Read the extract below and answer the question that follows:

John, a 28 year old marketing executive comes to counselling feeling completely stuck in a rut and frustrated with life. John has been working in the same role for several years and for the last 2 years in particular he has become increasingly bored and unhappy, yet he feels unable to affect change. John feels his supervisor at work pays no attention to him or his work and he is often left to his own devices.
Outside of work John feels trapped in a repetitive and stale life of watching TV he has little interest in, messing about on the internet and drinking to excess at weekends. John comes to counselling feeling empty, isolated and worn out, at a loss as to how he got in this situation and why he does not feel capable of changing it.

QUESTION - Identify behavioral problems that John is going through and using any five BMTs, assess and offer a solution to John's situation.