Then I feel we probably should make an appointment for you to get a psychological examination from another one of my partners, Dr. Gordon, who is a psychologist. I want to get a better read on your sadness and see how much your drinking and depression are intertwined.” Teresa displayed her approval of her healthcare professional’s plan of attack and thanked him for his time and assistance.

In truth, Teresa now felt a sense of increased spirituality and personal success because she finally got inspired to do something constructive about her excessive drinking and her depression. Now all she had to do was to try to lessen her drinking and wait for her appointments.