At a Work-Related Cocktail Party, Ellen Is Overly Flirtatious with Her

Multiple Choice

At a work-related cocktail party, Ellen is overly flirtatious with her boss and ruins the V.P. of Marketing's dress by spilling wine on it. Afterwards, Ellen is very embarrassed. At the next work cocktail party, she again drinks excessively. According to Vernon Johnson, Ellen is now:

A) an alcoholic
B) in the harmful use stage
C) simply a fun party girl who sometimes drinks a little too much
D) at serious risk of becoming a problem drinker