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A Thoughtful Supervisor Helps An Employee Address His Hazardous And Excessive Drinking After A Shattered Relationship
Barry got suspended from high school when he was fifteen years old and eventually got a job at a local copper smelting plant. For the last seven years he has gained a reputation as a hard-working and reliable employee who seldom calls off work because of illness.
Around five-and-a-half months ago he began dating a young lady named Carol. They seemed to get along real well immediately and looked as if they had a lot of good times together.
When Barry met Carol, he almost never drank. This situation totally changed when they started dating on a fairly usual basis. Actually, their relationship was going fine until Carol out of the blue called Barry one night around 2 AM and said that she had to call off their relationship and that she couldn't tell him the reasons for her decision at that moment.
The next morning before he went to work, Barry went to her apartment and found out that Carol had already moved out. Barry took this particularly hard. In truth, he was astounded because they seemed to be getting along so very well.
So what did Barry do about Carol's departure? Instead of letting himself go through the grieving process, he began getting inebriated almost every night. It didn't take long for his pals at work and for his boss to see that Barry was coming to work late at least once per week and that he constantly called off ill. Furthermore, some of his co-workers made an appointment with staff in Human Resources and said that Barry routinely came to work with a noticeable smell of alcohol on his clothes or on his breath.
Barry's supervisor heard about all of this from Human Resources and also from Barry's fellow employees. So one Thursday afternoon he asked Barry to come into his office. He stated to Barry that he had recently noticed a great change in his behavior, work performance, attendance, and in his sick time.
"Barry, I am not an expert about alcohol facts and I'm not especially all that knowledgeable about alcoholism facts, but I have seen several of my relatives and friends go through some really bad problems due to their abusive and heavy drinking. My suggestion is that you learn more facts about alcohol and what alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse can do to a person."
"Why is this relevant? When people involve themselves in irresponsible and heavy drinking, their drinking problems not only adversely affect the problem drinker, but they also adversely impact her or his co-workers, relatives, friends, neighbors, and family. Barry, in short, I want you to get some help for your abusive and irresponsible drinking from our fine employee's assistance program."
Barry respected his supervisor very much and consequently followed through with his suggestion the very next day when he called and scheduled an appointment with a therapist in the company's employee's assistance program. Even though Barry didn't automatically feel any less depressed or feel better about the loss of Carol, he felt some comfort knowing that his manager and his co-workers wanted what's best for him and cared about him. This gave him some emotional relief for the first time in quite a few months and he truthfully felt some hope that he would get his life back on track.
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