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  • sad story

    We have some frequent fliers in the drunk tank. They're people who wind up there time and time again. Some of them are shelter goers, street people, people who've gone through detox and treatment many, many times, and some of them aren't. It's a lot harder to get to know the ones who...
    Posted to Awake and Dreaming (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-09-2008

  • 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 world's population of lawyers reside right here...
    Posted to Trench Warfare (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-08-2008

  • merciful death

    One of my clients died on Monday. An older woman, although certainly not old by Western standards... old for the street though. She likely died of alcohol or drug related causes, they'll be no autopsy, it doesn't really matter after all. This woman lived on and off the street for a number of...
    Posted to Awake and Dreaming (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008

  • Scotland: raising the legal drinking age is not the answer

    by Andrew Mickel Binge drinking is an ingrained social problem that is difficult to tackle - but it doesn't stop government's grabbing at any levers in front of them to look like they're doing something.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-23-2008

  • perceptions

    On van patrol a while back I saw something which made me thing about just how much of what we do is based on our perceptions of a situation. As we were driving past one of the hotels on "the strip" (think U.S. welfare hotel, but with no kids, ever) I saw a woman fighting with two guys and then...
    Posted to Awake and Dreaming (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008

  • The highs and lows of the Notting Hill Carnival

    by Anabel Unity Sale August Bank Holiday weekends are renowned for being a washout. Thankfully the sun shone at the Notting Hill Carnival as I wound my batty to the beat with the best of them on west London's heaving streets yesterday. Oh yes.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-26-2008

  • FASD (and more non sensical ramblings about homelessness)

    I'm convinced a large percentage of our shelter population is to some extent affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. According to the Canadian Public Health Agency people with FASD have a hard time: handling money, such as paying rent and buying food learning from their experiences and making...
    Posted to Awake and Dreaming (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-16-2008

  • UK Centre for mental health, video games and booze

    Does anyone know anything about the new UK Centre for Mental Health in Birmingham? It was opened today by Jo Brand. It sounds very promising, with single en-suite rooms, relaxation and activity areas and library. Almost a prototype for what mental health services should look like. I would be interested...
    Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-10-2008

  • Stress and drugs and rock n' roll

    One by one the vices that relieved stress for the poor are being denied them. Fags, booze and now food are in the firing line, writes Simon Stevens
    Posted to The Social Care Experts Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-11-2008

  • Alcohol, crime, justice and sexism

    by Anabel Unity Sale Three drunk women, aged 37, 39 and 41, were filmed on CCTV mugging a man , also drunk, of his wallet. He was punched and kicked by one of the women before the other two stole from him.
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-09-2008
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