A Young Lady Faces Her Depression, Gets Alcohol Rehabilitation For Her Excessive And Abusive Drinking, And Increases Her Self Worth

Emily was a twenty-nine-year-old public relations manager who was fed up with feeling depressed on a daily basis and tired of her excessive and unhealthy drinking behavior. Stated simply, she hated the hangovers she went through on a regular basis, she missed her old enthusiasm for doing various things she enjoyed, she was sick of feeling tired every morning, she was mad at herself for spending her hard-earned money on a useless habit, and she was tired of going through shattered relationship after shattered relationship because of her excessive drinking.

As well as the perceptible alcohol-related health issues she was experiencing, possibly the most damaging part of her drinking behavior was the undependable and fraudulent person she had become. In her heart she knew that she had been less than truthful about her drinking activities with relatives, friends, and family and she also knew she had been deceitful with herself about the "healthy" effects of drinking. Not only this but she made excuses for wolfing down four or five alcoholic beverages before going to social activities and she also rationalized needing several drinks as soon as she got up so that she could manage the "stress" at her place of employment. In a word, Emily got to a key moment in her life when she finally saw that she hit the bottom of the barrel in her life and was now prepared to commence the slow and gradual path that leads to health.

One of the ways that Emily operationalized her "plan" was by requesting a transfer at her place of employment. When her request was approved by top management, she moved 850 miles away to a different city. If nothing else, this certainly made making new pals and dissociating herself from her old buddies much easier. Then she visited with a doctor in her new town and scheduled an appointment for a complete physical and psychological examination.

After meeting with the healthcare professional and taking numerous lab tests, it became apparent that Emily had made the unfortunate change from alcohol abuse to dependency on alcohol and as a consequence, really needed alcohol detox and alcohol rehabilitation. At this time, her physician made it a point to underscore the different alcoholic symptoms and the usual symptoms of alcoholism. In addition to focusing a lot of attention on Emily's alcoholism symptoms, the doctor also told Emily that it was concluded that she was clinically depressed and in need of treatment for her medical condition.

Due to her willingness to follow through with the rehab program, after eight weeks of residential rehabilitation, Emily was ready to initiate therapy on an outpatient basis. At this point, she began working at her new job and over the weeks began building up her body by going to the gym, living an alcohol-free lifestyle, taking vitamins, eating nutritious foods, and drinking spring water.

After roughly eight weeks of outpatient therapy during which time she never went through a relapse, Emily stopped going to alcohol treatment and instead began going four times every week to local Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Attending these meetings helped Emily continue her alcohol-free way of life, they gave her the support she required, and they served as an unceasing reminder of the destructive consequences that are related to hazardous and careless drinking. Compared with her life less than a year ago, life was now meaningful and loaded with potential that she could have never hoped for or fulfilled while she was involved in excessive and unhealthy drinking behavior.