Unit_2_Assignment_1_CH.docx The Diseases Models Intro to Addictions Theories Unit 2 Discussion 1 Capella University Addiction Case Study 1 For this assignment, I will imagine I am a counselor working in a disease
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Unit_2_Assignment_1_CH.docx The Diseases Models Intro to Addictions Theories Unit 2 Discussion 1 Capella University Addiction Case Study 1 For this assignment, I will imagine I am a counselor working in a disease model treatment program. Here we will meet Connor Gannon, 45–year–old Irish Catholic Caucasian male, divorced, two children ages 20 and 18, youngest lives with mother, oldest lives outside home and attends community college, has an older brother and father who abuse alcohol and lives in the same city. He earned high school diploma and served in the military with honorable discharge. He has been able to maintain gainful employment in the construction industry. Connor lives alone in modest apartment, dates women he meets in local bars. He maintains contact with brother and father, with whom he enjoys drinking, but both his brother and father drink much more than he does and they have each experienced multiple DUIs and arrests for public intoxication. Connor enjoys drinking with his peers from the construction company; however, his drinking is typically excessive. Alcohol is involved in almost all social situations, his “way of life.†He participates in local church only for major religious events Connor began drinking alcohol as a teen with peers. His drinking increased after enlistment in military with episodes of extreme alcohol abuse, but never impacted his military work performance that resulted in sanctions. His construction work performance can be negatively impacted fro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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