A Young Male Requires Therapy For His Extreme Depression, Relationship Issues, And For His Alcoholism And Drug Addiction

A Young Male Requires Therapy For His Extreme Depression, Relationship Issues, And For His Alcoholism And Drug Addiction

About eight months ago I had lunch with a forty-nine-year-old male named Benjamin who suffers from extreme depression, has relationship issues, and who is drug and alcohol dependent. As stated by Benjamin, it is his drug addiction and alcoholism and his severe depression that has had the most to do with his constant relationship difficulties.

As declared by Benjamin, he is so defeated by his relationship problems and by both of his medical conditions that he essentially has no desire to do much of anything. What is especially sad about this is that earlier in his life, Benjamin managed to finish five semesters of grad school in Spanish history.

Benjamin's condition makes me wonder if he is an example of an individual who can address his drug abuse and drinking problems and do something meaningful about these difficulties. Or, conversely, if he a person who has to hit the bottom of the barrel before he gets addiction treatment that results in long-term recovery.

It may be asked how rehab would help his alcohol and drug dependency. For starters, there are quite a few recently created doctor-prescribed meds that can help Benjamin through his withdrawal symptoms, through the alcohol and alcohol detox process, and help him avoid a drug or an alcohol relapse. Second, in treatment he could also learn more about his alcoholism symptoms and also about the diverse stages of alcoholism.

Third, Benjamin would learn to concede the fact that there is absolutely nothing constructive about drug addiction and careless drinking. In a similar manner, he would also learn that messing around with one or both of these unhealthy conditions is the path to a premature death, poor work and school performance, financial difficulties, legal problems, deteriorating health, and shattered relationships. Fourth, therapy for his depression and for his relationship problems might help him cope with these psychological difficulties more effectively and perhaps create less of a need for him to engage in additive behavior. And finally, in treatment he could also learn more about the various symptoms of alcoholism that he has manifested.

Because Benjamin lacks the determination to achieve much of anything in his life, it is obvious that he desperately needs a little hope for a better life. And the unfortunate thing is that hope is almost everywhere around Benjamin if he could only get to the point in life to get the counseling he requires for his mental illness and addiction and remain in his treatment protocol.

Benjamin is simply too young to be dejected in life. He doesn't realize this right now but if he can learn how to stay away from drugs and alcohol via drug and alcohol rehabilitation and get the treatment he needs for his intense depression, he can reorient his life and start living with direction, passion, and with self-respect.

More solid relationships, positive change, self respect, and a meaningful life are certainly a reality for Benjamin. But only if he can get motivated to obtain the professional treatment he needs, follow through with his therapy regimen, live his life in a healthy and addiction-free manner, and learn how to foster a more positive attitude about his life.

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