Bereavement Leave Facts

Approximately five weeks ago I met a twenty-five-year-old woman named Rachael who is bipolar and who is also dependent on alcohol and drugs. I remember reading that in such situations, a person needs to get counseling for both medical situations and that mental health problems and addiction often take place in the same person. Moreover, I remember hearing that a history of careless and abusive drinking, drug abuse, and/or mental health issues routinely occur in the same family.

Plainly, Rachael is so crushed by both of her medical problems and by her grief and loss about her divorce that she in effect has no aspiration to accomplish much of anything. What is especially unfortunate about this is that earlier in her life, Rachael finished one year of college. Rachael’s situation makes me wonder if she is an illustration of an individual who has to hit life’s bottom before he or she gets drug and alcohol treatment that leads to long lasting recovery.

The Need For a Psychologist She Trusts and a Rehabilitation Protocol She Can Believe In

If I were in contact with Rachael I could suggest quite a lot of websites that could possibly help her locate info about addiction and alcoholic behavior, pertinent chemical dependency information, facts about alcoholism and drugs, more info about addiction symptoms and alcoholism warning signs, and relationship information. In my opinion, nonetheless, Rachael needs to find a therapist she trusts and a rehab program she can believe in and follow through over the long term. I could be wrong but it seems logical to conclude that Rachael probably needs to admit the fact that she cannot drink at all or abuse drugs if she wants to get sober, stay sober, and start on the path to lasting sobriety.

I am aware that there are more than a few newly developed doctor-prescribed medications that can help Rachael through the alcohol and drug detox process, through her withdrawal symptoms, and help her avoid an alcohol or a drug relapse. Obviously it would be in Rachael’s best interests if she became familiar with these drugs.

It is clear that Rachael needs to admit the fact that there is absolutely nothing healthy about excessive and careless drinking and substance abuse and that messing around with one or both conditions is the map to legal problems, deteriorating health, a premature death, poor work and school performance, shattered relationships, and financial difficulties.

The Relevance of Support Groups Like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous

There are reasonably numerous persons such as other individuals, family members, and friends who would like to help Rachael but she more likely than not would experience greater tolerance from a recovery group such as Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous rather than listening to people who do not drink or who have never used drugs.

When Individuals Accomplish Things They Like and About Which They Are Zealous

There’s a school of thought in psychology that contends that people who do things they love and something about which they are fervent reach an astonishing place in life. Stated differently, when people do what they enjoy, they rarely if ever experience boredom or an uneventful life. If they get involved in something that is fulfilling, moreover, they become more fulfilled and experience more happiness and delight in life and in their relationships.

To me, this sounds quite a bit different from a life that is rooted in drug and alcohol dependency because such a lifestyle removes the contentment and joy that life has to offer.

Since Rachael lacks the ambition to achieve much of anything in her life, it is apparent that she desperately needs a little hope for a better life. And the sad thing is that hope is virtually everywhere around Rachael if she could only get to the point in life to get the treatment she requires for her manic depression and drug addiction and alcoholism and stick with her treatment program.

Stronger Relationships, A Wonderful Life, Self Respect, and Productive Change Are a Reality

Rachael is clearly too young to be overwhelmed in life. She doesn’t comprehend this at this time in her life but if she can learn how to abstain from alcohol and drugs through drug and alcohol rehabilitation and get the counseling she needs for her manic depression issue, she can reorient her life and start living with direction, self-respect, and passion.

More positive relationships, a meaningful life, self respect, and positive change are certainly possibilities for Rachael if only she could become inspired to get the professional treatment she requires, follow through with her treatment protocol, live her life in a healthy and dependency-free manner, and foster a more positive attitude about her life.

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