Roughly three months ago I had lunch with a thirty-five-year-old male named Benjamin who suffers from intense depression, has relationship difficulties, and who is dependent on alcohol and drugs. As explained by Benjamin, it is his alcohol and drug addiction and his extreme depression that has had the most to do with his recurring relationship problems.
As affirmed by Benjamin, he is so defeated by his relationship difficulties and by both of his medical issues that he in essence has little or no energy to accomplish much of anything. What is especially sad about this is that earlier in his life, Benjamin completed four semesters of grad school in entrepreneurship.
Benjamin's circumstance makes me question if he is an illustration of a person who can look in the mirror and perceive his drinking problems and substance abuse and do something positive about these difficulties. Or, conversely, if he is an individual who has to hit life's bottom before he gets drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation that leads to lasting recovery.
It may be asked how rehabilitation would help his drug and alcohol dependency. For starters, there are a number of recently produced physician-prescribed medications that can help Benjamin through the alcohol and drug detoxification process, through his withdrawal symptoms, and help him avoid a drug or an alcohol relapse. Second, in rehabilitation he could also learn more about his alcoholism symptoms and also about the various stages of alcoholism.
Third, Benjamin would learn to admit the fact that there is absolutely nothing productive about chemical dependency and careless and abusive drinking. In a similar way, he would also learn that involving himself in one or both of these unhealthy situations is the map to poor work and school performance, a premature death, financial difficulties, deteriorating health, shattered relationships, and legal problems. Fourth, therapy for his depression and for his relationship problems might help him manage these mental health issues more successfully and possibly create less of a need for him to involve himself in addictive behavior. And finally, in counseling he could also learn more about the various symptoms of alcoholism that he has displayed.
Because Benjamin lacks the willpower to succeed at doing much of anything in his life, it is clear that he definitely needs some hope for a healthier life. And the sad thing is that hope is almost everywhere around Benjamin if he could only get to the point in life to get the therapy he requires for his acute depression and alcohol addiction and drug dependence and stick with his treatment program.
Benjamin is simply too young to be beaten in life. He doesn't realize this right now but if he can learn how to refrin from drugs and alcohol through alcohol and drug rehab and get the treatment he needs for his severe depression, he can reorient his life and start living with self-respect, passion, and direction.
Stronger relationships, a wonderful life, self esteem, and beneficial change are clearly possibilities for Benjamin. But only if he can get motivated to get the professional treatment he requires, follow through with his therapy program, live his life in an addiction-free and healthy manner, and learn how to cultivate a more positive attitude about life.
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