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Serious topic...addiction
I haven't been on since my wedding, but I have something thats troubling me and I wanted to get a prespective from people that are completely removed from a situation.
It appears that one of my cw has been smelling of alcohol, using cruder than normal language, taking more 'talking breaks' and is overall acting differently. My coworkers and I have told our supervisors (although there are no hr people in our office). We're concerned for our cw...and the cw's kids.
What should I do? Logic tells me that my cw will only change if they want to change. But I would feel horrible if something happened to the cw's kid b/c of the alcohol addiction.
thoughts??? thanks (sorry to be a debbie downer)
Re: Serious topic...addiction
although there are no hr people in our office
Are they located in another location? You should contact them and notify them of your concern. Then be done with it. You can offer your support of the cw, but I would not confront him/her directly about it especially b/c this is in the workplace.
my cw will only change if they want to change
You are absolutely correct. You cannot make this cw change, even though there is a child or loved one that is affected by their drinking.
Alcoholism is a terrible disease, and can linger for years. There are probably more "functional" alcoholics out there than you can imagine. If they have a job, or a steady responsibility, then they convince themselves that there is no way they have a problem.
I have to agree, there's not much you can do aside from talking to HR. If your management is already aware of it they should be talking to the HR dept. If there is no HR dept I would think the manager would need to sit down and talk to her and say that they have noticed that her drinking seems to be affecting her work and offer her support, like time off to enter a treatment program. If she declines there's not much your work can do other than fire her if her alcoholism is causing her to not be able to do her job.