Alcoholism And Me: ‘I Was An Addicted Doctor, The Worst Kind Of Patient’
Alcoholism And Me: ‘I Was An Addicted Doctor, The Worst Kind Of Patient’
February 24, 2022
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My drinking and drug use pushed me over the edge into a complete breakdown. Then a stint in rehab made me question how much we really understand about addiction

By Carl Erik Fisher

Original Source: theguardian.com

I’m lying in bed when I hear the commotion. I peer through the doorway of my room, and right outside, the new guy is getting in Ruiz’s face. There’s a phone right outside the door, one of those sturdy metal payphones like one you’d see on a street corner, and Ruiz, a gentle older man with shoulders stooped by the demoralisation of his nth relapse and hospitalisation, is just trying to talk to his family. But the new guy has been manic and pacing since he arrived a few hours ago, and he won’t take no for an answer.

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