Alchol En El Trabajo

THE LINCOLN ACADEMY

Psychology

Alcohol in work

2 Trimestre

Teacher
Pricsilla Samaniego


20-6-2011

Introduction

What is alcoholism? Alcoholism is a disabling addictive disorder. It is characterized by compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol despite its negative effects on the drinker's health, relationships, and social standing. Like other drug addictions,alcoholism is medically defined as a treatable disease. The term alcoholism is widely used, and was first coined in 1849 by Magnus Huss, but in medicine the term was replaced by the concepts of "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" in the 1980s DSM III
In this work I’m going to explain how these dieses affect the live of the people who work in a job. How their reactions are and how they areaffecting in their live.
Also I’m going to explain what the different types of alcolhism are and how they behave with the amount of alcohol.

"Alcohol has been recognized as a factor of social integration and conducive to coexistence."

Man makes use of psychoactive substances since ancient times, not just in order to experience pleasurable sensations and forget about the disturbances, but also toachieve social ends, and religious rituals.
A number of factors to take into account when estimating the severity of the problem of alcohol

• The state audit of alcohol: the drug is easier to acquire and which enjoys a greater social acceptance.
• The key role alcohol plays in the economy.
• The insufficient and often erroneous information that has most of the population.

The ravages ofalcohol in the workplace are not always apparent at first glance.
The alcoholic is a sick often hidden and concealed.

ROLE OF THE HEAD ...
Opportunity to observe the work day after day and employee conduct.
It is wrong to be fooled by the discourse of drinking by the admission of guilt, remorse, by reason of his feelings and his desire to be corrected.
You must not believe that just a rebuketo change him.
The drinker is your game and try to defend discovered with the weapons used and other times, denying that you have a drinking problem, protesting against such "false" accusations.
• The head is better placed than anyone to encourage the patient to consult a specialist.
• Do not yield to a closed person, which will limit discussion to get angry and take this as an excuse toquickly end the interview.
• Take a firm and unchanging, repeating his reasons, to try to convince him.

We recommend you visit the specialist, will give facilities to attend, will closely follow developments and try to return to her job.

CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL IN THE WORKPLACE
The ravages of alcohol in the workplace are not always apparent at first glance. The alcoholic is a sick often hiddenand concealed.
His serious behavior disorders are not usually attributed to alcohol was until recently have been applied in industry discipline. This attitude stems from an erroneous and incomplete knowledge of the problem.
The costs of alcoholism
Alcoholism is a progressive disease that can progress camouflaged for 10 or 15 years. It is easy to recognize in advanced stages, it is ratherdifficult to be detected in intermediate states. Many individuals come to work the morning after the night before. To be elated to have a drink before leaving home, which only lasts until you get to work?
The whole day is suffering from withdrawal symptoms, only makes the routine work and even camouflages everything he can. Far has the spirit of its function and is in constant danger of accidents.Remorse assails him, nervous and anxious, ready to explode at any moment the slightest disappointment.
Cause misunderstandings with his attitude and undermines the morale of their peers.
Quite often the alcoholic becomes self-harm in order to enjoy the free time low accident.
Alcoholism causes havoc in the industry very difficult to establish in statistics, even if the problem is known. Here are...