March 29, 2010
A Manager Helps a Worker Address His Depression and His Abusive and Heavy Drinking After a Ruined Relationship
Russ got suspended from high school when he was sixteen years old and eventually found employment at a local landfill. For the past six years he has gained a reputation as a hard-working and reliable person who almost never calls off work due to sickness.
Nearly four months ago he started dating a young woman named Emma. They seemed to get along real well immediately and gave people the impression that they had a lot of fun with one another.
The Hazardous Drinking Begins
When Russ met Emma, he almost never drank. This circumstance totally changed when they began seeing each other on a regular basis. If truth be told, their relationship was going great until Emma called Russ one night around 4:30 AM and said that she had to call off their relationship and that she couldn’t explain the reason at that moment.
The next morning before he went to work, Russ drove to Emma’s apartment and found out almost immediately that she had already moved out. Russ took this extremely hard. Actually, he was astounded because they appeared to be getting along so very well.
When Abusive and Hazardous Drinking Leads to Work Problems
So what did Russ do about Emma’s departure? Instead of working through his pain, he began getting inebriated just about every night. It didn’t take long for his buddies at work or for his boss to notice that Russ was coming to work late at least once per week and that he constantly called off sick. Moreover, some of his fellow employees made an appointment with staff in the HR Department and mentioned that Russ often 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 fellow employees. So one Monday morning he called Russ into his office. He told Russ that he had recently noticed an extreme change in his attendance, behavior, work performance, and in his sick time.
When a Manager Can Encourage a Worker to Get Help For His or Her Hazardous and Heavy Drinking
Russ’s manager also articulated 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 manager then stated the following: “Russ, your co-workers are not reporting you to the Human Resources Department to get you into any trouble or because they dislike you but rather because they are concerned about you. And I care too. I don’t want to pry into your life outside this company, but it seems very clear that you are displaying some of the common signs and symptoms of a drinking problem. Consequently, I want you to go and see a psychologist in the employee’s assistance program to discuss your drinking behavior and your depression.”
“Russ, I’m no doctor or a counselor, but I have seen several of my friends and relatives experience some very negative alcohol side effects. Furthermore, I have also experienced the signs of alcoholism first-hand in my own family. When people suffer from problems with drinking, these issues not only affect the drinker, but they also make an impact on his or her relatives, neighbors, co-workers, family, and friends.”
Russ respected his boss quite a lot and as a consequence followed through with his recommendation the very next day when he called and scheduled an appointment with someone in the employee’s assistance program.
Russ is Still Depressed But Experiences Some Hope That He Will Get His Life Back on Track
Even though Russ didn’t automatically feel any better or less depressed about the loss of Emma, he felt some 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 a number of weeks and he actually felt some hope that he would get his life back on track.
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Brooke was a forty-year-old bookkeeper who was sick of feeling depressed everyday and fed up with her hazardous and excessive drinking behavior. Stated simply, she was irate with herself for spending her hard-earned money on a worthless habit, she missed her old enthusiasm for doing the things she liked, she was sick of feeling weary every morning, she hated the hangovers she experienced on a recurring basis, and she was tired of going through failed relationship after failed relationship because of her heavy drinking.
In addition she was disgusted with how out-of-shape she was, she was fed up with paying for alcohol-related attorney fees, she was bored with her drinking friends, she was annoyed with the many times she failed to pass an alcohol test at work, and she hated the fact that she had to go to court for her second DUI.
As well as the obvious alcohol-related health difficulties she was going through, conceivably the unhealthiest part of her drinking routine was the untrustworthy and deceitful person she had turned into. In her heart of hearts she knew that she had been untruthful about her drinking behavior to her relatives, friends, and family and she also knew she had been less than truthful with herself about the “healthy” effects of drinking. Not only this but she rationalized wolfing down three or four drinks before going to social events and she also made excuses for needing two or three drinks the first thing in the morning so that she could deal with the “anxiety” at her place of employment.
Her Depression and Her Abusive and Hazardous Drinking Lead to Significant Changes in Her Life
It was apparent that that Brooke was sick of putting up with the adverse effects of her depression and her abusive and unhealthy drinking and finally made up her mind that something significant had to change in her life. So she determined that she would abstain from drinking, develop a new circle of friends, involve herself in some worthwhile hobbies, get professional counseling, start exercising, and start focusing on becoming a more healthy person.
Stated simply, Brooke got to a pivotal time in her life during which she comprehended that she hit the bottom of the barrel in her life and was now ready to commence the slow path that leads to recovery.
One of the ways that Brooke operationalized her “plan” was by requesting a transfer at her place of employment. When her request was granted, she moved 250 miles away to a new part of the U.S.. If nothing else, this unquestionably made making new friends and pals and disconnecting herself from her old pals much simpler. Then she phoned a healthcare practitioner in her new city and made an appointment for a comprehensive physical exam.
Brooke Meets With a Physician About Her Heavy and Excessive Drinking and Her Depression
After meeting with the physician and going through a number of laboratory tests, it was determined that Brooke had crossed the line from alcohol abuse to alcohol addiction and therefore was in need of alcohol treatment and alcohol detox. At this time, the healthcare professional made it a point to discuss the various signs of alcoholism, the symptoms of alcoholism, and information about long term alcohol effects with Brooke.
The doctor then told Brooke that it was decided that she was clinically depressed and in need of treatment for this medical issue.
Brooke Makes up Her Mind to Fortify Her Body by Exercising, Taking Vitamins and Minerals, Living an Alcohol-Free Lifestyle, Drinking Spring Water, and Eating Nutritious Foods
Due to her eagerness to follow through with the therapy program, after four weeks of residential rehabilitation, Brooke was ready to begin rehab on an outpatient basis. At this point in time, she began working at her new job and over the weeks began building up her body by drinking distilled water, living an alcohol-free way of life, going to the gym, eating wholesome foods, and taking vitamins.
Brooke also tackled her spiritual concerns by joining the local Pentecostal church and going to regular services.
After approximately seven months of outpatient rehabilitation during which time she never suffered through a relapse, Brooke stopped going to alcohol rehab and instead began going three times every week to local Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Going to these meetings helped Brooke follow through with her alcohol-free way of life, they provided her with the support she needed, and they served as a persistent reminder of the destructive results that are linked to unhealthy and abusive drinking.
After going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings about five-and-a-half months Brooke felt that she was ready for a relationship and so she started going out with Lucas, a young gentleman she met at church. It clearly amazed Brooke how much more ready she was for a dating relationship now that she had her unhealthy and excessive drinking under control. In point of fact it also amazed Brooke how much better life was now that she wasn’t under the control of her excessive and careless drinking. Life was now pleasurable and full of potential that she could have never longed for or attained when she was engaged in hazardous drinking less than a year ago.
A Success Story That is a Testimony of the Value of Alcohol Rehab and the Power of Change
Brooke’s success story is proof of the relevance of alcohol rehabilitation and the power of change. As Brooke reflected on her newfound positive self image and motivation for involving herself in worthwhile, healthy activities, she was actually appreciative that she made up her mind to do something productive about her hazardous and careless drinking rather than giving into her depression and into the lure of her alcoholism. The result: she is in control of her life rather than letting herself stay under the control of her alcoholism, she enjoys her new job responsibilities, she has more energy now compared with any time in her adult life, she is involved in a caring relationship, and her life now has a positive direction.
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December 15, 2009
Get My Husband Back – Get Yourself Armed To The Teeth With A killer Plan
How do I get my guy back? I guess you can’t get that thought out of your head. It was exactly the same for me when my partner left. It’s not all bad though as there is hope. There’s always hope.
What can I do to get my guy back?
You can start with no contact with your husband at all. Sounds silly but it works great. You can use the time to get control of your emotions.
You can think about your plan of action while you are apart. You could just sit back and hope your husband returns anyway. Or will you make the first move and take action to get your husband back?
Having no contact works in another way too. You husband gets to miss you a little. If your husband realises you aren’t around, he must have been thinking about you right? Which has to be good.
Anything I shouldn’t be doing?
Where do we start? You should not be pestering your ex in any way. Calling, texting, following or god forbid, stalking your ex is a big no no.
You should not be drinking heavily or abusing drugs in any way. You can ruin any chance you may have with stupid tactics like the above. Not to mention you risk trouble with the law.
The main thing is not to ruin what chances you have. If you blow it with a stupid move then any plan you have is worthless. Your chances could easily be torn to shreds.
The step by step ‘get your husband back‘ plan
The system is already out there waiting for you to grab it. You probably already realise but you’re not the first to get dumped and hope to “get my husband back”. I very much doubt you’ll be the last.
There’s a handful of broken hearts from the past that have put down on paper a set of ‘rules’. Which is precisely what you can use to get your husband back. By simply following their step by step plan.
Question…will you just sit and wait for your husband to return to you? Good luck with that. Or will you do something about it and get your husband back yourself?
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December 3, 2009
How To Win Her Back – With Some Super Sneaky Psychological Tactics
Have you just split? Are you searching to learn how to win her back? You first action should be to stop any & all contact. Probably the last thing on your mind, but it will work. Believe me.
I guess you are going through a massive amount of emotional upheaval at the moment. Your emotions are no doubt up & down like a yo-yo. You get the best of both worlds if you cut all contact with your ex.
First things first, you get to have some important healing time. A chance to heal those battered emotions. It’s important for you & the ‘win her back’ plan.
An emotionally fragile state of mind will scupper any chance you have of winning her back. Being in control lets glide through any potential explosive situation. This shows her how grown up you are, when she will be expecting the opposite.
The other benefit of cutting contact is your ex can’t fail to notice your absence. It may have been her that finished it. So why would she miss you at all you probably ask. You were a big part of your ex’s life for a while. Not being there now will force her to wonder about you.
Your ex is thinking about you when she notices you aren’t there. It’s better to be in their head just a little than not be in their head at all. If you are always in your ex’s face she will no doubt think bad thoughts. Being absent gives her chance to remember nice things about your relationship.
“I get the point, no contact. For how long?” It’s hard to say exactly as everyone is different. I suppose 3 or 4 weeks is long enough as you don’t really want her to get into the routine of a new single life.
What’s the next step you may ask. “I’m in full control and want to win her back, how do I do it?” That’s a fair question and the answer I would give anyone is to put together a game plan. A plan that you can easily follow all the way to the end.
You can go one of two ways. Do it all yourself with your own techniques. Good luck with that. Or go with a proven method put together by someone else.
There are quite a few systems like this available on the net, even thought it’s hard to believe. Systems that have worked successfully for thousands of others. Step by step systems that will hold your hand all the way.
To say I was a non believer when I first discovered a system like this is an understatement. It came as a shock, but it didn’t take long for me to start believing. There must be some magic behind it when the most popular system has over 12,000 people raving about it.
You have a choice now, go for it yourself and use your own skills. Or take the sensible route and use the techniques of other people who have had success. I know what I would do (actually it’s what I did).
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I won’t beat around the bush; you desire to get your boyfriend back. Let’s hope you mean get him back in your arms and not get some type of revenge on him. Even if he’s been a particular ass, I don’t think you should stoop as low as him and try to get your own back. If you want revenge, go out with a smoking hot guy and make sure your ex finds out. That’ll do the trick.
You are going to need to know a few things if it’s getting back together that you want. It isn’t going to happen on its own; you will have to make it happen. I know you’re probably asking how do I make it happen. There are some crafty methods!
Hopefully I can show you how to win him back with a couple tips & tricks. First thing, you can’t go begging and pleading to him. You could do more harm than good. Better to totally ignore him for a few weeks. If you are nowhere to be seen you will be in his thoughts, I guarantee that.
He will expect you to plead and beg at some point (as most men do) but by doing the opposite he can’t help but be curios about it. It’s the vanity in men. They will expect you to beg, they want you to beg. In a sick way it makes them feel a little more powerful. Take the ignoring him bit a stage further and go out and enjoy yourself, making sure he finds out about it.
He will be even more curios and a bit jealous when he finds out about that little move. He may have finished things but if he thinks you are moving on with your life so quickly it will start to get to him, believe me! Most guys have such a weird view of the world he’ll be expecting you to spend the next year trying to recover from being dumped.
Back to the subject at hand, your scheme to get your boyfriend back. There are systems that you can get on the net, believe it or not, that will show you what you need to do to win him back. Pretty unbelievable I know, but there you go. It’s a strange world we live in.
I was suddenly dumped and eventually ended up trying one of these systems. I didn’t hold much hope for it. I expected it to be crap. I’m still amazed that it only took me a couple months to get my ex back with the system.
There’s a section on psychological mind games you can play to firmly get you holding all the aces. You can have your ex boyfriend eating out of your hand with these psychological tricks before you know it.
If you are going to get your boyfriend back you may as well arm yourself with a killer set of tricks and tactics than try it all on your own. Take control, take him back!
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August 4, 2009
Advice to Engaged Couples, Newly Weds and WannaBees
I have witnessed, both within my own family, in the outside world and in my practice, what can happen in a relationship if there is no common bond that can actually bind a couple together.
Well, let me digress (or maybe, progress) and say a bit about getting together as a couple in the first place: even if there is a strong attraction, be it physical, mental or emotional: Love; That does not seem to be enough to keep a couple together; the body will wither, the mind will change and the emotions will flutter. And love may turn into a dependency or habit. Unless, there is a third entity; the glue that binds the one to the other; the bond that binds, a mutual goal and lifetime commitment to it. A common commitment to a external force or ideal, that is greater than both of you, that is stable and enduring, will see you through the tough times that will inevitably come …
In my opinion, there are two good bonds; children and Religion or a Spiritual Practice (to be more politically correct, or any other proven external disciplinary way of life that both parties agreed to commit to whole-heartedly, abide by, follow and emulate; the goal). With both of these present, the chances are multiplies exponentially. But, even with both of these, there are no garantees.
Without these, there is no common bond; it’s just two people living separate lives together: convenient for a nice meal, some ambience, safe sex, and the occasional meaningful conversation …
So, both parties must have the same intent or lifetime goal. Otherwise, both sides will be resentful, because, in any situation, for any important decision, no compromise can satisfy both of the parties, because their primary motivating goals are different; or they have no primary motivating goals and “just don’t feel like it” at the time. And so there is no improvement in the situation and resentments, anger, etc. build; and there is no possibility for a long-term relationship.
A tendency towards negativity, insecurity and fear/anxiety may sometimes seem to obscure love. But this is who the person is at the moment; and they are perfect the way they are.
Love may sometimes seem to be obscured by a tendency towards not wanting to be so depended upon by the other, for their happiness, security and emotional wellbeing. But this is who that person is at the moment; and perfect the way they are.
Much of this may stem from residual family entanglements. Some behaviors may come from “inherited” family control issues. Some behaviors may come from family insecurity issues.
There are a few key issues that need to be kept in mind: Trust! Honesty! One must trust the other, as the right hand trusts the left. And one must be honest and trustworthy, inside the relationship and in the world at large as well; trusting yourself, being honest with yourself and trusting your partner and being honest with your partner, and being trustworthy and honest in all your dealings in the world. In other words, your thoughts, speech and actions should always be in line with a clear conscience.
There are times when you will feel rejected or abandoned, based on your perception of the situation. There is usually no reason to feel this way; from the other’s standpoint, it’s not about you, it may be about their family control issues.
At times you may feel that you would appear weak if you give in to the desires of the other. There is no reason to feel weak by giving in: remember the bond that binds; you can show your compassion and accommodation of what may be the other’s family insecurity issues.
Besides the above mentioned, or perhaps, because of the above mentioned, there may be a lack of real compassion and empathy on the part of both parties for each other. To see the world from the other persons heart and to trust the other person, that they are doing the best they can. To see them as perfect, the way they are. (Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying that there is no room for improvement.) To realize the person is always more important than any ideology or material object or goal; the relationship comes first.
Perhaps ask; what’s the worst thing that can happen if the worst thing happens. In most cases, upon sober reflection, the answer is; nothing very devastating. Again, the third entity, the bond that binds, the trust in that everything that happens is only good.
There is a need for genuine compassion and complete acceptance of the other as perfect as they are; acknowledgement and acceptance of each others needs and idiosyncrasies and the commitment and willingness to live with them as they are, for as long as they are that way. And to accomplish this, we need the help of a special “glue” to bind one love to the other. A “third party” that has historically been present in all successful marriages. And continues to be a vital element in marriages today.
The other person; their feelings, hopes, dreams, goals must be your own as well: you are one; heads and tails of the same coin. One person, soul, living life in two bodies.
It says, “All beginnings are difficult”. And while this may be so, you can ensure that the trip will be worthwhile and pleasant for you and for all of those who love you, by heading in the right direction, with the right foot, for the right reasons, towards the right goal …
Abraham Bruck is the developer of the Universal Healing Technique and the UHT Lifetime Trauma Resolution Protocol.
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June 23, 2009
Finding Love After 40
Nanette Geiger, Law of Attraction Relationship Advisor, writes… …
Finding Love After 40 doesn’t have to be like searching for the proverbial needle in the haystack. For many women finding love can seem like the last issue they want to confront. From my practical experience in relationship coaching, I work with women in their 30′s all the way to women in their 70′s and they learn what they need to do to alter their thinking about what’s possible in love and partnership for them.
Finding your the perfect mate is not a numbers game. Finding true love is not only for the young or young at hears. It’s also not about being less particular and settling for less than all the qualities you truly want for yourself in your ideal love relationship.
In my world, you CAN have it all. You deserve to have it all. That’s what you learn in relationship coaching classes. The belief that you have to kiss a lot of frogs to get your prince is an outworn myth. Limiting beliefs and feeling like you’re too old to find love again are all part of outmoded opinions taught to us by our culture. Fortunately, leading edge science and quantum physics are teaching us that our thoughts create our reality. As a relationship coach, my passion in life is to help you find out how.
Before you can create your a lasting loving relationship, you need to know what the blind spots have been in your belief system. Your experiences will always follow your expectations. If that’s so – and it is – then you want to know what’s in the way of you getting your expectations met. Said in another way, you want to get clear of what has been in the way (limiting beliefs) of you attracting your ideal love.
Here are a couple strong cultural influences that inhibit us from having our relationship desires met.
1. The Influence of Others
We are all heavily influenced by our family, friends, co-workers and the media. If you’re constantly looking outside to see what’s possible for your in relationships, you’ll be comparing yourself to someone else’s standards. That rarely works for long term relationship happiness.
2. Habits of Thought or Beliefs
Your beliefs, like the air your breathe are rarely questioned. At one time it was TRUE that the earth was flat. Your thoughts, beliefs and expectations about what is possible for you in relationship will only keep the status quo in place. If you’d like to shift that, enroll in relationship coaching courses and learn to break through your own limitations.
It’s no more difficult to find love after 40 than it is to find love in your 20′s. I manifested to love of my dreams in my late forty’s after two divorces and several relationship failures. When I got clear of what my limiting beliefs were, the love of my life entered in a very short time. I know you can create the love of your dreams, I did it and you can too.
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