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Ben's Story

Before his retirement, Ben had a successful working life as a top income earner in a high-profile career. Ben retired with a comfortable nest egg but his alcohol dependency and associated poor relationship choices resulted in the loss of his wealth, self-esteem and core relationships. He became overwhelmed with grief and loss, which in turn exacerbated his dependency on alcohol.

After months of working together Ben was making good progress in restoring his life and had achieved his goal to stop drinking alcohol. However, he still had an expensive daily smoking habit that meant he could not afford his dream – to travel to London to give his daughter away at her wedding.

Together Ben and his worker Mark put in place a client-motivated action plan to enable Ben to give up smoking as a final phase of his recovery. He set up a bank account to deposit the funds he would usually have used to purchase his 40 cigarettes each day. It was such a wonderful moment when he purchased his airline ticket and his dream to give his daughter away came true. Ben stayed on in England for an extra three months after his daughter’s wedding and while he is still in recovery he is doing really well with a strong relapse prevention plan in place. He stays in contact with Mark and Ben’s is one story of many where we have seen meaningful life-altering change.