Chronic Alcohol Use Case Study Essay

Chronic Alcohol Use Case Study Response Our case study begins with a story of a young woman, Karen, in high school. She drinks to make herself more outgoing, performing to make more friends. She drank often during that time with friends. Later in life, adulthood revolved around drinking with her husband and friends. Alcohol continued to be a personality enhancement making it easier to party with friends and even clients or customers. It was not uncommon to drink on the job since her drinking gave her the confidence to engage with customers or clients. In her opinion, life was great. That is until her boss noticed a potential problem and confronted her about it. She may have had a genetic predisposition for addiction as her family speculated

Is he ready to become sober? What if he is not ready, what will Karen do? As a counselor, I cannot advocate or encourage divorce, this must be her decision and hers alone. I can only offer to pray for her and her situation that God will show her the best way to handle this.
God tells us that indulgence is bad, a sing. The books of Proverbs, Hosea, Isaiah, Ephesians, Galatians, and 1 Thessalonians spells out why indulgence in alcohol (wine) is bad. The scriptures discuss this from the angle that alcohol makes a fool of you and leads to fights. Another is that wine robs of ones senses. From a Christian point of view, I know that alcohol or any over indulgence is a sin and should be avoided. Likewise, we, as Christians should avoid those who are gluttons.
Karen has decisions to make as to her health, both physical and spiritual. If she attends meetings, which are biblically based, and continues therapy there is a fighting chance of recovery. She also needs to know that her husband, friends, and other family members are there to support her ideally with their sobriety as well. As a counselor, and a Christian, I can only suggest courses of action. In the end, her sobriety and her recovery is her