Christine is a forty-eight-year-old woman who is the top administrator in the human resources department at a large nickel plating company. In order to decrease the costs linked to increasing absenteeism, work related injuries, excessive sick days, employee alcoholism and alcohol abuse, and poor employee work performance, Christine and the other VIPs launched quite a few programs that made the work atmosphere substantially more healthy, safe, and more productive.

For instance, ten years ago Christine and the other company executives initiated an Employee's Assistance Program so that all the employees had access to professional counseling for their personal problems that could negatively affect their work performance, personal well being, and their health.

As another illustration, around eight years ago Christine and the other company executives constructed an avant-garde workout and exercise room complete with mirrors, scales, exercise charts, weights, many different types of exercise equipment, and a personal trainer during business hours.

As another example, just about two-and-a-half years ago, Christine and the other company leaders developed a "Weight-Watchers" class that at this time meets every workday at 5:00 PM until 6:00 PM. Moreover, top management employed a weight-loss professional to supervise the program.

In the last thirteen months, in a joint venture with the Employee's Assistance Program, Christine and the other company leaders launched an "Anger Management" class for workers who want to learn how to better deal with their temper.

In the last five months, Christine and the other company leaders established a drug and alcohol testing program that is related to their drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. In actual fact, Christine is the main individual in the company responsible for getting the message out to all the workers about the drug and alcohol testing program as well as the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program.

Another relatively recent enhancement to the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program is a class entitled "Alcohol Statistics and Facts." The reasoning behind this alcohol statistics facts class is that numerous individuals do not comprehend the full impact of the effects of alcohol abuse and alcoholism without first learning about some of the alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction statistics and facts that are available. Consequently, one of the objectives of this class is to provide a variety of alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction facts and statistics in order to help workers gain a better comprehension of the plethora of issues that are associated with hazardous and irresponsible drinking and how they can prevent these problems from occurring.

Most recently Christine and the other VIPs, through suggestions from employees, created a class that focuses directly on severe drinking entitled "What is Alcoholism"? This class meets every Friday morning a half hour before work and focuses mostly on the differences between alcoholism and alcohol abuse, on some of the fundamental differences between statistics on alcohol abuse and statistics on alcoholism, and on the different kinds of counseling that are available for people who have alcohol drinking problems such as individuals who drink in a hazardous manner.

Even though every single one of these preventative maintenance and health programs was quite costly, the VIPs believe that they are several thousands of dollars ahead by providing all of their workers with a more productive, healthy, and safe work atmosphere.