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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 752358" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>When I did hospital nursing, I cared for a man in his early 40's who was in the final stages of alcohol-related cirrhosis. He was bedridden, of course, and in and out of consciousness, but not really aware of his surroundings. The thing I remember the most is his family. His siblings and parents sat in his room with the most impassive expressions on their faces, watching TV, reading, talking amongst themselves...as if he wasn't there, and in a way I guess he wasn't. It was as if they were waiting for a bus.</p><p></p><p>I could tell from their conversations and their expressions that they had been through so much with his alcoholism; he had died to them many years ago, and they were just there to formally see the physical death through.</p><p></p><p>Seeing a close-up of the toll this disease takes, not only the body but on EVERYTHING and EVERYONE in the alcoholic's circle, has haunted me ever since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 752358, member: 17720"] When I did hospital nursing, I cared for a man in his early 40's who was in the final stages of alcohol-related cirrhosis. He was bedridden, of course, and in and out of consciousness, but not really aware of his surroundings. The thing I remember the most is his family. His siblings and parents sat in his room with the most impassive expressions on their faces, watching TV, reading, talking amongst themselves...as if he wasn't there, and in a way I guess he wasn't. It was as if they were waiting for a bus. I could tell from their conversations and their expressions that they had been through so much with his alcoholism; he had died to them many years ago, and they were just there to formally see the physical death through. Seeing a close-up of the toll this disease takes, not only the body but on EVERYTHING and EVERYONE in the alcoholic's circle, has haunted me ever since. [/QUOTE]
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