tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post3686519585343222861..comments2024-02-28T08:42:52.675+00:00Comments on The Junior Doctor: AlcoholicsDr Michael Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05340927185641717290noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-4573859450264954452007-05-15T13:09:00.000+00:002007-05-15T13:09:00.000+00:00So, it's interesting that your symbol is a pint......So, it's interesting that your symbol is a pint...or is that iced tea?? Tea, it must be tea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-87413302128426902512007-05-11T23:22:00.000+00:002007-05-11T23:22:00.000+00:00I'm a final year student, and to be honest, I hope...I'm a final year student, and to be honest, I hope I never talk to a patient like that. Yeah, blah blah blah tough love, but to me that sounds like a good excuse for a dose of old-fashioned, hideous paternalism and moralising. Your patient probably doesn't need her face rubbed in the mess of her life, it's only likely to compound whatever emotional crap she is using drink as an escape mechanism from. I really like your blog and think you sound like an ace doctor (and everyone is to be forgiven for moments of getting annoyed with patients) so don't think I'm being mean, it's just my viewpoint on how I'd approach it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-46764802238724268202007-05-08T21:45:00.000+00:002007-05-08T21:45:00.000+00:00Thank you for your commentsruairdh - your father's...Thank you for your comments<BR/><BR/>ruairdh - your father's tale has actually given me some hope. Some hope that people sometimes DO change. Congratulations to you father.<BR/><BR/>luna - i never asked that question, to be honest her easons for starting didn't interest me, I was just trying to mak her see the reasons for stopping. Stuff like AA is really helpful but ONLY if the person wants to change. If they have no desire to quit, then there's nothing that others can do to help them.<BR/><BR/>surly girl and spirit of 76 thanks. I really do hope that Joy decides to change. Whether she does or not - who knows? She's lucky to still have her family around her and I'm just hopng I made her see that.Dr Michael Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340927185641717290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-75021690994086821552007-05-08T19:43:00.000+00:002007-05-08T19:43:00.000+00:00it makes you a great doctor. sometimes people need...it makes you a great doctor. sometimes people need to be pushed to start thinking about the things that really matter - just patching people up and sending them on their way isn't really helping, and you signed up so that you could help people.<BR/><BR/>yay you.surly girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414631534757427023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-84511904710502617142007-05-08T12:06:00.000+00:002007-05-08T12:06:00.000+00:00Not really harsh. I'd say it was tough love. Also,...Not really harsh. I'd say it was tough love. Also, since it sounds like she was starting to think about what she was doing to herself (moving from "pre-contemplative" to "contemplative" if you want to use the fancy jargon of substance abuse models) then it may well have been a good time to strike while the iron's hot and point out what she's doing to herself.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Whether it'll make any difference is anyone's guess. But that's for her to decide.Spirit of 1976https://www.blogger.com/profile/08932673919076180651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-21268634671469281952007-05-08T09:18:00.000+00:002007-05-08T09:18:00.000+00:00Did you asked her when she had her first drink and...Did you asked her when she had her first drink and why?<BR/><BR/>maybe sending round a "buddy" from AA would help her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482732367812174734.post-13761351006031919342007-05-07T09:41:00.000+00:002007-05-07T09:41:00.000+00:00No you weren't too harsh. You gave her a shock and...No you weren't too harsh. You gave her a shock and she needs that to change.<BR/><BR/>My father was an alcoholic but he stopped drinking because we were threatening to leave him forever due to his self destructive behaviour.<BR/><BR/>It never affects <B>just</B> the alcoholic. It affects everyone around them.<BR/><BR/>You did well to scare her like that. I hope it provokes a change in her.Ruairidhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258403041244754035noreply@blogger.com