“ALCOHOLISM: THE BOTTOM LINE” 1975 HOW TO DEAL WITH ALCOHOLIC IN THE WORKPLACE FILM XD50314

[@MichaelBrown-pg5dy]

I love how every movie from the 70s, no matter the subject opens with a killer bass riff

[@JamesSavik]

The whole decade was that way. You had a bass line walking to 7-11 in your bell bottoms.

[@TheDutchShepherd]

Shake hands with danger

[@jaminova_1969]

The Taking of Pelham 123 has a killer opening theme!

[@johnfitzgerald2339]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5i8doyBrahopLs

[@aarond23]

The Them to 'The Rookies' tv show is above and beyond for TV theme bass licks

[@manhoot]

For the alcoholic one drink is too many and a hundred are not enough

[@nemesis1291]

Amen

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

Nobody ever wakes up in the morning wishing that they got drunk the night before.

[@SheilaKaneDecoy]

So well said.

[@hbailey1180]

NARRATED BY LORNEN GREEN! I GUESS ELIZABETH TAYLOR WANTED TOO MUCH!

[@monicaperez2843]

In the 1970's my father was an engineer for IBM. The engineer next to him would bring a thermos filled half with coffee and the other half with vodka. The first time, he was advised to go to AA. The second time, IBM sent him to an alcohol rehab. He was warned that if caught a third time, he would be fired. Sadly, he was. IBM was very knowledgeable, ahead of its time and generous about alcoholism treatment.

[@danpatterson8009]

Having worked at IBM, I can say his behavior must have been obvious and disruptive to get himself fired. I'm sure IBM had a written procedure for dealing with alcoholics that managers had to follow to the letter. There were very few "possible life events" for which IBM HR did not have a procedure written down with a form to fill out.

[@bradjohnston8193]

IBM was a damned good place to work back in the day! I tried many times to get a job there, but I never could. I finally got into the Phone Company at the age of 32! I spent 28 years working for Ma Bell, which was a great job on the same level. Great pay and benefits, a pension, you name it! I had to retire after having three strokes. But, like IBM, it was one of those jobs where all you had to do was Show Up On Time, Do Your Job, and Behave! Anybody that lost their job at either company was nothing but a damned fool! Of the two, AT&T was stricter by far, but IBM was more political (because it was non-Union.) I loved my years at the phone company and I miss them. I wish I was still there, but I can hardly walk. The great jobs and the great companies are gone. I would not be a kid today for anything, especially not an alcohol- or drug-using kid.

[@brianarbenz7206]

My father (a man I had little contact with while growing up) was a '"functional alcoholic." By that, I mean he was never late for work a day in his two very visible careers -- one a TV broadcast personality in his city. He was, at least apparently, always sober on air, never had a drunk driving offense, and I believe he never struck any of his four wives. (Though my mom was fed up with his other transgressions, hence a divorce). Alcohol was a central part of his life, and in pretty large quantities daily. But he seemed to know how to get around the effects to meet society's standards for staying employed. Of course, he also he was just very lucky for a long time. Drunk driving was not considered too serious until the mid 1970s.

[@mharris5047]

Coffee and vodka -- what a horrible concoction. I used to put vodka in water bottles at work. I ended up with health problems that forced my early retirement. I finally gave up the sauce about 16 years ago but stayed retired. I also know a now retired HS teacher that kept an iced down thermos full of vodka at his desk, he sipped on it all day and actually admitted it to the class. I can't imagine replacing a highly trained engineer, though -- they don't come easy or cheap. I guess if he caused enough problems that firing was appropriate the employer was in the right but it is too bad for all involved.

[@jimr3417]

Smithers from IBM was an alcoholic and started the Smithers institute

[@MicahJKelly]

This is the best alcoholism awareness video (concerning work) ever made change my mind.

[@julians9763]

✅

[@aarond23]

'Talk to you like a Dutch Uncle' now that is a phrase that is not used anymore

[@unlistedandtwisted]

I'm 34. Have NEVER heard it, have no idea what it means (haven't heard it used in context... just prescrolling the comments pre-play of video 😂)

[@unlistedandtwisted]

I'm gonna try to use it with my pothead friends. "Yo, quit being a Dutchie Uncle with that blunt!" 😂😂😂

[@herbjergens6350]

Amazing, heartfelt, very sincere video!! Thank you Lorne Greene, RIP.

[@alphaomega8373]

Great name Herb :)

[@lindathrall5133]

LORNE GREENE WAS ON THE SHOW CODE RED

[@Pureignition58]

8:45 I quit drinking without intervention after starting at 8 years old and stopping 20 years later and it did become a problem but I handled without being indoctrinated and studying what it does to the liver and kidneys and reading the bible. Instead of telling an alcoholic that they bad for drinking as this supervisor just illustrated that moderation was the key to taking back is life. Be a mature about it and control what you do because your responsible for your actions. When asked if I want a drink I politely refuse and change the subject. I was having problems standing in a trolley in SD years ago and a stranger handed me a water bottle to take my seizure meds and it was laced with LSD, His name was Brian and he wanted to be friends all the sudden and didn't even know who I was, he made the news six months later for drugging and killing people at a seclude section of the beach, don't accept anything from stranger's.

[@brianarbenz7206]

I wasn't that Brian, just clear that up.... Seriously, Samuel, I am glad you are doing better and I hope you are living well today.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

I love LSD so I should very much enjoy it, whereas, alcohol is a neurotoxin that has no business in the human anatomy ! Acid, Yes please 🙏.

[@johnmarshall4442]

@@j.bradleyheck1589 LSD ,,,,, seen people who burned their brains out with that stuff. It seems harmless but it's destroying your brain.

[@brianarbenz1329]

You’re a cross between Carrie Nation and Timothy Leary.

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

Until 1 deals with the REASON why they drank or drug or eat or sex addict, TV addict…add infinitum…..he she will never be able to deny there addiction of choice.

[@hawksights]

Alcolism/Addiction is a serious desease and should accepted as such. Sadly the only thing that comes to the mind of most people, when they think of an alcoholic - still today - is the bum under the bridge. Well I guess nine out of ten times it is not the bum under the bridge, it's the construction worker, it's the house wife, it's the teenage pupil, it's the salesman, it's the boss of a company and so on. It can happen to anyone. I've been to rehab 10 years ago. There where 100 percent ordinary people in that clinic. Some really had a story to tell, some just drank as a habit.

[@monicaperez2843]

Believe alcoholism is not only a disease, but also a metabolic disorder. In most AA meetings, you'll find members sucking on sweet lozenges and enjoying cake with a lot of extra buttercream frosting.

[@hawksights]

@@monicaperez2843 Yeah, some are more prone to addictions than others.

[@monicaperez2843]

@@hawksights There definitely is genetic loading in alcoholism and drug abuse. Both my parents were alcoholics, as well as my 3 older brothers and half brother. By the Grace of G_D, I was the youngest and saw what happened to them and didn't start. Have heard that the sisters of male alcoholics tend towards depression. That's not true in my case, but I wonder if it's true for others.

[@mharris5047]

@@monicaperez2843 Sometimes it even skips a generation. My grandfather was a horrible alcoholic (he never found sobriety and died young), my father wasn't but I sure as hell am. I quit drinking in 2006 and am glad I did.

[@dawggonevidz9140]

the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear alcoholism is not "bum under a bridge" it's "weak willed but probably high functioning moron who doesn't understand or care about the harm they cause to other as long as they can keep drinking." It is a selfish, self destructive disease and the only way you can catch it is by being an idiot with no willpower who can't learn from the mistakes of the billions of dead alcoholics who have passed before you.

[@SlapthePissouttayew]

5:17-Whoa, whoa,WHOA!!! Go easy on the milk, lady!!

[@julians9763]

Interesting film. When you depend on a job with decent conditions for regular income, alcohol has to be eliminated. Alcoholism is a lifestyle illness that will trigger many other lifestyle illnesses that not even the best hospitalization will be able to cure . Self control and self discipline are necessary in a complex society, no matter how abundance to indulge into toxicity is available. Never let temptations put you into a situatwhere you did it hard to control an addiction and lifestyle illnesses.

[@slowneutron6163]

The smoker you drink, the player you get.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I drunk you may be think.

[@will2472]

​@@brianarbenz1329You two.... take me to your people lmao

[@mikestuckinthe70s]

26:27 ..Looks like ole Keith's been tipping a few screwdrivers back himself

[@SkunkApeMeg]

😂

[@modee-b9s]

Back when people had intelligence, and aspired to be good citizens... you'll never see something like this is today's world.

[@viktormichael821]

Ben Cartwright narrated this? Gold.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The late Lorne Greene appeared in this film. He was the voiceover in an early 1950s film about teenage rebellion.

[@mharris5047]

Many movie performers also did industrial films like this one back in the day. I believe they did them as a public service, probably for scale wages. That isn't the case today, there is pretty much a completely separate actor/actress base for industrials today.

[@diablo666541]

He did Mr coffee commercial s as wekl5😅

[@jaminova_1969]

Commander Adama!

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

@@viktormichael821 who were some of the other actors (alcoholic workers, concerned employers)?

[@doublequin]

The music in the "please adjust . . . " is fabulous. I'd LOVE to know what it was and how to get a copy

[@lindathrall5133]

IF YOU ARE ABLE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO

[@doublequin]

@@lindathrall5133 WHY ARE WE SHOUTING? And I'm actually looking for the whole song

[@hippiekarl7]

Sounds like the same band and instrumentation as 'Coming Attractions' did at theaters in the 70s......

[@doublequin]

@@hippiekarl7 it has that early Price is Right vibe.

[@tavishmcdonell6615]

Interesting to see how in the 70’s management might look at an employee holistically, try to help them be a better person, even take some union input. At least it was a possibility. Whereas now you’re just instantly fired and replaced by one of the 100 people willing to do your job for less pay.

[@James-nl6fu]

Replaced by one of millions in Britain with worthless (Everybody's an A*) or forged qualifications. A worthless society dedicated to exploring the depths of humanity

[@jamestaylor5341]

​@@Bobo-ox7fjNot everyone can be 'exceptional'. I love this ignorant American faith in the free market.

[@robertafierro5592]

I sent this to my 33 yr old son.

[@brianw338]

How is your son doing today ?

[@julians9763]

​@@brianw338I hope we get an answer that is pleasing to read.

[@brianw338]

@@julians9763 : 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@robertafierro5592]

I always liked Lorne Green!

[@mariekatherine5238]

Companies no longer have interest in rehabilitating alcoholics or any other problem. Unions, guilds, HR programs have gone by the wayside and any number of candidates are waiting in the wings. People are disposable are for just about any reason including job-related sickness and injury. In fact, dropping a long-term employee and replacing with a rookie is a savings, not a liability. Nobody is irreplaceable.

[@alicewolfson4423]

Guy in the red shirt at 24:00 kind of resembles John Wayne Gacy.

[@albertpatterson3675]

A person addicted to alcohol dies an agonizing death. I was in the room when my best friend of 60 years died in March of this year. Breathing apparatus, intravenous tubes, and a tube down his throat. A skeletal figure. He stopped drinking in 2007 and it took until 2022 for him to die, and it was a slow process.

[@DinoLondis]

I don’t understand. Why continue to deteriorate when he quit?

[@snicker576]

Hi, I hate to sound like I doubt your experience, but can you please explain how someone stopped drinking and got worse over the course of 15 years? It sounds farfetched

[@gavinvalentino1313]

That's the way 1,000,000+ Americans have died from Covid19, too, but it's passé and taboo to talk about now that society is bored with the disease.

[@thecapricorn11]

@@DinoLondis alcohol damage is long term

[@georgelebreton3177]

I presume that your best friend with their alcoholic history suffered from permanent/longstanding & irreversible liver-, kidney-, and/or neurotoxic damage or deterioration (i.e. korsakov syndrom,...) then, that could not or no longer be treated? That's just horrifying to hear & so very saddening!... I genuinely feel sorry for your late friend ánd for your loss, sir!😟

[@Nomorewarsforisrael]

Kind of turned into a Big Rehab Racket infomercial at the end.

[@IdealX-fr4eg]

The boss had the wickedest combover these eyes have ever seen..

[@misstekhead]

Right?! 😂 At 13:27 I was thinking, “We need a wax intervention on those eyebrows.”

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

@@misstekheadwho’s the actor playing the boss with the massive eyebrows?

[@QuintTheSharker]

“I don’t drink anymore. I freeze it and eat it like a popsicle.”

[@monicaperez2843]

LOL!

[@mharris5047]

Years ago one of my uncles put a beer in my freezer to cool it off. Three hours later he found it partially frozen. You can store hard liquor that is 80 or more proof in the freezer and it will never freeze but beer and wine will freeze quite readily at 0 F or so. I once drank whiskey that came from the back of my truck where it was -40 F, it went down nice and smooth at that temperature but didn't freeze but if I had left a beer back there the can would have exploded from the pressure of expanded frozen beer within hours.

[@diablo666541]

Next they be putting in iv lol

[@strobx1]

I knew a co worker who would come to work & get drunk off Listerine. He got drunk, decked the foreman and they fired the worker. They cleaned out his locker and it was full of Listerine bottles. That, is how he came to work sober and got drunk on the job.

[@mharris5047]

Drinking Listerine is a great way to go blind. In order to avoid the alcohol tax other, more deadly alcohols are used in mouthwash. Unfortunately, the hand sanitizer companies have found another ways around that by using ethyl alcohol (the drinkable kind) and adulterating it with supposedly deadly ingredients that don't kill or blind quickly but only kill or blind on the installment plan. Your Listerine drinking former co-worker is probably blind or dead by now, it will get you drunk but that shit kills or blinds in days or weeks, not months or years. Years ago homeless hobos would drink Sterno (chafing dish heater fuel), that killed and blinded slightly slower but it still did the job in weeks whereas hand sanitizer usually takes months to a couple of years to do the same.

[@lesliebean4594]

Listerine? That’s pretty hard up.

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

How can listerine get you drunk when you take one swig?

[@tompotter5981]

First scene what was that woman doing in a hotel room?

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

And what were those items on that plate? Were those cigars? Sausages? Crap?

[@tompotter5981]

Apparently somebody rolled her.

[@warlaker]

17:31 Dang, he blew a 2.1....he was really bombed!

[@mharris5047]

It was a .21 but that is high. You would die long before you managed to blow a 2.1.

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

So who’s the actor playing the dude involved in the accident? Who are the actors playing the afflicted employees and their concerned employers?

[@scratchdog2216]

Poor performance is bad enough but on-the-job use crosses the line. Sadly many don't get help.

[@jeremyheintz1479]

You are not an alcoholic if you drink Cutty Sark, you've got class.

[@danstinson7687]

The whole DUI arrest routine has been going on a long time.

[@smith-mundtnews1406]

The 70s are when policing for profit took off, and also hospitals went private and for profit.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Top 3 Rummy's Late-for-Work Excuses: 1: My old war buddy's car broke down outside Denver. 2: Ooh, my back! 3: My home-planet came under attack from a Cylon Basestar.

[@johnfitzgerald2339]

Top comment. 👏👏👏👏

[@samusvikerness661]

Walmart had call outs through an app when I was using. Didn't even need an excuse or need to say a word to anyone. lol

[@mharris5047]

@@samusvikerness661 Wal-Mart used to pay so poorly that they had to take what they got. That is no longer true, in my area they start people at $15 to $18 an hour so I suspect what you experienced about taking days off of work so easily is no longer true.

[@kdlofty]

By your command...... Lol.

[@wswiii3663]

I have 9 stents in my hart and low blood flow in my leg thanks to booze and smoking. I stopped drinking 20 years ago and smoking free for 2 years. Retirement is in 7 years I hope I last.

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

How the hell are you still working? Your a truck driver?

[@wswiii3663]

@@user-sh2mk8ew4c Just did 8 hours at triple time! I go for an increase in blood flow 7-28, Then 5 ten hour days are soon to follow.

[@mharris5047]

@@wswiii3663 You must have a rare skill set to manage to get triple time. I had a clause in my contract with the credit unions I worked compliance at that anything over 36 hours was triple time (my work week was 30 hours) but that was to discourage them from asking me to work those hours. I only got to triple time once.

[@antpoo]

Take a Covid jab, that will fix you 👍

[@julians9763]

I encourage you to never let.any intoxicants hurt you.

[@tommythompson7941]

Good luck Helen.

[@justingray3456]

I ain't drunk, I'm just drinkin' !

[@isaidwtfover]

How about the adult film sound sample they cut in when she looked at her watch. wtf

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Ha ha ha hadn't noticed that! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for being a subscriber! We appreciate you.

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

Makes you wonder how many Alcoholics Lorne Green came across in his acting career.

[@larry1824]

I thank God my bottom was as horrible as it was

[@DinoLondis]

It’s horrible to be drunk. Ask a glass of water.

[@stevenmillikin558]

Thank goodness for Ford Prefect!

[@drunkmike6364]

Now here’s a video I can drink to!

[@brianarbenz7206]

Pa didn't allow his boys to be late for work out on the Ponderosa!

[@bradjohnston8193]

And THAT was back in the days when they had REAL fire-water, Kemosabi! Not this sissy 86-proof stuff they have now!

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@bradjohnston8193 Kemosabi? You've got the wrong TV western!

[@bradjohnston8193]

@@brianarbenz7206 I got them confused. Too much fire-water.

[@markczarny7088]

Little Joe got big problem

[@fsbthoughtpolice7732]

I drank 2 shots of dominican rum and 1 shot of goergian cognac while watching this. Hi, my name is Mikhail and i am an alcoholic

[@kevbrown2589]

I am a friend of Bill W. Bill Wilson.

[@nemesis1291]

Me too✌🏻

[@DinoLondis]

BW begged for a drink on his deathbed.

[@diablo666541]

Don't forget his colleague Dr bob

[@kesterdeoliveira2200]

Me too

[@zangin]

Good ‘ol Lorne Greene!

[@tompotter5981]

The dude who smashed up the '63 Chevy told a great story. Certainly he got his license suspended. Although l know a guy who has six DUIs and still drives. Not legally of course.

[@Lsgun22]

Thats actually a 62 Chevy 😊

[@thomasjordan5578]

How authentic.

[@toddstrickland973]

Back then all the TV shows, people where all ways drinking, soap operas especially.

[@garyslicer8748]

Very good film from the 70'S.

[@jesseharriott4253]

It’s not a disease it’s an addiction. Calling it a disease only allows that person to say it’s not my fault and it’s not in my hands. B.s.

[@bradjohnston8193]

15:35 That was an awful waste of a '63 Chevrolet!! Love those '70s cop cars! Got to ride in the back of one once. Not for drinking, but for something else. I beat the rap.

[@m____w____6981]

Please adjust attitude for maximum success

[@fortuner123]

Good movie. Unfortunately nothing has improved plus we have the added scourge of soaring drug use.

[@michaelsteele4587]

I just had to fire two alcoholics who were constantly late and one even went as far as bringing little shots of liquor to work with him and was dumb enough to throw the empties on the ground behind the building and thought I wouldn't notice despite the fact nobody but employees go back there and I had just picked up all the litter back there an hour before he went out to "smoke." When you're dealing with an addict...no amount of befriending them and being blunt with "heart to heart" type chats will make a difference, cut ties with them and move on.

[@nemesis1291]

19:24 and onwards maybe can help you...

[@viktormichael821]

I'll bet my eyesight, it was fireball. Nobody wants to work man.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

They should have had the choice of going into treatment if they were good employees, it pays to get them some help not another reason to have them drink over. Humanity over self-interest !

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

You did the right thing. They have to hit bottom. Hopefully you raised the bottom.

[@mharris5047]

If you can easily replace the people that is one way to deal with it. I got away with drinking for so long because of my doctorate and because it was very difficult to find a tax professor or a banking compliance expert. I just wasn't replaceable. A merger where the new CEO had banking compliance experience and my health finally forced me to retire slightly early.

[@Lupton2000]

Produced by Avanti Films, the same people who did Boozers and Users (1974) hosted by James Franciscus.

[@will2472]

I love watching this while having a couple shots of wild turkey, parachuting and smoking this hammer.

[@alexstone3822]

HOW TO DEAL WITH ALCOHOLIC IN THE WORKPLACE ? "Buy enough for everybody".🤣🤣🤣

[@monicaperez2843]

LOL!

[@lechatleblanc]

its just like any other drug...like caffeine... u need more and more to feel normal or get that buzz and ur crankier and crankier in between drinks

[@julians9763]

Not many people get taught that alcohol means flesh eating spirit.

[@albear972]

I'll drink to this film!

[@monicaperez2843]

LOL!

[@mottstermusic]

Slapin dat bass😂

[@diablo666541]

The redhead looks like an angry drunk

[@markczarny7088]

Who was first man to drink fire water." Was it little joe". "No it was Adam".... "Hot diggerty i knew it was one of the Cartwrights

[@mk202]

She had to check the name of the hotel before calling! Lol Been there, done that! 🍹🍹🍹

[@johnfitzgerald2339]

Soundtrack: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5i8doyBrahopLs

[@mk202]

Nice! 👍🏼

[@julians9763]

Never go to any workplace.having a breath smelling of any alcoholic drink. An alcoholic need an alcohol free environment.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

The mind set is, life, what's it all about, I get no joy out of it anymore, pass the bottle please, I want to fall into it, and not come out again.

[@georgelebreton3177]

Sad..., but indeed often so true...

[@jimmy9639-x3x]

drinking game drink everytime they say alcoholic

[@garethpreston8275]

These selfish people have tarnished alcohols good name, very sad😢

[@diablo666541]

It guy from mr coffee commercials n bonanza

[@rexremedy1733]

I am not watching this because I am an alcoholist or know any.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

Have another liter there alcoholist???

[@rexremedy1733]

@@j.bradleyheck1589 sure...

[@brianarbenz1329]

I hope you’re not a smokist also!

[@rexremedy1733]

@@brianarbenz1329 no. I am neither. Neither smokist nor alcoholist. However, no judgement from my side. We all have an „ist“ inside somehow.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Lorne Greene? Bonanza.

[@garywemmer9342]

Jonny Boozo Strick's again!

[@quex0549]

Beginning of the movie I almost expected porn.

[@888ssss]

gimmie a slug of red eye....

[@dinasaidso]

😂😂😅😂😂😅😊

[@stevenmillikin558]

Nobody likes a quitter.

[@Coxxy_Ray_of_Sunshineee]

thats fine, quitting alcohol is a good thing when it applies to saving your life.

[@stevenmillikin558]

@@Coxxy_Ray_of_Sunshineee that's fine, but somebody doesn't have a sense of humor! 😄

[@troyelliott390]

✔

[@drfalcon4102]

think I dated that gal in High School.

[@365Condoms]

Lol :)

[@diablo666541]

The other wanted to use n word lol😅

[@Tadrjbs]

Anyone want the TRUTH? ALCOHOLISM is NOT a disease, it's NOT an "addiction." It is an "affliction". Look up the difference between the two words, very different. Don't believe me? Read Ephesians 6:12...Moses

[@nemesis1291]

Nonsense

[@UserBeenBanned]

@@nemesis1291 how so?

[@nemesis1291]

@@UserBeenBanned Addiction is a disease.

[@UserBeenBanned]

@@nemesis1291 pretty sure thats a self affliction.

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

It's a European genetic predisposition ! Asians do not have the gene !