Respect Writer (final paper 305)
Leia
Leia is a 28-year-old woman who voluntarily came to the center for substance abuse treatment services. She is currently on probation for shoplifting, passing bad checks, vandalism, and parole/probation violations. She has been charged four times with disorderly conduct, once for fishing without a license, and twice for driving without a license (she never applied for one). She is currently awaiting trial for battery. Leia has been incarcerated twice during her adulthood (once for 10 months and most recently for 10 days).
Leia says she drinks a lot when she goes out with her friends, but that is only about once a week. She reports two injuries during the last six months that required medical care. Both happened while she was drinking. Her friends recommended she get some help. Leia lives with her grandmother, who raised her. Leia is the mother of four children (ages 11, 7, 4, and 2 years). She was 17 when the first one was born. The older two sons are living in foster care. The younger two daughters have health problems and developmental delays; they live with another relative. She is no longer in contact with any of the children's fathers (three men) and was only briefly married to the second man. She reports she often feels “down” and drinks to feel better.
Leia says that several family members have drinking and/or drug use problems. She was physically abused as a child, which prompted her move to the grandmother's home. Leia completed all but one year of high school, and her most recent job was as a parking attendant. Her longest period of continuous employment was just over one year, and she has worked irregularly throughout her adult life. She describes her present health as "good.”
Leia says her primary problem is alcohol use, but she also uses marijuana. She began drinking at age 14 and using marijuana at age 17. The longest that she has gone without using any substances was 60 days; she resumed using approximately two months ago. Leia reports that she is concerned about her substance use and that seeking treatment is important to her.
Leia
Leia
is a 28
-
year
-
old woman who voluntarily came to the center for substance abuse treatment
services. She is currently on probation for shoplifting, passing bad checks, vandalism, and
parole/probation violations. She has been charged four times with disorderl
y conduct, once for
fishing without a license, and twice for driving without a license (she never applied for one). She
is currently awaiting trial for battery.
Leia
has been incarcerated twice during her adulthood
(once for 10 months and most recently for
10 days).
Leia
says she drinks a lot when she goes out with her friends, but that is only about once a week.
She reports two injuries during the last six months that required medical care. Both happened
while she was drinking. Her friends recommended she
get some help.
Leia
lives with her
grandmother, who raised her.
Leia
is the mother of four children (ages 11, 7, 4,
and
2 years).
She was 17 when the first one was born. The older two sons are living in foster care. The
younger two daughters have health p
roblems and developmental delays; they live with another
relative. She is no longer in contact with any of the children's fathers (three men) and was only
briefly married to the second man. She reports she often feels “down” and drinks to feel better.
Leia
says that several family member
s
have drinking and/or drug use problems. She was
physically abused as a child, which prompted her move to the grandmother's home.
Leia
completed all but one year of high school, and her most recent job was as a parking atte
ndant.
Her longest period of continuous employment was just over one year, and she has worked
irregularly throughout her adult life. She describes her present health as "good.”
Leia
says her primary problem is alcohol use, but she also uses marijuana. She
began drinking at
age 14 and using marijuana at age 17. The longest that she has gone without using any
substances was 60 days; she resumed using approximately two months ago.
Leia
reports that she
is concerned about her substance use and that seeking trea
tment is important to her.
Leia
Leia is a 28-year-old woman who voluntarily came to the center for substance abuse treatment
services. She is currently on probation for shoplifting, passing bad checks, vandalism, and
parole/probation violations. She has been charged four times with disorderly conduct, once for
fishing without a license, and twice for driving without a license (she never applied for one). She
is currently awaiting trial for battery. Leia has been incarcerated twice during her adulthood
(once for 10 months and most recently for 10 days).
Leia says she drinks a lot when she goes out with her friends, but that is only about once a week.
She reports two injuries during the last six months that required medical care. Both happened
while she was drinking. Her friends recommended she get some help. Leia lives with her
grandmother, who raised her. Leia is the mother of four children (ages 11, 7, 4, and 2 years).
She was 17 when the first one was born. The older two sons are living in foster care. The
younger two daughters have health problems and developmental delays; they live with another
relative. She is no longer in contact with any of the children's fathers (three men) and was only
briefly married to the second man. She reports she often feels “down” and drinks to feel better.
Leia says that several family members have drinking and/or drug use problems. She was
physically abused as a child, which prompted her move to the grandmother's home. Leia
completed all but one year of high school, and her most recent job was as a parking attendant.
Her longest period of continuous employment was just over one year, and she has worked
irregularly throughout her adult life. She describes her present health as "good.”
Leia says her primary problem is alcohol use, but she also uses marijuana. She began drinking at
age 14 and using marijuana at age 17. The longest that she has gone without using any
substances was 60 days; she resumed using approximately two months ago. Leia reports that she
is concerned about her substance use and that seeking treatment is important to her.