Take a trip to A&E ladies and gentlemen
We have a VERY ill person in resus with LOTS of doctors and nurses all battling to save the life of poorly person.
Then we have irrational person whom has no real medical issues but just continuously comes in because they are poorly after drinking 3 or 4 bottles of wine.
They demand treatment (there actually is no treatment physically apart from fluids, maybe parvolex if you are a regular drinker).
They screech, shout and demand help. But there is nothing you can do, even when they are pulling your arm when you are just about to race off to resus with items that might just help the nearly dying person...

Or those who walk off after being told they have about an hour wait for a sprained ankle because "we are quite busy tonight with a lot of older people with chest / cardiac / fall etc etc etc issues"
They walk out the department without telling anyone. Irrational? Why the feck come to A&E with a crappy complaint, waste our time them bugger off without telling anyone (which means we have to search for them).

I love irrational people.

NOT.
( Tesco Quality 60.825659, -0.788337, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 3:31, 13 replies)

Irrational drunks
I wholeheartedly agree with you. I work in the A+E observation ward and we get intoxications ALL the time. I realise that some might actually want some help but the majority of them are just arseholes who regularly come in for bed and breakfast. Carry on the good work guv
(slipmatt Thats sooper dooper, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 7:51, closed)

Fear of alcohol withdrawal is not irrational
Alcoholics of my type have to drink 2 of 3 bottles of wine to prevent DT's and seizures on a daily basis. It's only when they run out they go to A&E because they know that withdrawal can kill them. I'm glad I'm off that nightmare merry-go-round now but I still know hundreds of alcoholics and practically all of the ones I used to know that died as a result of their alcoholism didn't live long enough to die from liver or kidney disease - they died through cardiac arrests or brain aneurysms whilst trying to come off the sauce. In most cases pride killed them - too proud to ask for help and they'd rather die than go to A&E.

Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, so next time some drunk gets in your way at work be sure to let them know that a solution does exist and point them in the direction of the nearest AA meeting.

You'll find a list of local meetings here:-
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/


Or If you want, Gaz me the address of your A&E department Head and I'll send some AA posters to put up and as many leaflets as you want to hand out FOC. This is just one way that I can show my gratitude to the many wonderful healthcare professionals who helped me break the addictive cycle of my alcoholism
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( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 9:03, closed)

Couldn't you just shout them a pint?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 12:23, closed)

LOL
When you are addicted to alcohol one pint is too many and a million is never enough.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 15:59, closed)

2 million might be though.
GIMME MY BOOZE!
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 12 Oct 2013, 23:36, closed)

I was once found in a doorway asleep.
I didn't respond to normal wake-up prods etc. because I'd had the equivalent of a bottle of spirits to drink that day and very little sleep the night before.
I woke in an ambulance with a guy asking me whether I knew my name or not. I didn't want to tell him as I didn't want it recorded so unfortunately we wasted half an hour or so confirming I was not injured but just tired and a drunk. I'm not sure telling him I'm an alcoholic was a good idea though -- I should have just told him I was drunk.
My blood sugar was, apparently, on the significantly low side though so I told him I'd go and buy a chocolate bar so he could let me go.
My point being that I did my best not to waste any of the paramedic's time as I knew it was precious but it's difficult to do that when somebody insists on trying to treat you until you tell them you're alcoholic then they want to call your next of kin. I can't exactly wear an arm-band as work wouldn't like that and I don't really want my family to worry about me even more than they probably already do.
My only consolation is that what I pay in VAT a month probably more than covered my brief brush with the NHS.
I don't condone time-wasting in A&E, by the way, but I think us alcoholics get a bad press -- lots of us are pretty much like the rest of you but we just drink more.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 12 Oct 2013, 22:56, closed)

Liking to drink a lot doesn't make you an alcoholic.
Don't let those fun-killing, do-gooder, health-nazi, bedwetting, hand-wringing cunts label you like that.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sun 13 Oct 2013, 1:17, closed)

I do wonder about the semantics.
On one hand I crave drunkenness and count the hours to my next bottle and on the other I go for a few days without anything or with one or two (literally) for social reasons.
I think the term is "functioning alcoholic". But that might just mean "really likes to drink since nothing else, on it's own at least, is as calming and as exciting rolled into one.".
I know I can stop, but I can't afford skydiving, fast cars, progeny or anything else that's supposed to alleviate the tedium.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 13 Oct 2013, 7:33, closed)

Lol. You could afford all those
if you didn't drink.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sun 13 Oct 2013, 15:07, closed)

Not really, no.
I've not met anyone with my type of work and pay that can afford to do anything interesting. I've met many with state-supported kids they can barely afford to bring up and ones with shite cars they can barely afford to put on the road. I know some who save all year for a crappy holiday or a hobby they can afford to do infrequently also.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 13 Oct 2013, 16:21, closed)

I realise it's not a straight choice.
Hence the Lol.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sun 13 Oct 2013, 16:27, closed)

Like the man
who after watching me fly my $120.00 radio control plane, says "must me nice to have money", as lights up another smoke. With the cost of smokes, most of would be spending more than that a week.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Mon 14 Oct 2013, 12:46, closed)

I've (breifly) flown a radio control plane.
It was more fun that a couple of packs of cigarettes but not as much as a bottle of wodka.
Edit: If I stopped drinking I'd likely have to spend a lot more on trying to lure the opposite sex or just buying useless junk on Amazon to get over the sheer ttedium of a normal week.
If you have a certain type of temprament self-medication seems to be the norm. Or real medication, which can be career limiting (not that I have a career).
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 14 Oct 2013, 18:22, closed)