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by Change | 29 Jun 2010

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Employees have been encouraged to keep tabs on any colleagues who may require alcohol addiction intervention.

It is more likely than not that at some point you will work alongside someone in need of alcohol addiction support.

This is according to Caitlin Cranshaw of Canadian newspaper The Gazette, who wrote that at least four per cent of adult drinkers in the country are alcoholics.

She went on to state some of the symptoms to look out for - namely sudden mood swings, being absent from client meetings and "coming back from the bathroom glassy-eyed".

At other times, a colleague in need of alcohol addiction help may find it more difficult than usual to get along with their fellow employees and be particularly irritable.

In an interview with Dennis James, the deputy clinical director of Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's (CAMH) addictions programme, it was stated that certain warning signs can be spotted.

"In a workplace, for someone who is largely in control of their own time...it would be perhaps a pattern of getting all of their work done, say in the morning, and being increasingly less productive in the afternoon," he told Ms Cranshaw.

"For some people, it could be they're fresher in the morning, or that they use lunchtime as an opportunity to start drinking, for instance."

The CAMH warned yesterday (June 28th) that those celebrating Canada Day on July 1st should plan ahead and not drink too much.

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