“…Different and additional complications in money management can occur for people with alcohol-related brain injury (ARBI; brain dysfunction as a direct result of chronic heavy alcohol use). Some people with ARBI continue to spend excessive amounts on alcohol, without leaving money for their basic needs for shelter, food, clothing, and medical care (Spittle, 1992). People with ABD also report difficulties with access to their money, in that they require assistance with transport (Ponsford et al, 1995) and they have difficulty with or avoid using new technologies such as automatic teller machines (ATMs) and automated telephone responding devices (Crowe, Mahony, O'Brien, & Jackson, 2003).…”