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Wendy was the mother of five children. Wendy had been feeling quite stressed out lately and started to “medicate” herself by having four or five shots of bourbon every night after she tucked her children into bed. After nearly ten months of this drinking routine, she eventually understood the fact that instead of helping her “unwind” and manage her problems, drinking made her feel more restless when she awakened. This, in turn, made her feel even more stressed all through the day.

After thinking about her situation for two or three weeks, Wendy decided to discuss her problem drinking with her best friend. In truth, just about five minutes into their chat, Wendy’s friend, Kara, mentioned that she knew about a very competent and helpful psychiatrist at the local drug and alcohol rehab center. After talking to her friend, Wendy without delay got encouraged to call the rehabilitation center and schedule an appointment.

Five days later she eventually got to meet the physician her best friend had talked about. After their short-and-to-the-point introduction, Wendy told the doctor that ever since she and her ex-husband got divorced, she has been having an extremely difficult time psychologically, financially, and spiritually.

At times, she felt that she was 100% over the divorce. Recently, however, she has been feeling quite depressed about the fact that her former husband and she couldn’t stay married and “make it”. When asked by the doctor how long she and her former husband dated before they got married, Wendy explained to the doctor that she and her ex-husband dated for four-and-a-half years and then lived together for a year before they got married.

As Wendy was talking to the psychiatrist, she emphasized the point that she truthfully believed that she and her ex-husband waited long enough to know each other well enough before they got married. After the children started to arrive, however, their lives appeared to go downhill. Moreover, both Robert and she began to drink, and their hazardous and irresponsible drinking adversely affected their relationship, their finances, and their love for one another.

When things went from bad to worse, Robert hired an attorney and filed for a divorce. Even though things were clearly not going well and although she was routinely depressed, Wendy told the physician that she didn’t want to bring an end to their relationship. Once she received the divorce papers, however, she knew that their marriage was over.

The physician explained to Wendy that the stress, tension, and anxiety that she has been going through concerning her abusive and excessive drinking are some of the more commonplace alcohol abuse effects and that the best solution for this circumstance is rehab for one’s alcohol abuse. In fact, getting alcohol abuse treatment is very important because repeated drinking can get the person into even more dangerous alcohol and alcoholism problems.

After ten or eleven counseling sessions with her psychiatrist, Wendy was gradually able to understand that the real origin of her anxiety and her depression was that she had not laid to rest her angry feelings she has for her former husband who had divorced her four years ago. With these insights and with the drugs her physician prescribed, she eventually quit drinking, she started to feel substantially less depressed, and she began making more time for social events with her family and friends. A few months after getting counseling from her psychiatrist, she even began to date once again.

Wendy Discovers Self Esteem, Personal Happiness, Success, and a Positive Attitude in Life

It was clear that Wendy had come a long way. In point of fact, just about nine months after she stopped her treatment, Wendy had finally laid the harmful emotions of her ex-husband to rest and was beginning to feel better about herself and more spiritually “sound” and emotionally together than she had ever felt in her life. Furthermore, she was starting to find personal success, happiness, a positive attitude, and self esteem in life.

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