A Supervisor Helps a Worker Address His Depression and His Abusive and Heavy Drinking After a Broken Relationship
Written by admin on February 8th, 2010 in Singles.
Russ got suspended from high school when he was fifteen years old and eventually found employment at a local pet food manufacturer. For the last seven years he has gained a reputation as a hard-working and reliable employee who seldom calls off work because of sickness.
Around seven-and-a-half months ago he started going out with a young woman named Emma. They seemed to hit it off right away and gave people the impression that they had a lot of fun together.
The Abusive and Excessive Drinking Begins
When Russ met Emma, he almost never drank. This circumstance changed when Russ and Emma began dating on a fairly normal basis. If truth be told, everything was going fine until Emma called Russ one night just about 4 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, Russ went to her apartment and immediately discovered that she had already moved out. Russ took this exceedingly hard. In truth, he was astounded because they appeared to be getting along so very well.
When Abusive and Irresponsible Drinking Leads to Problems at Work
So what did Russ do about Emma’s departure? Rather than working through his pain and sorrow, he began getting inebriated nearly every night. It didn’t take long for his pals at work or for his boss to notice that Russ was coming to work late at least once per week and that he time after time called off sick. What is more, some of his fellow employees made an appointment with staff in the HR Department and said that Russ routinely came to work with a strong 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 fellow employees. So one Friday morning he invited Russ into his office. He told Russ that he had recently noticed a great change in his work performance, sick time, attendance, and in his behavior.
When a Manager Can Motivate a Worker to Get Help For His or Her Excessive and Abusive Drinking
Russ’s boss also said 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 boss then stated the following: “Russ, your co-workers are not reporting you to the HR Department to get you into trouble or because they don’t like you but rather because they are concerned about you. And I care too. I don’t want to intrude into your business, but it is obvious that you are displaying some of the well known signs and symptoms of a drinking problem. As a consequence, I want you to go and see a healthcare professional in the employee’s assistance program to discuss your drinking circumstance and your depression.”
“Russ, I’m no physician or a psychologist, but I have seen several of my relatives and friends go through some extremely bad alcohol side effects. Not only this but I have also witnessed the signs of alcoholism first-hand in my own family. When people have problems with drinking, these difficulties not only affect the drinker, but they also make an impact on his or her family, friends, relatives, neighbors, and co-workers.”
Russ admired his supervisor quite a lot and consequently followed through with his recommendation the next work day when he called and scheduled an appointment with a healthcare practitioner in the employee’s assistance program.
Russ is Still Depressed But Experiences Some Hope That He Will Get Back on Track With His Life
Even though Russ didn’t necessarily feel any better or less depressed about the sadness he still feels for Emma, he felt comfort knowing that his supervisor 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 several weeks and he actually felt some hope that he would get his life back on track.