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A Young Male Needs Treatment For His Intense Depression, Relationship Problems, And For His Drug And Alcohol Dependency


About seven months ago I had breakfast with a forty-year-old man named Benjamin who experiences extreme depression, has relationship issues, and who is drug and alcohol dependent. As explained by Benjamin, it is his drug and alcohol addiction and his intense depression that has had the most to do with his endless relationship difficulties.

As declared by Benjamin, he is so dejected by his relationship problems and by both of his medical conditions that he in essence has little or no desire to do much of anything. What is particularly unfortunate about this is that earlier in his life, Benjamin finished two semesters of grad school in speech communications.

Benjamin's condition makes me question if he is an illustration of a person who can look in the mirror and perceive his substance abuse and drinking problems and do something constructive about these problems. Or, to the contrary, if he is someone who has to hit rock-bottom before he gets alcohol and drug dependency rehabilitation that leads to lasting recovery.

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

Third, Benjamin would learn to understand the fact that there is absolutely nothing affirmative about chemical dependency and excessive and hazardous drinking. In a similar manner, he would also learn that involving himself in one or both of these unhealthy situations is the path to deteriorating health, financial difficulties, poor work and school performance, shattered relationships, legal problems, and a premature death. Fourth, therapy for his relationship issues and his depression might help him cope with these mental health difficulties more effectively and perhaps create less of a need for him to engage in additive behavior. And finally,in rehabilitation he could also learn more about the diverse symptoms of alcoholism that he has manifested.

Due to the fact that Benjamin lacks the ambition to carry out much of anything in his life, it is clear that he definitely needs a little hope for a healthier life. And the sad thing is that hope is all around Benjamin if he could only get to the place in life to get the counseling he needs for his extreme depression and drug addiction and alcohol dependency and continue with his treatment program.

Benjamin is simply too young to be overwhelmed in life. He doesn't realize this at this time in his life but if he can learn how to refrin from drugs and alcohol through alcohol and drug rehabilitation and get the counseling he requires for his severe depression, he can redirect his life and begin living with direction, passion, and with self-respect.

Enhanced relationships, constructive change, self respect, and a wonderful life are clearly possibilities for Benjamin. But only if he can become inspired to obtain the medical rehab he needs, follow through with his treatment regimen, live his life in an alcohol and drug-free and healthy manner, and learn how to foster a more positive attitude about his life.

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