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DAD - John has worked at an automotive parts house for 12 years and has been pro moted to manager. He is having some trouble with the responsibility of supervisi ng the other employees and managing the parts house. He has been drinking a sixpak or two for years most nights after work. He is supercritical of people's per formance at work and drives himself to higher and higher production goals. As a result he is more irritable at home and has begun hitting his wife, again, when he is drunk. MOM - Mary works part-time as a waitress. The money she earns goes toward gettin g extra things for the children--such as new clothes for school and presents for holidays and special occasions. She suffers from migraines and sometimes has to call in sick. She married John because he was strong and protective but John ha s little patience with her migraines because he has never missed a day of work i n his life and Mary tends to "complain about small stuff a lot anyway". When Joh n took Mary to the hospital--for the birth of their first born Terry--John had b een drinking and had an accident. The accident resulted in the near death of Mar y and the child. CHILD - Terry--now in high school--is getting low grades and is a discipline pro blem. Terry has begun using drugs more and more and has moved into using harder drugs and has begun to mix alcohol with the drug usage. Terry has been promised a job by a friend's father at twice minimum wage, working at typesetting in a pr int shop. Even though Terry likes math and history, Terry desperately wants to q uit school, get married, and go to work. Although he knows Terry has been involv ed 3 times with the police for juvenile scrapes, the owner of the print shop has faith in Terry. CHILD - Billy may be described as a "model child". Never a problem at home or at school. Billy gets good grades and takes part in extra activities at school. Bi lly likes arts, crafts and drama and spends a lot of time at home quietly doing projects in the bedroom. Billy even has a small chemistry lab and likes to do sp ecial projects for extra credit at school. THE PROBLEM - Push has finally come to shove--Terry has been picked up for selli ng cocaine at school. Terry's probation officer has come by the house with Terry in tow and is talking to mother when father comes home. Dad has had to fire an employee today for pilfering auto parts. Dad had to answer to the regional offic e manager who chewed him out for not keeping track of inventory better. Dad has stopped off for a couple of "quick ones" to dull the pain.