The Social Worker from the hospital called this afternoon – she wanted to tell me that she had been unsuccessful in her bid to have the doctor order a psychiatric assessment. There was no medical reason for him to stay and he gave all the right answers about being on the right road this time…
Tag: Deadly Detox
My Family Legacy of Alcohol-Hope
Part 3: Hope, With Edges I left off with My Guy in the ICU. Yesterday I got up at 4:30 in the morning so that I could take my time getting ready to leave by 6am to get there for 7:30. I didn’t want to rush. I wanted to be calm. I needed to call…
My Family Legacy of Alcohol-My Son
Part 2: What We Still Didn’t See In 2023, I learned that my oldest son had an alcohol addiction. We call it Alcohol Use Disorder now—AUD. It sounds more clinical, more manageable somehow. But there is nothing manageable about watching it take hold of someone you love. I didn’t learn about it gradually. There was…