A Manager Helps an Employee Address His Depression and His Abusive and Excessive Drinking After a Destroyed Relationship
Written by admin on February 8th, 2010 in Dating Advice.
Russ got suspended from high school when he was sixteen years old and eventually got a job at a local machine shop. For the last eight years he has gained a reputation as a hard-working and reliable employee who only once in a blue moon calls off work due to illness.
Approximately nine months ago he started dating a young lady named Emma. They appeared to get along real well right away and looked like they had a lot of fun together.
The Excessive and Hazardous Drinking Begins
When Russ met Emma, he hardly ever drank. This situation changed when Emma and Russ started seeing each other on a regular basis. In truth, everything was going great until Emma called Russ one night nearly 3:30 AM and said that she had to breakup and that she couldn’t tell him what was going on at that time.
The next morning before he went to work, Russ went to her apartment and found out in an instant that she had already moved out. Russ took this really hard. As a matter of fact, he was dismayed because they seemed to be getting along so well.
When Irresponsible and Hazardous Drinking Leads to Work Problems
So what did Russ do? Instead of working through his pain and misery, he began getting drunk nearly every night. It didn’t take long for his pals at work or for his manager to notice that Russ was coming to work late at least twice per week and that he constantly called off ill. Furthermore, some of his co-workers made an appointment with staff in the HR Department and stated that Russ frequently came to work with a strong odor of alcohol on his clothes or on his breath.
Russ’s supervisor heard about all of this from Human Resources and also from Russ’s co-workers. So one Tuesday morning he invited Russ into his office. He told Russ that he had recently noticed a distinct change in his behavior, attendance, sick time, and in his work performance.
When a Manager Can Encourage an Employee to Get Help For His or Her Irresponsible and Abusive Drinking
Russ’s manager also stated that a number of his fellow employees reported him to Human Resources because he had been coming to work with a noticeable smell of alcohol. His boss 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 instead because they are concerned about you. And I am concerned too. I don’t want to butt into your life outside of work, but it seems very clear that you are displaying some of the typical symptoms and signs of alcohol abuse. Consequently, I want you to go and see a healthcare practitioner in the employee’s assistance program to discuss your drinking situation and your depression.”
“Russ, I’m no physician or a counselor, but I have seen quite a few of my relatives and friends suffer through some really bad alcohol side effects. What is more, I have also witnessed the signs of alcoholism first-hand in my own family. When people suffer from problems with drinking, these problems not only affect the drinker, but they also make an impact on his or her relatives, neighbors, friends, co-workers, and family.”
Russ admired his boss quite a lot and consequently followed through with his suggestion the next morning when he called and scheduled an appointment with someone in the employee’s assistance program.
Russ is Still Depressed But Experiences Some Hope That He Will Get His Life Back on Track
Even though Russ didn’t automatically feel any better or less depressed about the sorrow he still has about Emma, he felt comfort knowing that his manager and his co-workers cared about him and wanted what’s best for him. This gave Russ some emotional relief for the first time in more than a few weeks and he honestly felt some hope that he would get back on track with his life.