Comments on: the alcoholic patient http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html a nurse blog. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: karen http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-73814 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:19:19 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-73814 Michelle i want to thank you for your comments i have just left an alcholic and your comment reminded me of all the reasons i did. Because at the end of the day you know that until the alcholic has decided enough is enough then you get to live with the alcholism as well only you get it all day every day because all the time when they are drinking you are thinking when will they sober up and if they stop drinking for a while you think when will they drink again its just never ending until they decide to stop or you decide to stop the pain as much as you can. Michelle i want to thank you for your comments i have just left an alcholic and your comment reminded me of all the reasons i did. Because at the end of the day you know that until the alcholic has decided enough is enough then you get to live with the alcholism as well only you get it all day every day because all the time when they are drinking you are thinking when will they sober up and if they stop drinking for a while you think when will they drink again its just never ending until they decide to stop or you decide to stop the pain as much as you can.

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]]> by: Michelle http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-65308 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:36:02 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-65308 I agree with a lot of the comments on here. I've been on the other side, and that man who broke down was my father five years ago. My mother has been a binge drinking alcoholic since I was thirteen. Now, 9 years later, I'm in the same place I have been so many times I can't even count. Sitting at work, reading about alcoholism, waiting to leave so I can go to the ICU to see my mother, laying in a bed, pratically dead. It's incredibly painful to watch someone die so slowly. She's ripped her IV access out before and ran out of the hospital, this time the dt's and withdrawal symptoms have made her so weak she can't get up to go to the bathroom. She still isn't ready to stop drinking. I agree with a lot of the comments on here. I’ve been on the other side, and that man who broke down was my father five years ago. My mother has been a binge drinking alcoholic since I was thirteen. Now, 9 years later, I’m in the same place I have been so many times I can’t even count. Sitting at work, reading about alcoholism, waiting to leave so I can go to the ICU to see my mother, laying in a bed, pratically dead. It’s incredibly painful to watch someone die so slowly. She’s ripped her IV access out before and ran out of the hospital, this time the dt’s and withdrawal symptoms have made her so weak she can’t get up to go to the bathroom. She still isn’t ready to stop drinking.

]]> by: Leigh http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-63395 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:05:29 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-63395 It also sounds like she is suffering from mental illness as well as addiction. It's a horrible situation for all involved. I hope they are able to find the help they need before it's too late. It also sounds like she is suffering from mental illness as well as addiction. It’s a horrible situation for all involved. I hope they are able to find the help they need before it’s too late.

]]> by: Scott http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-63367 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:24:14 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-63367 That poor man! The bottle is tough battle; and a real disease. She at least feels good when she's drunk (but after she feels bad). That poor man! The bottle is tough battle; and a real disease. She at least feels good when she’s drunk (but after she feels bad).

]]> by: Ms.Chievous http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62906 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:43:09 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62906 I'm always bothered by attitudes like "shrimplate," even when he/she may be right about her longevity. I just believe that people with mental illness and/or addictions should be treated with as much compassion and as seriously as the person who came in with a broken leg. The pain is the same, and the leg heals much easier. To "Rygel", sadder is, when the alcoholic DOES realize it...but still, is lost in the disease. I’m always bothered by attitudes like “shrimplate,” even when he/she may be right about her longevity.
I just believe that people with mental illness and/or addictions should be treated with as much compassion and as seriously as the person who came in with a broken leg.
The pain is the same, and the leg heals much easier.
To “Rygel”, sadder is, when the alcoholic DOES realize it…but still, is lost in the disease.

]]> by: Rygel http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62746 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:46:24 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62746 i've seen many lives destroyed by alcohol... what's sad is that the alcoholic doesn't always realize that it's not only his/her life destroyed but also part of those around them i’ve seen many lives destroyed by alcohol… what’s sad is that the alcoholic doesn’t always realize that it’s not only his/her life destroyed but also part of those around them

]]> by: shrimplate http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62730 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:44:55 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62730 She'll be dead within a few years. She’ll be dead within a few years.

]]> by: kimmyk http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62711 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:12:33 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62711 How sad. It sounds like she's bipolar/schizo. to me too. I don't know....at first I felt horrible for him for his wife being the person she is, but knowing they have a child and well...I guess you can't force people to change, but you most certainly don't have to be privy to it. I'd take my child and go....she's a big girl, maybe she'd figure it out by then, but that child is in harms way most definitely. How sad. It sounds like she’s bipolar/schizo. to me too. I don’t know….at first I felt horrible for him for his wife being the person she is, but knowing they have a child and well…I guess you can’t force people to change, but you most certainly don’t have to be privy to it. I’d take my child and go….she’s a big girl, maybe she’d figure it out by then, but that child is in harms way most definitely.

]]> by: Dont Let DUI Get You Down » the alcoholic patient http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62684 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:50:30 +0000 http://www.aboutanurse.com/2007/10/the-alcoholic-patient.html#comment-62684 [...] editor@just-drinks.com (just-drinks.com editorial team) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… forcing him to decide he cannot argue with her anymore, he broke down. he sat on the chair, covered his face with his hands, and didn’t mind that we were watching them. the heavy weight of dealing with an alcoholic wife for years … [...] […] editor@just-drinks.com (just-drinks.com editorial team) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… forcing him to decide he cannot argue with her anymore, he broke down. he sat on the chair, covered his face with his hands, and didn’t mind that we were watching them. the heavy weight of dealing with an alcoholic wife for years … […]

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