OVERCOMING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS
TABLE 1 1 ALCOHOL INFORMATION BEER STANDARD DRINKS OUNCES LIGHT REGULAR EUROPEAN ICE 1 5 L TABLE 1 2 BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL ESTIMATION CHARTS CONTINUED OVERCOMING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: WORKBOOK FOR COUPLES TABLE 1 2 BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL ESTIMATION CHARTS CONTINUED OVERCOMING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: WORKBOOK FOR COUPLES TABLE 1 3 PERCENTILE TABLE FOR ALCOHOL USE DRINKS PER WEEK TOTAL MEN WOMEN SOURCE: 1990 NATIONAL ALCOHOL SURVEY, ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP, BERKELEY COURTESY OF DR ROBIN ROOM OVERCOMING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: WORKBOOK FOR COUPLES TABLE 1 4 COMMON EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INTOXICATION 02 – 06% THIS IS THE “NORMAL” SOCIAL DRINKING RANGE DRIVING, EVEN AT THESE LEVELS, IS UNSAFE 08% MEMORY, JUDGMENT, AND PERCEPTION ARE IMPAIRED LEGALLY INTOXICATED IN MOST STATES 1% REACTION TIME AND COORDINATION OF MOVEMENT ARE AFFECTED LEGALLY INTOXICATED IN ALL STATES 15% VOMITING MAY OCCUR IN NORMAL DRINKERS; BALANCE IS OFTEN IMPAIRED 2% MEMORY “BLACKOUT” MAY OCCUR, CAUSING LOSS OF RECALL FOR EVENTS OCCURRING WHILE INTOXICATED 3% UNCONSCIOUSNESS IN A NORMAL PERSON, THOUGH SOME REMAIN CONSCIOUS AT LEVELS IN EXCESS OF 6% IF TOLERANCE IS VERY HIGH 4 – 5% FATAL DOSE FOR A NORMAL PERSON, THOUGH SOME SURVIVE HIGHER LEVELS IF TOLERANCE IS VERY HIGH OVERCOMING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: WORKBOOK FOR COUPLES FEEDBACK SHEETS FOLLOWING ARE COPIES OF THE FEEDBACK SHEETS YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WILL COMPLETE IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR THERAPIST FEEDBACK SHEET FOR THE DRINKER: 1 BASED ON THE INFORMATION I OBTAINED DURING THE ASSESSMENT, I CALCULATED THE NUMBER OF ”STANDARD DRINKS” YOU CONSUMED IN A TYPICAL WEEK DURING THE LAST 3 MONTHS BEFORE YOU CAME IN : TOTAL NUMBER OF STANDARD DRINKS PER WEEK AVERAGE NUMBER OF STANDARD DRINKS PER DRINKING DAY 2 WHEN WE LOOK AT EVERYONE WHO DRINKS IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING MORE THAN APPROXIMATELY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY 3 I ALSO ESTIMATED YOUR HIGHEST AND AVERAGE BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAL) IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS YOUR BAL IS BASED ON HOW MANY STANDARD DRINKS YOU CONSUME, THE LENGTH OF TIME OVER WHICH YOU DRINK THAT MUCH, WHETHER YOU ARE A MAN OR A WOMAN, AND HOW MUCH YOU WEIGH SO, YOUR ESTIMATED PEAK BAL IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS WAS YOUR ESTIMATED TYPICAL BAL IN AN AVERAGE WEEK WAS 4 YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FROM DRINKING HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OVERCOMING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS: WORKBOOK FOR COUPLES FEEDBACK SHEET FOR THE PARTNER: 1 BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED DURING THE ASSESSMENT, YOU HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO SUPPORT YOUR PARTNER IN NOT DRINKING: 2 YOU’VE ALSO REACTED TO YOUR PARTNER’S DRINKING IN A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT PROBABLY HAVE BEEN LESS HELPFUL FOR THE COUPLE: 1 THE TWO OF YOU BOTH SEE CERTAIN PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP: 2 THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS, HOWEVER, THAT ONE OF YOU HAS EMPHASIZED MORE THAN THE OTHER: CLIENT’S CONCERNS: PARTNER’S CONCERNS