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Little Hint: My Wand Never Worked

OK, here we go. Again. Docs, listen up, and I'm going to yell it this time cuz you can't seem to get the message on this one: IF A PERSON IS TALKING CRAZY, NOT MAKING SUICIDAL THREATS AND TOOK A LOT OF DRUGS A FEW HOURS AGO, HE'S NOT PSYCHOTIC...

Published 27 Oct 2009 12:21 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use, medical professionals, mental health, teens
The Hits Keep Coming

I 'm just plum strung out. It's not easy, I've discovered, to go into an ER and talk to people who are thinking about offing themselves. Say you: Um, haven't you been doing this now for a few years? Say me: I'm slow on the uptake....

Published 10 Sep 2009 8:48 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug use, life, mental health, musings, suicide, thoughts
Kicking "Cecil" to the Curb

I meet a lot of drug addicts in my job. A lot of them. And I gotta tell ya, I thought I had just about heard it all until a few weeks ago. I met a man from out of town who had a wee bit of a cocaine problem. And meth problem. And pot problem. And Xanax...

Published 10 Aug 2009 2:32 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: cocaine, drug addiction, drug use
Anxiously Awaiting....

So. I'm not one to question a doctor's decisions. Often. However, I do take issue with some circumstances. Such as when a patient comes to him in need of psychotropics, a patient who has an extensive drug abuse history, including a proclivity...

Published 4 Aug 2009 6:41 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use, medical professionals, mental health, RX meds
The Power of the Addict

I deal with drug abusers all the time. ALL the time. And I've said this before, but it does bear repeating: just because someone is a drug abuser doesn't mean they're suicidal. But. Try telling that to the freaked out family in the waiting...

Published 30 Apr 2009 10:34 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: domestic issues, drug addiction, drug use
I'm Dishing it Out, No Doubt About It

Now I'm not one to dish out marital advice via a website. It just seems so, oh, I dunno, impersonal. Add to that my reluctance to dish out universal statements (for obvious reasons) and you have a full appreciation for the advice--yes, I said advice...

Published 23 Apr 2009 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: debt, domestic issues, drug addiction, drug use
First Time For Everything

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
I Know It's Difficult to Grasp

But.... A drug abuser who overdoses on pills because she's going for that super high isn't suicidal* She's just an addict. -> *I mean, we could get all philosophical on this one, but for the purposes of simplicity... Read More...

Published 24 Mar 2009 7:33 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use
Family Fun Time in Four Acts

There's the holiday season according to the Cleavers. And then there's the holiday season according to Rosanne Barr. Or, you know, The Family Guy. This story would fall into the latter category. Act I: Halloween Mom finds out her son is on cocaine...

Published 30 Dec 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use, teens
Some more advice. Unsolicited, granted....

So your life was hard: dad was a geniune junkie, dragging you from crack house to whore house to crack house again. He knocked your mom around for several years before she was able to finally break free. You spent some years with grandparents. That is...

Published 24 Oct 2008 2:06 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use
Crack is democratic

So, when you think of a "typical crackhead" what comes to mind? Go ahead and think it. We all have the same image in our heads. Minority (read: black), urban dweller, low income, passel of kids. Right? I think it's fair to say this is the...

Published 24 Sep 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: cocaine, drug addiction, drug use

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