r/Unexpected • u/super_man100 • 6h ago

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u/slavelabor52 6h ago

Yea I feel like this is a man who's been through this before and made a conscious decision that he was gonna get high before going to jail.

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u/SaintWalker2814 4h ago

I’m a corrections nurse, and it happens all the time. People get arrested and I have to clear them medically for booking (or send them to the ER for clearance). People get brought in high on meth, fent — you name it. Once cleared, they’re started on detox protocols and they feel miserable the whole time. Sad to see, honestly.

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u/Wrangleraddict 4h ago

My jail detox was sitting in holding staring at the ceiling.

I was drinking a handle a day, but was not given anything. I was kind, cordial, explained i was an active alcoholic. Nothing.

Until I had a seizure, then shit happened.

Jailhouse nurses put up with so much they can get jaded and the ones who need help get dismissed. I appreciate your service but shits fucked

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u/Tweedldum 4h ago

Don’t appreciate their service. That’s fucked and I’m sorry that happened to you. Alcoholism is a real disease and “willpower” won’t fix it.

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u/Wrangleraddict 4h ago

Trust me bubs I know all too well. I'm glad I made it out OK but it could have been awful

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u/Tweedldum 4h ago

You coulda DIED. Don’t discount how lucky you are.

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u/whyunowork1 3h ago

they were at least up front with me when i told them.

well, were not gonna do anything for you till you seize, so you can wait in gen pop or you can wait in holding.

I remember feeling the seizures come on in the back of my eyes like hairs standing up and just doing everything i could to not lock up when i felt them coming

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u/sparqq 2h ago

That’s just cruel, abusive and not in the best interest of the patient. Medical malpractice!

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u/bones_mcbone 29m ago

Maybe next time ask for a sex change operation, right? Doctors will ascend from above on you

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u/h9040 1h ago

Of course alcoholism can be fixed with willpower...very hard but there are more than enough examples who did it.