Russ got suspended from high school when he was sixteen years old and eventually got a job at a local Home Depot. For the past four-and-a-half years he has gained a reputation as a diligent and hard-working person who only once in a blue moon calls off work because of sickness.
About three months ago he started dating a woman named Emma. They appeared to get along real well right away and gave people the impression that they had a lot of fun with one another.
The Excessive Drinking Begins
When Russ met Emma, he rarely drank. This situation totally changed when Russ and Emma began dating on a fairly normal basis. In actual fact, their relationship was going great until Emma called Russ one night about 2:30 AM and said that she had to stop dating him and that she couldn’t tell him the reasons for her decision at that moment.
The next morning before he went to work, Russ went to Emma’s apartment and found out almost immediately that she had already moved out. Russ took this exceedingly hard. In actual fact, he was surprised because they appeared to be getting along so very well.
When Excessive and Heavy Drinking Leads to Problems at Work
So what did Russ do about Emma’s departure? Instead of working through his pain and sorrow, he began getting intoxicated almost every night. It didn’t take long for his coworkers or for his boss to notice that Russ was coming to work late at least three times per week and that he over and over again called off ill. Furthermore, some of his co-workers made an appointment with staff in Human Resources Department and mentioned that Russ frequently came to work with a noticeable smell of alcohol on his clothes or on his breath.
Russ’s manager heard about all of this from Human Resources and also from Russ’s co-workers. So one Thursday afternoon he invited Russ into his office. He told Russ that he had recently noticed a definite change in his attendance, work performance, sick time, and in his behavior.
When a Supervison Can Encourage an Employee to Get Help For His or Her Excessive and Abusive Drinking
Russ’s supervisor also mentioned that a number of his fellow employees reported him to Human Resources because he had been coming to work with the strong odor of alcohol. His manager then stated the following: “Russ, your co-workers are not reporting you to Human Resources to get you into any trouble or because they don’t like you but rather because they care about you. And I am concerned too. I don’t want to pry into your life outside of work, but it is apparent that you are displaying some of the basic symptoms and signs of alcohol abuse. Consequently, I want you to go and see a psychologist in the employee’s assistance program to discuss your drinking behavior and your depression.”
“Russ, I’m no physician or a psychiatrist, but I have seen more than a few of my relatives and friends suffer through some very bad alcohol side effects. Furthermore, I have also experienced the signs of alcoholism first-hand in my own family. When individuals suffer from problems with drinking, these difficulties not only affect the drinker, but they also make an impact on his or her neighbors, co-workers, relatives, family, and friends.”
Russ respected his supervisor very much and as a consequence followed through with his suggestion the very next day when he called and scheduled an appointment with a therapist in the employee’s assistance program.
Russ is Still Depressed But Experiences Some Hope That He Will Get His Life Back on Track
Although Russ didn’t necessarily feel any better or less depressed about the hurt he still has about Emma, he felt comfort knowing that his boss and his co-workers wanted what’s best for him and cared about him. This gave him some psychological relief for the first time in quite a few weeks and he honestly felt some hope that he would get back on track with his life.
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