Over time, I will follow this intriguing case study further with related posts, and endeavour to take you through a client case from a "whoa to go" perspective. Demonstrating, through case notes and reflections, "how" drug repair and recovery is achieved using "natural law", sensible and easy daily lifestyle adjustments and a few "inside" tricks from an "evidence informed" clinical practice approach.
My professional training was "evidence based" in atitude. For which I am grateful, as I certainly know how to cover my arse and learned a few useful things. Over time, however, I have simply shifted the "goalposts" to better reflect the simple proposition; how can I serve my clients interest better.
Drug addiction and treatment is a sensitive issue. In order to protect the clients privacy, his name has been kept confidential. The following is taken from reality, as it is.
Male, Full-time labourer, 45 years old
Aetiology. (The study of causation, or origination. The word is derived from the Greek, aitiologia, "giving a reason for").
Single as recently separated (divorced). Primary care giver for seriously ill parent. Has recently relocated and now lives with parents. Works over 38 hours per week. Daily lifestyle routine is reported as the following. Wake early, cigarette, make breakfast prepare for work. Strong coffee another cigarette, arrive at work “ready to go”. Work is reported as tense and stressful from the start. This is reported as normal. Lunch is taken anywhere between 12 and 3pm dependant on the requirements of work, which “always” come first. A “feed” is followed by more cigarettes and coffee. Work till late afternoon then head to hospital for a couple of hours, then home for dinner. Around this time cannabis use is reported, “cut” into a cigarette (spliff) and consumed. Over the course of the evening 4 or five times before bed which is usually around midnight.
Client reports the following symptomatology. Waking is uneasy and he sometimes feels “confused”. A general feeling of tension (possibly even anxiety) during the day. Fatigue, lethargy are very common in the afternoons. The evenings are more “contained”. Client reports feeling “lost”, with a lack of any meaningful personal direction and an overwhelming sense of “helplessness”. Client thinks he is probably depressed, and/or possibly distressed that his life is “out of control”. Once he had identified this point of reference he sought professional assistance.
Next post on this topic will delve into a detailed professional observation and the treatment plan that was developed between the two of us. If you can identify with this story, the information will be priceless.
Better and better
Aetiology. (The study of causation, or origination. The word is derived from the Greek, aitiologia, "giving a reason for").
Single as recently separated (divorced). Primary care giver for seriously ill parent. Has recently relocated and now lives with parents. Works over 38 hours per week. Daily lifestyle routine is reported as the following. Wake early, cigarette, make breakfast prepare for work. Strong coffee another cigarette, arrive at work “ready to go”. Work is reported as tense and stressful from the start. This is reported as normal. Lunch is taken anywhere between 12 and 3pm dependant on the requirements of work, which “always” come first. A “feed” is followed by more cigarettes and coffee. Work till late afternoon then head to hospital for a couple of hours, then home for dinner. Around this time cannabis use is reported, “cut” into a cigarette (spliff) and consumed. Over the course of the evening 4 or five times before bed which is usually around midnight.
Client reports the following symptomatology. Waking is uneasy and he sometimes feels “confused”. A general feeling of tension (possibly even anxiety) during the day. Fatigue, lethargy are very common in the afternoons. The evenings are more “contained”. Client reports feeling “lost”, with a lack of any meaningful personal direction and an overwhelming sense of “helplessness”. Client thinks he is probably depressed, and/or possibly distressed that his life is “out of control”. Once he had identified this point of reference he sought professional assistance.
Next post on this topic will delve into a detailed professional observation and the treatment plan that was developed between the two of us. If you can identify with this story, the information will be priceless.
Better and better
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