Alcoholism and the Federal Employee: A Report on a Training Conference, April 1969, Washington, D.C.U.S. Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Division of Federal Employee Health, 1970 - Alcoholism - 88 pages |
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Page 52 - Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Page 52 - ... Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership. We are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution, does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither...
Page 45 - ... drinking problem il several indicators are present. The supervisor should, of course, keep in mind that no indicator or group of indicators is unique to alcoholism or problem drinking. Some Indicators Possible drinking problems are often signaled by : • repeated Friday, Monday, or half-day absences; • frequent reporting of absences by members of the employee's family or persons other than the employee himself; • unusual excuses for absences ; • lying about inconsequential matters ; •...
Page 85 - ... Otherwise, referrals will be made not to treat "alcoholism," but to assist an employee in overcoming "a drinking problem." While any supervisor may recognize, and an employee may admit, a drinking problem, only a physician is professionally qualified to diagnose the illness alcoholism. USE OF SICK LEAVE Probably a request for sick leave, which can be identified as being directly related to problem drinking, would arise only when an employee is away from work to obtain treatment for his condition...
Page 45 - ... likely to listen to you, and I would hope that this would be another fruitful way of getting early recognition of the employee with the drinking problem. I would like to run down very briefly, if I might, the indicators mentioned in the "Key Step," because I have given you very few indicators.