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Teresa was a forty-three-year-old floral designer who realized that she had a drinking problem. As an illustration, within the past three months she has felt the need to have more than a few drinks before going to work, six weeks ago she tested positive for a blood alcohol test where she is employed, three weeks ago she got pulled over by the police for a DWI, and finally, for the past three months she has begun to forget what she says and does when she goes out drinking with her buddies.

Like many other individuals, Teresa’s alcohol involvement started out slowly and stayed at this level for quite a long period of time because every now and then she engaged in casual social drinking. As a matter of fact, for nearly two years, every time she went out to drink, she made sure to drink in a responsible manner. Something about her drinking behavior, nevertheless, seemed to fundamentally change when she got divorced from her husband.

So She Can Overcome the Loss of Her Husband In a Less Troublesome Manner, Teresa Made Up Her Mind That She Will Begin Palling Around More Frequently With Some of Her Pals Who Love to Have Fun and Drink

Teresa got very despondent about the divorce from her husband, and as a way to quit fixating on her discouraging emotions she made up her mind to start associating more routinely with some of her buddies who love to ”get down” and drink.

Quite forthrightly, Teresa concluded that having fun nearly every day by drinking and partying with her buddies would help her get beyond the divorce of her husband in a less wearisome manner.

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

It didn’t take very long, however, before her drinking increased to a significant extent the more frequently she went to and drank at dinner dates, sporting events, happy hours, private parties, and family get-togethers with her buddies. What is more, the fact that her drinking pals were all much younger than she was and therefore able to party and drink more recklessly was one of the reasons that she didn’t allocate more of her attention to her increased drinking. Simply put, she was drinking and having tons of fun just like everyone else in her group of pals without too much deliberation regarding the consequences of her hazardous and excessive drinking.

Yet somewhere in her brain she knew that she most probably required alcohol rehab but kept away from the thought as much as she could.

Teresa Gets a Physical, Discloses the Facts About Her Hazardous and Abusive Drinking to Her Healthcare Professional, and Owns Up to the Truth About Her Depression

One late afternoon during her twelve month physical examination, her healthcare practitioner asked her if she drank alcohol. Not wanting to tell “stories” to her healthcare professional, Teresa acknowledged that she commonly drinks more than she should. In reality, she said that she frequently drinks in a hazardous and abusive manner. Then Teresa told her doctor about her constant negativity. More specifically, she articulated that ruined relationships usually started a disheartening progression of events characterized by increased drinking which further led to more disheartening feelings that, in turn, led to more drinking. And this is precisely what took place when she and her husband got divorced two years ago.

When her healthcare practitioner heard this, he told Teresa that according to various alcoholism facts and statistics on alcoholism he was investigating, alcoholism and depression frequently arise in the same person. He then informed Teresa that some of the alcohol statistics, facts, and research investigations he has been reading about also underline the fact that individuals who drink in an irresponsible and abusive manner and who also experience depression need to receive treatment for both medical conditions.

Teresa’s Healthcare Practitioner Schedules an Appointment for a Psychological Evaluation and For an Alcohol Dependency and Alcohol Abuse Evaluation

Teresa’s doctor then stated the following: “I am not trying to make a snap diagnosis, but with your medical circumstances we may be dealing with two separate matters. As a consequence, I think we ought to schedule an appointment for you to get an alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse evaluation from my partner, Dr. Truxton, who is a substance abuse and alcohol abuse specialist. Whether your drinking situation is more associated with alcohol abuse or alcoholism is not clear, but I think that further assessment is needed. Then I believe we should make an appointment for you to get a psychological exam from another one of my partners, Dr. Jordan, who is a counseling psychologist. I want to get some more insights about your dejection and see how much your depression and drinking are interrelated.”

Teresa Gets Enthused About Finally Addressing Her Excessive Drinking and Her Depression

Teresa displayed her satisfaction with her healthcare practitioner’s line of attack and thanked him for his assistance and concern. In all honesty, Teresa now experienced a sense of personal satisfaction because she finally made up her mind to do something positive about her abusive drinking and her depression. Now all she had to do was to try to cut back on her drinking and wait for her appointments.