The Athens Area
Commencement Center
Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Program
PROGRAMS
Athens Area Commencement
Center Clients can benefit from the additional resources
provided below.
Treatment
Programs

Ambulatory Detoxification

Partial Hospitalization
/ Day Treatment - minimum 6 hours per day

Intensive Outpatient
Treatment - minimum 9 hours per week

Aftercare - 1 hour per week
Professional
Programs
The Professional Program typically consists of
6 weeks of treatment. During and upon completion
of the Professional Program, when applicable, Athens
Area Commencement Center will provide advocacy for
client's Board of Licensure.
In order to be eligible for advocacy for the Board
of Licensure, clients must have completed 6 weeks
of intensive stabilization, and agreed to a Continuing
Care process. The Continuing Care for the professional
includes the following elements:

A Professional Monitor

Random Urine Drug
Screen

12 Step
Meetings

Identify
a Home Support Group

Have a sponsor

Attend the Advocate
Group Weekly

Referral for Individual
therapy

Action Plan for Relapse

Quarterly monitoring
reports (when required)
Recognizing
Substance Abuse in the Workplace
Statistics about
alcohol and other drugs in the work place
11.9% of the American workforce
reports heavy drinking, defined as drinking
five or more drinks per occasion on five or
more days in the past 30 days.
Up to 40% of industrial fatalities and 47%
of industrial injuries can be linked to alcohol
consumption and alcoholism.
70% of all current adult illegal drug users
are employed.
A
Sobering Look
Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths annually,
making it the third leading cause of preventable
mortality in the US, after tobacco and diet/activity
patterns.
Nearly one-fourth of all persons admitted
to general hospitals have alcohol problems
or are undiagnosed alcoholics being treated
for the consequences of their drinking.
National Council On Alcoholism
And Drug Dependence, INC.
The
Cost
Alcoholism costs employers an estimated 533
billion in reduced productivity in 1988; other
drug use costs an additional $7.2 billion
in reduced productivity.
Absenteeism among alcoholics or problem drinkers
is 3.8 to 8.3 times greater than normal and
up to 16 times greater among all employees
with alcohol and other drug-related problems.
Drug-using employees utilize three times as
many sick benefits as other workers. They
are five times more likely to file a workmen's
compensation claim.
Non-alcoholic members of alcoholic's families
use ten times as much sick leave as members
of families in which alcoholism is not present.
43% of CEO's responding to one survey estimated
that use of alcohol and other drugs cost them
1% to 10% of payroll.
National Council On Alcoholism
And Drug Dependence, INC.
Treatment
Issues
A recent survey reports that nearly nine
out of ten employers limit benefits for alcoholism,
other drug dependence and mental disorders
despite the fact that 52% of the survey
participants could not say how much it cost
them to provide treatment for these diseases.
Unintentional Deaths and Injuries
Up to 40% of industrial fatalities and 47%
of industrial injuries can be linked to alcohol
consumption and alcoholism.
Consumption Patterns and Practices
Two-thirds of the population drink, but 10%
of all drinkers (those who drink most heavily)
drink half of all the alcohol consumed.
National Council On Alcoholism
And Drug Dependence, INC
Some
of the conditions resulting in the need for hospitalization
as a direct result of alcoholism and drug addiction
are:

gastrointestinal
hemorrhage

pneumonia

pancreatitis

cirrhosis

hepatitis

heart
failure

nasal
bleeding

over dose

phlebitis

suicide

auto accidents

on-the-job
injury
Treatment of
primary disease of alcoholism and / or drug addiction
enables the employer to lessen the need of costly
hospitalization of employees.
Supervisors
can help by:

Recognizing
Signs of Addiction

Stopping
Enabling Behaviors

Knowing
Company Policy

Keeping
Good Records - Document.... Document..... Document

Focusing
on Job Performance - Leave diagnosing and treating
the problem to professionals.

Referring
for Help
Do's
For Supervisors

Bear in
mind that addiction is a progressive disease.

Establish
the levels of work performance you expect.

Make it
clear that the company is concerned with job performance.
Let the employee know that unless job performance
improves, his/her job is in jeopardy. Identify specific
behavior that needs to improve.

Don't
accept behavior from one employee you would not accept
from another.

Record
all absenteeism, poor job performance, etc.

Be firm
but tell the employee you are there to help. Try to
gain trust.

Be honest.
Don't hedge; speak directly.

Be ready
to cope with the employee's resistance, defensiveness,
or even hostility.

Offer
to telephone your company's Employee Assistance provider
with the employee present.

Explain
that the responsibility of accepting help rests with
the employee.

Set up
a plan for improvement, a progress slope. Together,
evaluate performance periodically.

Get a commitment from the employee and monitor
it. Set down specific work criteria for a specific
period of time. Record.
Don'ts
for Supervisors

Discuss
drinking or drug abuse unless it occurs on the job.

Don't
be a diagnostician.

Don't
Cover up for a friend.

Don't
let them "Box" or "Corner" you.
Hold fast to your contention that in the end it's
their responsibility to improve job performance.

Accept
no excuses for failure to meet job expectations.

Don't
Moralize. Avoid the appeal to "shoulds"
and "should nots".

Don't
make idle disciplinary threats. Follow through with
your warnings.
(Use specific time intervals; day, week certain number
of shifts, etc.)

Discuss
the employee's problem with anyone except the Medical
Department or professional authorities involved in
the treatment of the employee.
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