Ken finally made up his mind that he needed to go and see his physician about his unhealthy drinking. At first, Ken thought he would be able to essentially go on the Internet, look for some fundamental alcohol abuse and alcoholism information and decide whether or not he was dependent on alcohol. Not surprisingly, he [...]
Jesse had an awfully hard time maintaining a job. In fact, due to his indolence and lack of motivation, he was out of a job far more frequently than he was in work. And when he did get a job, he had an exceptionally hard time getting to work on time, he characteristically got less [...]
Dante was a seventeen year old high school senior who was manifesting quite a few alcohol-related problems at school. As a result, the principal told him that he had to see Miss Johnson, the school counselor, before he would be permitted to return to school.
Later that afternoon when Dante went home after school, he had [...]
Heather is a fifty-three-year-old woman who is the director of the human resources department at a large metal polishing company. To help decrease the costs associated with poor employee work performance, increasing absenteeism, employee alcoholism and alcohol abuse, excessive sick days, and work related injuries, Heather and the other VIPs initiated a number of programs [...]
Miss Benning was a health teacher at the largest private high school in the local community. Even though she had been teaching for only four years, she had already established a reputation as an educator with educational methods that inspired and stimulated the students in her class to learn and to think.
For instance, one Thursday [...]
Just two weeks ago, Frank applied for a job as a bouncer at one of the local nightspots. He had studied judo, karate, aikido, gatka, and ninjitsu for eight years; he was a personal trainer; he took daily supplements, minerals, and vitamins; he was into health foods and healthy eating; and he seemed like a [...]
When Janice was in high school, she had established a reputation as a person who studied much of the time and who rarely, if ever, drank with her peers. She seemed driven to excel academically so that she would be able to secure a career that she not only enjoyed but one that also gave [...]
Teresa was a thirty-six-year-old accounts receivable manager who realized that she had a problem with her drinking. For instance, within the past month she has experienced the need to have one or two drinks before going to work, three weeks ago she tested positive for a blood alcohol test at her place of employment, four [...]
When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I enrolled into a substance abuse class. At that time, I did not comprehend that alcohol abuse actually was a sub category of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and particularly about alcohol side effects, I read [...]
What are the significant issues in a fruitful alcohol intervention? Why do some alcohol dependency interventions succeed as planned while more than a few flop?
The Need for a Celebrated Record of Intervention Success
Scientific exploration makes obvious the fact that a “winning” alcohol dependency intervention needs to be overseen by an intervention expert who has a [...]
