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Don’t let drinking destroy your career
When we paint a mental picture of who a alcoholic is to ourselves, we fill our minds with factors like how does the person act, how do they look, who they associate themselves with, etc. We look at obvious signs like loss of job or school performance, excessive work tardiness, and so on but what about those people who have adapted their bad habit so that they can cloak it from plain sight. These people use various tools to create the perception in our eyes that they are not alcoholics by masking it behind their successes. Highlighting things like their career progression, family success, items purchased and so forth, these people can effectively give us the “warm&fuzzy” causing us to look past their drinking habits that we may notice. Therapists relate to these people as high functioning alcoholics. A company boss or manager may be under the impression that due to their current ability to effectively perform their job, they must have their drinking problem under control since it does not obviously affect them in the workplace. However the rest of us looking from the outside in, know that this can change overnight and their world can come crashing down with no warning, due to alcohol. Mark my word, it is only a matter time before nature begins to expose their habit and typically it will happen at the worse time. As the constant drinking goes on, they will not notice their memory lapses of simple tasks at first and more serious ones later. They may not notice their quick thinking is no longer as sharp, however others around them will. At that point there is a lot at risk besides the health of the individual but now that person’s family and the company they own or manage as well. The struggle internally for that individual is that they may now find themselves in a conundrum that is quite tricky to socially deal with. Once they admit to their problem they can take time off from their job and pursue an in-patient program. However they will fear that this decision will still affect them negatively because they will lose the perception they built with the company they work for. This can lead to a loss of confidence by investors, stock holders and fellow workers and because they are away for an extended period of time at an in-patient alcohol treatment program, preventing them from physically and verbally addressing these concerns in person. Conversely they may have considered AA meetings, yet are turned off because they fear these meetings will not provide the kind of recognition needed to retain their position of leadership in the company. Another concern maybe that the meetings may not provide the kind of confidentiality they need to avoid public or peer scrutiny. This concern can be put to rest due to effective out-patient treatment programs for those who may feel there are no other options. Substance Abuse Helpline in Fremont, OH, is a proven, discrete treatment program that goes beyond reducing the desire to drink, but also guides their guests in creating a rubric towards acquiring the life you want to have both professional and personally. ...read more
By Substance Abuse Helpline May 02, 2013