Raise theBottom How to Keep Secret Alcoholics from Damaging Your Business Raise theBottom How to Keep Secret Alcoholics from Damaging Your Business Arthur M. Jackson Copyright © 2009 by Arthur M. Jackson. All rights reserved. Bascom Hill Books 212 3rd Avenue North, Suite 570 Minneapolis, MN 55401 612.455.2293 www.bascomhillpublishing.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author. ISBN - 978-1-935456-00-1 ISBN - 1-935456-00-8 Order Fulfilment Center: Blu Sky Media Group, Inc. P.O. Box 10069 Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Toll Free: 1-888-448-BSMG (2764) Phone: 615-995-7072 Fax: 615-217-3088 E-Mail:
[email protected] Printed in the United States of America #ĩĻīķĵ )ıĴĴ#ķķijĻ Dedicated to my wonderful parents Allen and Miriam Jackson Table of Contents Introduction 9 A Note on the Style 11 PART I: THE PROBLEM 13 Hidden in Plain Sight 18 The Biology of Alcoholism 22 Signs of Alcoholism at Work 25 Why It’s Important to Identify Alcoholics 28 Definitions of Alcoholism 34 Stages of Alcoholism 40 Early Stage 40 Middle Stage 42 Late Stage 44 Denial 46 Rationalization 49 The Mind of the Alcoholic 51 PART 2: IDENTIFYING THE SIGNS OF ALCOHOLISM 55 Physical Signs of Alcoholism 57 Family History 57 Gulps Drinks, Shots, and Pre-drinks 58 Smokes 59 Mental Obsession 60 Behavioral Signs and the Stages of Alcoholism 62 Characteristics of Early-Stage