Intervention

The Banana Man I've seen Cirrhosis firsthand and it's not a pretty sight. One of my lifelong friends and my former business partner is an alcoholic. His name is John and he promised to stay on the wagon to entice me to work with him, and it proved to be the biggest mistake of my life. I live in Chicao and he is San Francisco, so I couldn't keep my eyes on him easily.His wife had passed away recently and he was despondent about it, and I thought he might have fallen off the wagon. Those fears were confirmed when I received a phone call four or five months after his wife’s passing from a mutual friend who said John had been taken to the hospital after a binge.He said his prospects were not good. I [+]

Jesse had an awfully hard time maintaining a job. In truth, due to her lethargy and lack of drive, she was out of a job far more often than she was gainfully employed. And when she did get a job, she had a very hard time getting to work when her shift began, she usually received less than optimal performance assessments, and she called off sick so habitually that she regularly got fired a week or two after she began working. Not surprisingly, one of the effects of Jesse’s less than great employment track record was the fact that she was almost totally broke from day-to-day.

Despite Jesse’s less than stellar employment record and financial disregard, on the other hand, somehow she made it a point to drink in a hazardous and abusive manner almost everyday.

So it came as [+]

Jesse had an unusually hard time maintaining a job. To be sure, because of his lethargy and lack of motivation, he was out of a job far more often than he was employed. And when he did get employment, he had an unusually difficult time getting to work when his shift began, he often received less than passing performance appraisals, and he called off sick so frequently that he usually got fired a week or two after he started working. It goes without saying that one of the outcomes of Jesse’s poor employment record was the fact that he was virtually broke almost on an everyday basis.

Despite Jesse’s less than positive employment record and financial lack of attention, however, one way or another he managed to drink in an irresponsible and abusive manner on a day-to-day basis.

So it [+]

Jesse had a particularly hard time keeping a job. As a matter of fact, because of his lethargy and lack of drive, he was out of work far more frequently than he was gainfully employed. And when he did get employment, he had an exceptionally hard time getting to work when his shift started, he commonly got poor performance assessments, and he called off sick so habitually that he commonly got fired a few weeks after he started working. To no one’s wonder, one of the outcomes of Jesse’s shameful work track record was the fact that he was just about flat broke on a day-to-day basis.

In spite of Jesse’s terrible employment track record and financial misbehavior, then again, by hook or by crook he managed to drink in a hazardous manner most of the time.

So it came [+]

Jesse had an extremely difficult time maintaining a job. In fact, due to his indolence and lack of drive, he was without a job far more regularly than he was in a state of employment. And when he did land a job, he had a particularly difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, he typically got less than optimal performance reviews, and he called off sick so often that he almost always got fired just a few weeks after he started working. It goes without saying that one of the consequences of Jesse’s less than stellar work record was the fact that he was virtually without a dime most of the time.

Regardless of Jesse’s deplorable employment record and financial misbehavior, on the other hand, by hook or by crook he made it his business to drink in [+]

Jesse had an exceedingly difficult time maintaining a job. In truth, because of his laziness and lack of motivation, he was out of a job far more regularly than he was in a job situation. And when he did get employment, he had an exceptionally difficult time getting to work when his shift started, he typically received less than passing performance reviews, and he called off sick so many times that he commonly got fired a few weeks after he began working. It goes without saying that one of the results of Jesse’s less than optimal employment track record was the fact that he was just about flat broke almost everyday.

Regardless of Jesse’s disgraceful work track record and financial negligence, however, in some way he made it his business to drink in a hazardous and abusive manner much of [+]

Jesse had an exceptionally hard time keeping a job. In truth, due to his indolence and lack of drive, he was without a job far more often than he was in a state of employment. And when he did find a job, he had an exceptionally hard time getting to work in a timely manner, he typically got less than great performance appraisals, and he called off sick so regularly that he almost always got fired two or three weeks after he began working. To no one’s wonder, one of the outcomes of Jesse’s deplorable employment track record was the fact that he was virtually penniless almost on an everyday basis.

Despite Jesse’s crummy work history and financial misconduct, however, somehow he made it his business to drink in an excessive and irresponsible manner on a daily basis.

So it [+]

Jesse had an awfully difficult time maintaining a job. As a matter of fact, due to his lassitude and lack of motivation, he was out of work far more frequently than he was in a state of employment. And when he did secure a job, he had a hard time getting to work on time, he regularly got less than optimal performance reviews, and he called off sick so consistently that he usually got fired four or five weeks after he began working. Obviously, one of the consequences of Jesse’s poor employment track record was the fact that he was just about flat broke much of the time.

Regardless of Jesse’s less than acceptable employment track record and financial laxity, nevertheless, one way or another he managed to drink in an excessive manner much of the time.

So it came [+]

Jesse had an unusually hard time maintaining a job. Indeed, because of his laziness and lack of drive, he was unemployed far more frequently than he was employed. And when he did secure a job, he had an unusually difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, he often got less than positive performance appraisals, and he called off sick so often that he typically got fired two or three weeks after he began working. Not unexpectedly, one of the consequences of Jesse’s poor work record was the fact that he was almost totally broke almost everyday.

Despite Jesse’s less than optimal work track record and financial negligence, on the other hand, in some way he managed to drink in a hazardous and irresponsible manner from day-to-day.

So it came as no big surprise when Jesse received a fourth [+]

Jesse had an awfully difficult time maintaining a job. As a matter of fact, because of his inactivity and lack of motivation, he was jobless far more frequently than he was in a state of employment. And when he did secure a job, he had an exceedingly difficult time getting to work in a timely manner, he typically received less than passing performance reviews, and he called off sick so many times that he typically got fired four or five weeks after he began working. Not unexpectedly, one of the outcomes of Jesse’s less than acceptable work record was the fact that he was almost totally broke most of the time.

In spite of Jesse’s disgraceful employment history and financial laxity, then again, somehow, someway he managed to drink abusively from day-to-day.

So it came as no big jolt when [+]