Addiction Families And The Workplace

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Put yourself in the position of the primary wage earner for the family. Now imagine that you recently began dealing with and addressing the situation of having a child or a sibling addicted to drugs or alcohol. As you or your family try the help your loved one, the emotional and physical strain of this situation is starting to affect your work. Your co-workers and colleagues notice, you're performance is faltering and while you may not be aware of it -- you're in danger of losing your job. The feelings of guilt, shame and pride make it too hard for you to reveal what's really going on but the truth is you should.  You don't have to go it alone and believe it or not there is help for you in the workplace. There is also help for you here at Mark Houston Recovery for Women. It's hard to deal with this situation as a parent or sibling but not dealing with it makes it worse. Let us help you help yourself and begin a process of healing that you are in need of. .

Addiction At Home -- Problems At Work

The telltale signs are there. Regardless of how much of the problems with an addicted child or sibling (or even spouse) they try to keep private and out of the workplace outward signs of this stress begin to show. Things like ...

• They seem depressed or tired
• Spend a lot of time on the phone with personal calls
• The quality of work begins to diminish
• More last-minute absences and tardiness
• Mood swings make inter-office communication difficult
• Deadlines begin to get missed

Without anyone knowing the truth or reality behind this behavior the perception is clearly that you are not doing your job, affecting the workplace and something needs to be done about it. The last thing you want is to be in this situation when you're dealing with so much at home. The solution is simple. Talk to your employer and come up with a way to find a balance that will allow you to continue working while taking care of your family. Mark Houston Recovery for Women is all about solutions. Solutions that make sense and will help your loved one down the road to recovery while helping you learn to be a supportive parent or relative. Working together, developing solutions, that's what we do. That's Mark Houston Recovery.

Family Addiction Support At The Office

Working together with your employer and co-workers during your situation with an addicted family member can prove surprisingly helpful.  What will often surprise people is how much of a community your workplace is and in someways a second family when you spend a considerable amount of time there. There may be programs in place for people in your situation, there may be a co-worker who has gone through a similar situation, there may even be opportunities to use some of this education at home. Mark Houston Recovery for Women will work with you too. You're doing your part to help your loved one, let us help you any way we can.