A Woman Displays Signs Of Alcohol Dependency And Depression And Schedules An Appointment To See Her Healthcare Practitioner

Cindy was a thirty-two-year-old accountant who knew that she had a drinking problem. For example, within the past seven months she has felt the need to have one or two drinks before going to work, a week ago she failed a random urine alcohol test at her place of employment, five months ago she got arrested for a DWI, and last but not least, for about three months she has started to forget what she says and does when she drinks with her friends.

Similar to other individuals, Cindy's involvement with alcohol started out slowly and continued at this level for quite some time due to the fact that every once in a while she engaged in casual social drinking. As a matter of fact, for nearly a year, every time she went out to drink, she made sure to drink in moderation. Something about her drinking activities, however, seemed to fundamentally change when she got divorced from her husband.

Cindy got extremely sad about the loss of her husband, and as a way to stop dwelling on her negative feelings she decided to start associating more frequently with some of her friends who love to have fun and drink. It didn't take long, however, before her drinking increased substantially the more often she went to and drank at private parties, sporting events, happy hours, family get-togethers, and dinner dates with her friends.

In short, she was having a ton of fun drinking just like everybody else in her group of friends without giving too much thought to the alcohol short term effects and especially about the alcohol long term effects she has been going though. Yet in the recesses of her mind she knew about the negative alcohol effects on the body and on the brain and that she most likely required alcohol treatment but sidestepped the thought as much as possible.

One morning during her annual physical, her physician asked her if she drank alcohol. Not wanting to lie to her healthcare practitioner, Cindy owned up to the truth that she often drinks more than she should. In reality, she stated that she regularly drinks in an excessive manner. Then Cindy told her physician about her depression. More explicitly, she articulated that broken relationships usually triggered a depressing cycle of events typified by increased drinking which further led to more depressing feelings that, in turn, led to even more drinking. And this is explicitly what happened when she and her husband got divorced two years ago.

Cindy's physician then told her the following: "I am not trying to make a sudden judgment, but with your medical situation e may be working with two separate problems. As a result, I think we need to make an appointment for you to get an alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction evaluation from my partner, Dr. Petroff, who is an alcohol and drug abuse specialist."

"Whether your drinking circumstance is more linked to alcohol dependency or alcohol abuse is unclear, but I think that further exploration is justifiable. Then I think we need to make an appointment for you to get a psychological exam from another one of my partners, Dr. Miller, who is a counseling psychologist."

"I want to get a better grip on your depression and see how much your drinking and depression are interrelated." Cindy expressed her approval of her doctor's treatment plan and thanked him for his time and assistance.

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