A Married Couple Becomes Dismayed With Their Hazardous And Irresponsible Drinking And Ponders Whether They Exhibit Any Alcohol Addiction Signs

posted by Matt @ 10:45 PM
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Sarah and Jerry have been married for seven years. They wanted to experience some excitement and fun before they decided to have some kids and so they willfully created an extraordinarily exciting social life.

The chief difficulty, it needs to be stressed, is that practically everything they do to have fun is associated with drinking. For instance, all of the dinner engagements, happy hours, sporting events, family get-togethers, and parties with friends they spend time at have something to do with drinking.

Sarah and Jerry Begin to Become Aware of Some Unmistakable Alcohol Related Issues That Come From Their Excessive Drinking

If they were moderate drinkers, this wouldn’t be a big deal. Since they drink rather excessively, nonetheless, they are starting to notice some noticeable alcohol-related issues in their lives.

As an illustration, just five days ago Jerry was placed in custody for a third DUI and has been leaving early from work because of alcohol-related health problems. Moreover, Jerry’s last three performance reviews at the office have been less than passable and he has started to fail to recall what he does or says the times that he drinks. As a final point, Jerry has been going through sleep-related problems and his family has begun to exhibit some uneasiness about his drinking situation.

Not unlike Jerry's situation, Sarah has been feeling depressed with things in her life and to manage these feelings, she has been drinking more intensely than any time in the past six months. In addition, Sarah has been experiencing quite a few throbbing migraine headaches and going through awful hangovers due to her drinking. Finally, Sarah has been feeling much less active when she gets up in the morning, she has been getting to work late at least every other day, and she has been receiving some insensitive criticism from her coworkers, family members, friends, and relatives about her abusive drinking.

Watching the Television and Inadvertently Finding An Attention-Grabbing Documentary About the Signs of Alcohol Dependency

One Monday evening while watching TV, Jerry and Sarah accidently found an interesting documentary about the signs of alcoholism.

This television documentary was a real eye opener to Jerry and Sarah because more than a few of the alcoholism signs that were featured looked as if they were indisputably linked to many of the alcohol-related drinking problems Sarah and Jerry had been suffering through.

A Frank Discussion About Drinking Circumstances Brings to Light Alcohol Related Financial, Legal, Employment, Health, and Relationship Problems

After watching the television special, Sarah and Jerry arrived at a decision to have a straightforward dialogue about their drinking activities. They both were in agreement that most, if not all, of their social functions somehow involved drinking, that they were drinking excessively, and that as a couple, they were starting to notice alcohol related relationship, financial, health, legal, and employment problems for the first time in their lives.

With thoughts of the television special still imprinted in her mind, Sarah asked Jerry if some of the alcohol addiction signs they have been displaying could be a signal that they are alcohol dependent or possibly becoming alcoholic. Jerry didn’t know the answer to Sarah’s inquiry and so he recommended that they make an appointment with one of the healthcare professionals at the local drug and alcohol abuse rehab center to find out more about the severity of their drinking circumstances.

Addressing Your Drinking Issues May Lower Your Trepidation and Give You Some Serenity

Paradoxically, although their drinking situation hadn’t yet changed, it was evident that Sarah and Jerry were at least facing their drinking difficulties, they were willing to find out more about their drinking situation, and they were concerned about how they could significantly lessen or eliminate the drinking-related problems that had started to worsen.

When Jerry and Sarah went to bed that night, they determined that the next morning, Jerry would call and schedule an appointment for both of them at the drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility located just South of the State Capital. After they promised one another that they would do whatever it takes to overcome the alcohol-related problems that had manifested themselves in their lives, they truly had the best night’s sleep they could think of in the last four months.

Just before she fell asleep, Sarah turned to Jerry and pointed out how painless it is to lessen one’s apprehension and actually experience some peace of mind by coming to terms with one’s problems with conviction and choosing to do something affirmative about them.

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