Objective: Discuss the factors and complications of alcohol disorder, intoxication, and withdrawal.

According to Timko, DeDenedetti, Moos, and Moos (2006), “a significant percentage of drinkers do not limit themselves to rare or occasional alcohol ingestion, which places them at increased risk for premature death from a variety of alcohol-related conditions.” Therefore prospective counselors must learn to identify the signs and implications of prolonged alcohol use and abuse.

• Read Chapter 5 in your Doweiko textbook to better understand chronic use and abuse of alcohol.
• In this activity you will practice the skill of formulating a clinical framework of clients through the use of case studies.

Case Studies: All case studies used in this course are fictional. Any resemblance to persons, living or deceased, are coincidental. The scenarios vary in complexity. To complete the activity, do the following:

• Download and read the document titled Case Study 1, Week 2.
• Write a two-page reaction response.
• Assess the case for signs and implications that lead you to believe that there is chronic alcohol use present.
• Note any issues that you the counselor believe may also need to be addressed, or may impact/compound the treatment of the person’s substance use.
• For any issue not within the scope of your practice, list possible recommendations.
• Note any potential ethical problems in treating this person.
• Note any biblical or Christian worldview implications you identify with the case and what a Christian worldview response might be to that problem.