One night before Alejandro goes out with his new lady friend, he tells her a few stories. One included waking up one morning after a night of drinking with blood on his shirt. The caveat being he had no idea where the blood came from. On another occasion, upon being shoved by a young woman in a club after drinking for a while, Alejandro pushed her back and the woman went flying across the room. Alejandro admits that at this point, he realized he did not know what his alcohol limit was. He stated this in past tense; these events had happened about a year prior and since then, Alejandro had allegedly altered his drinking habits. This statement was made as Alejandro pulled out two small bottles of vodka. One was for himself one for his lady friend. When she declined the offer of drink he downed both bottles himself.
Two hours later at the club the couple had gone to Alejandro has drunk two beers and was ready for a shot of tequila. He at this point is holding his liquor well. However; once the shot of tequila comes into play Alejandro succeeds in alienating his new friend. He spills salt all over the bar then begins dancing sloppily and says more than a few insulting things to his date. By the end of the evening the young lady wants nothing more to do with him. Alejandro can’t understand why.
Alejandro is in a state of denial about his drinking problem. The main issues here include the following: 1. An inability to stop drinking 2. Inability to see conflicts