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Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

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Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

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Post by subungual »

chockchocschoir wrote: post #61
CyanDeparture wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A potassium IV should not be painful in the sligtest, it should just be a tiny pin prick when it's going in. Something went wrong if that was hurting.

Strange, where is the sources backing up that it should always be painless? Found lots of resources pointing towards that many do in fact feel a burning sensation from potassium IV: - https://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_21792/EAJEM-16-14... - https://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-6224-potassium-chlori... - https://www.nyspana.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NYSPANA-P... - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic…

Yep, pain at the infusion site is an incredibly common complaint with potassium IV. The person you replied to is talking confidently outside of their expertise.

Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

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Post by micromacrofoot »

stef25 wrote: post #26

Right before the first lockdown I started a new high stress job and for several months our two toddlers weren't allowed to attend school. During the first few weeks we tried to make it "fun", I'd start working around 4-5AM , alternating morning and evening shifts of work / toddlers with my partner. Then colleagues started complaining "wtf this guy's playing with his kids in the park at 2PM" and I got really bad feedb…

I feel you, I ended up working from 8pm to 4am when my kindergartners were at home. I’d sleep until 10 (my partner got the kids up in the morning) and then watch them while my partner worked.

Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

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Post by willcipriano »

stef25 wrote: post #26

Right before the first lockdown I started a new high stress job and for several months our two toddlers weren't allowed to attend school. During the first few weeks we tried to make it "fun", I'd start working around 4-5AM , alternating morning and evening shifts of work / toddlers with my partner. Then colleagues started complaining "wtf this guy's playing with his kids in the park at 2PM" and I got really bad feedb…

I only have one kid, but similar situation for me.

I learned something about jobs during this time. The effort and stress involved is not proportional to the pay. Some jobs are just hell and you can go next door and make the same thing in a pleasant environment.

I ended up taking about half my skills off my resume. I'm no longer a full stack dev, I'm a backend engineer. I removed the stuff about DevOps and project/product management. Then when interviewing I found a role that paid the same as my previous job but required me to only wear one hat rather than 5 of them.

Life is much better now.

Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

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Post by ejolto »

darthrupert wrote: post #36

I'm more and more convinced that people who don't have kids should have double the tax burden compared to parents, at least for the first 5-10 years. The stress is unimaginable, and then some people have the gall to complain when parents try to do it well. Appalling behaviour. I would not tolerate such complaints as a manager, but thankfully I have never met such attitude in my life.

Would you then get those 5-10 years of extra tax refunded if you have kids at a later point? Or are you only going to endorse extra tax on sterile people?

Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

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Post by dataengineer56 »

yosito wrote: post #64
chockchocschoir wrote: post #53

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It's hard to justify reading the book if I don't think I do want to stop smoking or drinking. It's enjoyable on multiple levels, just like gaming, commenting on HN, reading interesting articles, going for bike rides, eating good food and many other things. I understand for people who have negative consequences for something would like to stop (when they're addicted), but if the negative consequences are small compare…

> It's hard to justify reading the book if I don't think I do want to stop smoking or drinking. I agree with you that the book might not be right for you if you don't want to stop. On the other hand, I didn't think I wanted to stop drinking, until I did want to stop, and then suddenly I wished I hadn't spent the last 10 years drinking. It ultimately didn't enhance my life at all. But I wouldn't have heard that messag…

That was my situation too - I wasn't drinking much and decided I'd do some reading to decide whether I should keep drinking intermittently or just ditch it entirely. Once I started reading then I couldn't believe I'd ever drank in the first place.

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Post by dotancohen »

tyingq wrote: post #62
ejb999 wrote: post #20

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>>then push you out the door and tell you to find an AA group. What is it exactly you want the hospital to do if your friend won't stop drinking?

Your comment illustrates a large part of the problem. If society believes addiction is mostly a willpower problem, then effective services to help address it won't exist.

That service exists, though. The hospital specifically referred them to AA.

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Post by giantg2 »

tyingq wrote: post #62
ejb999 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>then push you out the door and tell you to find an AA group. What is it exactly you want the hospital to do if your friend won't stop drinking?

Your comment illustrates a large part of the problem. If society believes addiction is mostly a willpower problem, then effective services to help address it won't exist.

Isn't the first step admitting you have a problem and wanting to fix it? There's not much one can do without patient consent (which I don't think is mentioned here).

Even then, the most the hospital can really do is counsel and recommend inpatient treatment at a specialized facility. I really hope the 'pushed out the doors comment was a slight exaggeration. They should have at least talked about the treatment options, given them a brochure/info for a treatment center. It's not much, but that's basically all they can do.

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Post by steveBK123 »

Similarly when the divorce stats for this period come out in a year or two it will be stunning I have more friends/neighbors/professional acquaintances who got divorced in the last 2 years than in the previous 10.

The last 2 years have been very good for some, and very bad for others. Few had a normal one.

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Post by j-bos »

stef25 wrote: post #26

Right before the first lockdown I started a new high stress job and for several months our two toddlers weren't allowed to attend school. During the first few weeks we tried to make it "fun", I'd start working around 4-5AM , alternating morning and evening shifts of work / toddlers with my partner. Then colleagues started complaining "wtf this guy's playing with his kids in the park at 2PM" and I got really bad feedb…

Did your colleagues get jealous because you used the alternate schedule well or simply because you had an alternate schedule?
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