Jerry and Sarah have been married for five years. They wanted to have some fun and excitement before they made up their minds to have children and so they willfully developed a very dynamic social life.
The basic difficulty, it needs to be stressed, is that virtually everything they do to have fun includes drinking. For instance, all of the parties with friends, dinner engagements, happy hours, sporting events, and family get-togethers they patronize are related to drinking.
Jerry and Sarah Begin to Take Note of Some Instantly Recognizable Alcohol Related Issues That are Without a Doubt Related to Their Irresponsible Drinking
If they were moderate or responsible drinkers, this wouldn’t be such a major problem. Because they drink quite irresponsibly, nonetheless, they are starting to notice some clearly identifiable alcohol-related problems in their lives.
For example, just two weeks ago Jerry was arrested for his first DWI and has been ignoring responsibilities at work due to alcohol-related health problems. Moreover, Jerry’s last two or three performance reviews at the office have been less than creditable and he has begun to forget what he does or says when he drinks. Finally, Jerry has been experiencing sleep-related problems and his family is starting to exhibit anxiety about his drinking difficulties.
Similar to Jerry’s circumstances, Sarah has been feeling down in the dumps about life in general and to cope with this, she has been drinking more than any time in the past eight months. Moreover, Sarah has been getting a lot of headaches and suffering from painful hangovers after drinking. As a final point, Sarah has been feeling substantially less energetic when she awakens in the morning, she has been getting to work late at least once per week, and she has been getting some negative criticism from her family members, friends, coworkers, and relatives about her heavy drinking.
Watching the Television and Inadvertently Discovering An Attention-Grabbing Documentary About the Signs of Alcohol Addiction
One Friday evening while watching TV, Sarah and Jerry happened upon an interesting program about the signs of alcoholism.
This TV special was a real surprise to Jerry and Sarah because quite a few of the alcoholism signs that were listed gave them the impression that they were unwaveringly linked to several of the alcohol-related drinking problems Jerry and Sarah had been suffering through.
A Truthful Conversation About Drinking Circumstances Reveals Alcohol Related Relationship, Legal, Financial, Employment, and Health Problems
After watching the television special, Jerry and Sarah made up their minds to have a truthful conversation about their drinking behavior. They both were in agreement that most, if not all, of their social functions were associated with drinking, that they were drinking in an excessive manner, and that as a couple, they were beginning to observe alcohol related relationship, financial, legal, employment, and health problems for the first time in their lives.
With thoughts of the television documentary still running through her mind, Sarah asked Jerry if some of the alcoholism signs they have been displaying could be a warning that they are addicted to alcohol or possibly becoming addicted to alcohol. Jerry didn’t know the answer to Sarah’s inquiry and so he recommended that they make an appointment with one of the physicians at the local alcohol abuse rehabilitation facility to find out more about the severity of their drinking difficulties.
Concentrating On Your Drinking Issues Just May Lower Your Trepidation and Give You Some Quietude
Ironically, although their drinking circumstances hadn’t yet changed, it was clear to see that Sarah and Jerry were at least facing their drinking problems, they were ready to find out more about their drinking behavior, and they were interested in learning how they could substantially cut back on or eliminate the drinking-related difficulties that had started to emerge.
When Sarah and Jerry went to bed that evening, they made up their minds that the next day, Jerry would call and schedule an appointment for both of them at the substance abuse treatment facility located just North of the State Capital. After they made a promise to one another that they would do whatever it takes to rise above the alcohol-related difficulties that had emerged in their lives, they truly had the most refreshing night’s sleep they could recollect in the last nine months.
Just before he fell asleep, Jerry turned to Sarah and remarked how painless it is to decrease one’s trepidation and actually experience some peace of mind by handling one’s problems with conviction and making up one’s mind to do something affirmative about them.
