A Compassionate Supervisor Helps A Worker Address His Abusive And Irresponsible Drinking After A Broken Relationship
Barry dropped out of high school when he was sixteen years old and eventually found employment at a local paint manufacturer. For the past five years he has gained a reputation as a hard-working and reliable individual who hardly ever takes off from work because of illness.
Nearly three-and-a-half months ago he began dating a young lady named Carol. They seemed to hit it off immediately and looked like they had a lot of fun together.
When Barry met Carol, he hardly ever drank. This circumstance totally changed when they started seeing one another on a regular basis. In fact, everything was going great until Carol without prior notice called Barry one night nearly 3 AM and said that she had to call off their relationship and that she couldn't tell him the reasons for her decision at that moment.
The next morning before he went to work, Barry drove to Carol's apartment and found out almost immediately that she had already moved out. Barry received this news exceedingly hard. In truth, he was stunned because they seemed to be getting along so well.
So what did Barry do about Carol's leaving? Instead of working through his anguish and grief, he started getting inebriated just about every night. It didn't take long for his coworkers and for his manager to see that Barry was coming to work late at least three times every week and that he often called off sick. Furthermore, some of his co-workers made an appointment with staff in Human Resources Department and stated that Barry often came to work with a strong smell of alcohol on his breath or on his clothes.
Barry's supervisor heard about all of this from Human Resources and also from Barry's fellow employees. So one Thursday morning he invited Barry into his office. He stated to Barry that he had recently noticed a great change in his work performance, sick time, attendance, and in his behavior.
"Barry, I'm not an expert about alcohol facts and I'm not particularly well-educated about alcoholism facts, but I have seen more than a few of my relatives and friends experience some really painful difficulties because of their irresponsible and heavy drinking. My suggestion is that you learn more facts about alcohol and what alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction can do to a person."
"Why is this important? When individuals involve themselves in irresponsible and heavy drinking, their drinking difficulties not only negatively affect the alcohol abuser, but they also adversely impact her or his friends, co-workers, relatives, neighbors, and family. Barry, in short, I want you to get some help for your hazardous and heavy drinking from our fine employee's assistance program."
Barry admired his manager very much and as a result followed through with his suggestion the very next day when he called and made an appointment with a healthcare practitioner in the employee's assistance program. Even though Barry didn't automatically feel any less depressed or feel better about the sorrow he still feels for Carol, he felt comfort knowing that his boss and his fellow employees wanted what's best for him and cared about him. This gave him some psychological relief for the first time in more than a few weeks and he truthfully felt some hope that he would get his life back on track.
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