Interview #1

Maurice Mack
3/12/2021

Why are you here?

I am here because I need help to get my feelings, depression in order. I am trying to do it on my
own but my family always brings me down and I cannot take the bullying from my own family. I
was such a mess when my mother died, that I started to be an alcoholic. I hurt my ex-wife,
children and I want them back so much that I can’t wait to get my life in order.
What drives your mental health?
My mental health is driven by the disappointed I have become to my mom even though she is
already dead. My family constantly reminds me that I am the disappointment and that I don’t
deserve the money she left me. They are attacking my health so they can keep my share of the
inheritance and this isn’t fair. I have tried so much to be positive but I always see myself going
back into alcohol, and I know I shouldn’t but it helps me escape reality.
What have you done to make your situation better or worse?
For starters I know I have a problem, I admit it but I am trying to find the resources that can help
me. But I feel that my family finds ways to get me out of treatment to deal with family matters.
He admits that this is probably an excuse but I love my family despite what they are doing to me.
I don’t know if I want to move on and deal with this. My situation gets worse when I do things
that hurt me and not help me.
What do you plan to do in the future?
I want to go back to school and study architecture. I want to reestablish a connection with my
children and my family. I want to make sure I have my life under control first before I start
helping my family and fixing my family bonds. Without me getting to where I want to be it is not
work trying to help and make a connection with my family. I need to get better first to make this
a reality. I want to get into treatment, stay, and seek help with my finances, get a plan started.
Do you bring yourself down sometimes? If so how?
Sometimes I do bring myself down because I need a reality check. I try so hard to focus and then
I stray from the path. I want to make sure that I am worthy of my family. Sometimes I might take
it too far where I go back to drinking a lot and get wasted. Other times I start to drink and I know
I am not supposed to but I just do it.
If you were to come back into our program again will you give up and not
care? Or will you try again?
This is a hard question because the correct answer is to continue and try again. But I know that I
can do better, but it all depends on the state I am in when I come back to the program. I will do
my best to take my self’s best interests at hand and do whatever it takes to get better.