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A Considerate Supervisor Helps An Employee Address His Excessive And Hazardous Drinking After A Ruined Relationship
Barry got suspended from high school when he was fifteen years old and eventually found employment at a local food processing plant. For the past eight years he has gained a reputation as a diligent and hard-working employee who seldom takes off from work because of illness.
Just about seven-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 changed when they began seeing one another on a regular basis. In fact, their relationship was going fine until Carol surprisingly called Barry one night around 4:30 AM and said that she had to breakup and that she couldn't explain the reason at that moment.
The next morning before he went to work, Barry drove to Carol's apartment and found out in an instant that she had already moved out. Barry received this news exceptionally hard. As a matter of fact, he was stunned because they seemed to be getting along so well.
So what did Barry do? 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 supervisor to see that Barry was coming to work late at least twice per week and that he over and over again called off ill. Furthermore, some of his fellow employees made an appointment with staff in Human Resources Department and stated that Barry frequently 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 Barry's co-workers and from Human Resources. So one Wednesday morning he invited Barry into his office. He mentioned to Barry that he had recently noticed an extreme change in his sick time, behavior, work performance, and in his attendance.
"Barry, I am not an expert about alcohol facts and I'm not particularly well-educated about alcoholism facts, but I have seen many of my relatives and friends go through some really bad difficulties because of their hazardous and irresponsible drinking. My suggestion is that you take time and learn more facts about alcohol and what alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency can do to a person."
"Why is this significant? When people involve themselves in hazardous and abusive drinking, their drinking difficulties not only negatively affect the problem drinker, but they also negatively impact his or her co-workers, family, friends, neighbors, and relatives. Barry, in short, I want you to get some help for your abusive drinking from our top-of-the-line employee's assistance program."
Barry respected his manager a lot and as a result followed through with his suggestion the next work day when he called and scheduled an appointment with a psychologist in the employee's assistance program. Even though Barry didn't automatically feel any better or less depressed about the loss of Carol, he felt some reassurance knowing that his manager and his fellow employees cared about him and wanted what's best for him. This gave Barry some psychological relief for the first time in several weeks and he honestly felt some hope that he would get back on track with his life.
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