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Work was becoming too hectic for a young police officer named Lonnie. Even though he had only been on the police force for two-and-a-half years, he was already known as a hard worker who almost never turned down working overtime. In fact, he was now working ten to fifteen hours of overtime each week and, as a result, he felt like he was losing his handle on his personal life. What complicated the situation was the fact that Lonnie started going out drinking with a group of fellow officers after his shift.

Obviously Lonnie was in a health related and emotional rut and experiencing some negative signs of alcoholism. Where Lonnie truly experienced alcohol related problems and alcoholism signs, however, was in his marriage and in his family life. His wife wasn't really a complainer, but she often begged him to stay at home more with the family rather than going through all of his money while drinking with his friends.

When he was really honest with himself, it was clear to Lonnie that his abusive and excessive drinking was negatively affecting his work, pocketbook, relationship with his family, and his health. So one Tuesday morning Lonnie came to a decision to talk to Richard, a trusted old police officer friend that he greatly respected.

Lonnie mentioned to Richard how abusive and irresponsible drinking was negatively affecting his pocketbook, health, work, and his relationship with his family. Richard told Lonnie that he completely understood because around five years ago, he too became involved with abusive and excessive drinking. In point of fact Richard stated to Lonnie that abusive and irresponsible drinking can create so many problems in a person's life that virtually everything of importance can be destroyed. And finally, Richard suggested that Lonnie make an appointment with an alcohol psychologist at the work-affiliated alcohol abuse center.

Since his employee's assistance program was affiliated with this rehab center, it was not only very affordable but also quite convenient to seek rehab about his abusive and excessive drinking. And since the staff at the substance abuse rehabilitation facility was supportive, competent, and non-judgmental, Lonnie would be able to get alcohol treatment that made sense to him and something he could follow through on.

After talking to his therapist about how his drinking was negatively affecting his work, pocketbook, relationship with his family, and his health, Lonnie realized that he was burning the candle at both ends with his excessive work hours and his careless drinking. Once he comprehended that he was getting himself into a rut, after detoxification and with the assistance his counselor, and after twenty-five weeks in treatment, he was at last able to quit drinking and stop working overtime.

The result was that Lonnie viewed life differently now that he was in alcohol recovery and took the time to learn more relevant alcoholism facts. To be more specific, due to his alcohol treatment he not only was more patient when interacting with his wife and his children, but he actually had more money now even though he was working far fewer hours each week, he had more quality time to spend with his family, and he felt better and more healthy. Ironically, now that he stopped drinking, Lonnie and his wife were not only beginning to save some money for a different house but he also felt more energized and alert than anytime since he and his wife were married.

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