He’s Outta There…
They enter the hospital late in the day, usually through the ER, spend a day or two (or less) in acute distress, then sign out AMA as soon as they can walk again.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
First Person: A Change Has Come
Eventually their iron control failed and problems re-emerged, usually far worse than before.
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Voting on National Cannabis Legalization
…as with alcohol, we’ll probably be asked to pretend that age restrictions are enough to prevent widespread use by underage kids.
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First Person: Crash and Burn
I remember one expert’s claim that it wasn’t unusual for someone to require seven treatment episodes to establish a stable recovery.
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Distorting Reality
I don’t know how many times over the years I’ve listened to family members cite evidence of a loved one’s alcohol problem only to hear many of the same events cited by the drinker to prove that he doesn’t.
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