I sincerely hope your brother allows people to be with him and that he gets the chemical support he needs to come down off the toxin healthfully.
I will feel much better when I know he's at the hospital.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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Steph L. - May 15, 2012 9:03:34 am PDT #13326 of 30001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
beekaytee - May 15, 2012 9:05:38 am PDT #13327 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm sending the strongest ~ma possible that you BOTH get what you need.
Consider yourself supported in the best feeling way.
beth b - May 15, 2012 10:20:14 am PDT #13328 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I don't usually check in from work , but I will today . Not that I can do much ,m other than support you and your brother right now. But I sending out the hang in there and do the right thing ma~~~~
Strix - May 15, 2012 10:40:56 am PDT #13329 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Steph, I am so sorry that this situation with your brother has gotten kind of scary. I hope everything levels out and starts to run the right way.
Thinking good thoughts for you, your brother and your family.
Scrappy - May 15, 2012 10:43:52 am PDT #13330 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Me too, Teppy.
Steph L. - May 15, 2012 11:14:20 am PDT #13331 of 30001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.
Thanks, you guys. SO MUCH.
I talked to him about half an hour ago -- his wife got home from work, they went to (IIRC) a walk-in substance abuse clinic, the clinic people evaluated him and immediately sent him to the hospital to be admitted for 3-4 days. He doesn't know yet whether, at the end of those 3-4 days, he'll be in an inpatient rehab program or an outpatient program. I guess they'll figure that out as he detoxes.
I know he has a long haul in front of him, but this immediate withdrawal/detox period is so scary, he just needed to get medical help. That's what I was most scared about. I am SO RELIEVED. I have no words for how relieved I am.
-t - May 15, 2012 11:16:38 am PDT #13332 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a huge relief, Tep, I'm glad he's under care.
beekaytee - May 15, 2012 11:22:01 am PDT #13333 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Blessings on you all, Steph.
Thank GOODness he is in care. It will be a long, rough haul but getting over the medical crisis makes all the rest doable.
flea - May 15, 2012 11:23:00 am PDT #13334 of 30001
information libertarian
Excellent news. I am so relieved.
JZ - May 15, 2012 11:27:58 am PDT #13335 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Tep, I'm so glad. Many gold stars to the walk-in clinic for getting him the care he needed right away.