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A Manager Helps a Worker Face up to His Depression and His Heavy and Abusive Drinking After a Broken Relationship
By ContentAuthor | June 3, 2010
Russ got suspended from high school when he was fifteen years old and eventually found employment at a local paint manufacturer. For the last three years he has gained a reputation as a reliable and hard-working employee who infrequently calls off work because of sickness.
The Likelihood of Getting Married
Roughly eight-and-a-half months ago he started going out with a woman named Emma. They appeared to get along real well right away and looked as if they had a lot of good times together. In fact, they got along so well that they began discussing the possibility of getting married.
The Abusive and Excessive Drinking Begins
When Russ met Emma, he almost never drank. This circumstance totally changed when Emma and Russ began seeing one another on a fairly constant basis. If truth be told, their relationship was going fine until Emma called Russ one night about 2:30 AM and said that she had to breakup and that she couldn’t tell him the reasons for her decision at that moment.
The next morning before he went to work, Russ drove to Emma’s apartment and immediately discovered that Emma had already moved out. Russ took this exceptionally hard. In fact, he was bewildered because they seemed to be getting along so very well.
When Hazardous and Heavy Drinking Leads to Problems at Work
So what did Russ do? Instead of working through his grief and anguish, he started getting intoxicated just about 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 time after time called off sick. What is more, some of his fellow employees made an appointment with staff in the HR Department and stated that Russ frequently came to work with a strong smell of alcohol on his clothes or on his breath.
Russ’s boss heard about all of this from Human Resources and also from Russ’s co-workers. So one Wednesday afternoon he invited Russ into his office. He told Russ that he had recently noticed a definite change in his sick time, attendance, behavior, and in his work performance.
When a Manager Can Motivate an Employee to Get Help For His or Her Heavy and Irresponsible Drinking
Russ’s manager also mentioned that a number of his co-workers reported him to Human Resources because he had been coming to work with a noticeable smell of alcohol. His supervisor then stated the following: “Russ, your fellow employees are not reporting you to the HR Department to get you into any trouble or because they dislike you but instead because they care about you. And I am concerned too. I don’t want to pry into your life outside this company, but it seems very clear that you are exhibiting some of the common symptoms and signs of abusive drinking. As a consequence, I want you to go and see a counselor in the employee’s assistance program to discuss your drinking behavior and your depression.”
“Russ, I’m no healthcare practitioner or a counselor, but I have seen quite a few of my relatives and friends suffer through some very negative alcohol side effects. What is more, I have also seen the signs of alcoholism first-hand in my own family. When people have problems with drinking, these issues not only affect the drinker, but they also make an impact on his or her friends, co-workers, family, relatives, and neighbors.”
Russ admired his manager very much and as a result followed through with his recommendation the next work day when he called and scheduled an appointment with a counselor in the employee’s assistance program.
Russ Begings to Feel Some Personal Happiness, Self Esteem, a Positive Attitude, and Some Success for the First Time in Several Months.
Even though Russ didn’t necessarily feel any better or less depressed about the sorrow he still feels for Emma, he felt comfort knowing that his boss and his co-workers cared about him and wanted what’s best for him. This gave Russ some psychological relief for the first time in quite a few months and he honestly felt some hope that he would get back on track with his life. In fact, Russ started to feel personal success, happiness, self esteem, and a positive attitude for the first time in several months.
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