Alcohol Abuse Case Study

Faith Konsdorf was married to Bill Konsdorf who had nearly a perfect marriage. They stuck with each other through thick and thin. But one day Faith’s whole world flipped around on March 22, 2014 when Bill was not responding to any of the messages and phone calls from Faith and she immediately knew something was wrong. He had been encountered in a horrific alcohol-related crash. He was then airlifted to a hospital. Several days passed when Faith was asked the hardest question: “Whether or not to take her husband off of life support.” She prayed and prayed about it until she remembered something Bill had told her when a friend friend was dying. He said, “Never let a machine keep me alive. Let God take me when he wants.” Faith decided that it is only fair to let her husband be with God. Although she was saddened and hurt but continued with her life. She says that he was her Book of Life and still helps her write it to this day (Konsdorf 37-41). Every year, 80,000 Americans lose their life due to alcohol and it drains $220 billion from the economy (Price). Alcohol abuse is already a problem in our society today and it keeps growing and growing over time, it is time to step up and take …show more content…
When someone is diagnosed with alcohol abuse it means that they have a reputation and routine of drinking to an extent of affecting their life within a twelve month period. Over just that period of time it result in the victim to not meet work/school/home expectations. In an even more serious case of alcohol abuse, binge drinking occurs more and more commonly to this day. Binge drinking is when a person consumes an excessive and large amount of alcohol in a short period of time (“Alcoholism”). It has serious effects like entering a state of depression and even anxiety. These symptoms can lasts up to hours at a time and even in major cases a full day