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Understanding Reasons to Quit Drinking

Why would a person consider quitting drinking?

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Judith Welles Cousins
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner
judithwellescousinslcsw.com  
703-921-1166

Judith has worked in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 1988,  She received her Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonweatlh University in 1991 and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 1994.  In her private practice, Judith sees adults, families, children and adolescents, and couples. She addresses such issues as substance abuse, depession, anxiety, family discord, couple conflict, poor school performance, and  life transitions. Judith believes that within each individual, family, and couple are the resources to change, heal, and thrive.  Through the process of psychotherapy, she assists clients to identify and use these resources to gain personal and relational well-being.      

Why would a person consider quitting drinking?

In this video, Judy Cousins, Clinical Social Worker, will provide answers to questions regarding reasons to quit drinking. Judy will include information regarding the nature of alcohol use, the positive and negative consequences of use, and effective strategies for quitting drinking.

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Judith W. Cousins: Hi I am Judi Cousins, I am a Clinical Social Worker and I am going to talk about the reasons to quit drinking. Why would somebody want to quit drinking? We will talk about that.

Host: Why would a person consider quitting drinking?

Judith W. Cousins: A person would consider quitting drinking if they are noticing in their life that they are having some negative consequences of their drinking and this can be another in a number of ways. For instance, a person maybe feeling unwell, for example, they maybe having stomach problems. A person would consider quitting if they are having legal problem. For instance a person who is drinking too much and gets into you why is in trouble with a legal system. A person would consider quitting if they are having financial difficulties. For instance they maybe spending too much money on drinking, they maybe spending a lot of money on partying. A person would consider drinking if other people in their life are saying you are drinking too much, this is causing a problem. I am concerned that you passed out last night. So there are lot of different reasons why a person would consider not drinking, stopping their drinking.

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