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So, a father comes into the ER with his teenaged son who is on drugs! He's smoking pot all the time! He's popping pills! He's drinking! He drank today! Somebody do something! The kid's urine drug screen? Negative. Blood alcohol level?...

Published 7 Apr 2009 7:29 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, drug use, teens
Snippet from the ER

Triage Nurse to the doc: 30-year-old drank a liter of scotch and vodka last night and he's been throwing up all day. Nurse #2: That's so strange. That's never happened to me before. -> Read More...

Published 31 Mar 2009 1:30 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, medical professionals
OY!

Most of the times these days, another person's tragic stories just don't affect me all that much. I'm able to go in, listen with all the empathy in the world, come out of the room, do the job I'm expected to do, and go home and sleep with...

Published 26 Mar 2009 12:59 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, domestic issues, domestic violence, health insurance, in the field, mental health, suicide
Object Lesson

OK, look. Here's the skinny: If you have a problem with alcohol, there's going to be some tiny little red flags that wave every now and again. You might be a wee bit close to the situation, as people who drink too much sometimes are, so allow...

Published 13 Mar 2009 6:51 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, mental health
Stupid Social Worker Tricks, Episode 14

o I let myself get into a power struggle not long ago. I got called to assess someone who had been drinking and then cut her wrists. My first indication that things might not go so well, given to me in black and white within a few minutes of walking in...

Published 2 Feb 2009 5:48 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, Stupid social worker tricks, suicide
This is the LAST One, I Promise!

Continuing my Thank-God-That-Texan-No-Longer-Occupies-The-House-on-1600 Pennsylvania-Avenue theme, I have a few tidbits to share: NPR had a couple of nice, heart warming, post inauguration stories this morning. First, I heard a puff piece about a black...

Published 21 Jan 2009 3:41 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, in the news, suicide
Shakey Foundation

It just doesn't matter how much money you have. When you discover your spouse is a felon on several counts (read: DUIs and embezzling), then that carefully constructed 13,000 square foot house of cards will come tumbling down. At that point all you...

Published 12 Jan 2009 1:59 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, in the field, wealth
Oh, the Cruel Ironies of Our So-Called Lives

Married: Three years ago. Divorced: One year ago.* Current debts include: The Ring. -> *The catalyst to an episode of a toxic mix which included drowning one's sorrow in a wee bit of wine (OK, more like two bottles of wine. And a six pack.) coupled...

Published 4 Dec 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, domestic issues
Here's My Number. I'm Sure I'll Never Hear From You Again.

I don't really get much follow-up with people. The nature of my job just doesn't allow for it. I see people when they're in crisis and refer them to others for long-term care. Every-once-in-a-great-while, however, I will get some additional...

Published 26 Nov 2008 3:39 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, in the field, the job
Wanna spam my blog? Fine.

But guess what? I'm not linking to your blog. So there. Some yahoo (read: over-the-top fundamentalist) from Australia spammed my last post, the one about Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. How do I know it was a spam? Because this was his comment...

Published 24 Nov 2008 2:45 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, drug addiction, musings
Cop Out

I'm not one to cry "sue 'em" when things go wrong. I'm not. I think there's no question we live in a litigious society. There's no question that there are WAY too many attorneys floating around. I read once that half the...

Published 8 Oct 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, criminal justice system, drug addiction

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