Affects Of Alcohol Withdrawal | Chicago Med

An Alcoholic returns to Chicago Med feeling the full effects of alcohol withdrawal. Dr Halstead is determined to help his patient kick his addiction, but is his patient ready to give up the booze?
Season 1 Episode 17 "Withdrawal"
Dr. Halstead and April butt heads when it comes to treating a patient with severe alcohol withdrawals and a broken leg. Meanwhile, Dr. Manning has a cardiac event when she loses her wedding ring, Dr. Rhodes is forced to perform bloodless surgery because of a patient who is a Jehovah's Witness and won't take a blood transfusion. Reese and Dr. Charles deals with elderly patients with the same symptoms.
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[@Brynwyn123]

You can't just force an alcoholic through withdrawals it can very easily kill them. He should be taken off gradually, not suddenly.

[@EdinburghMayhem]

I thought that too. This is very dangerous for the patient.

[@tashamott]

Depends on the situation

[@altrimidrizi2470]

Ml:explains things Me:he is speaking the language of smart people

[@tusharsharma1299]

But he’s also having cirrhosis, renal failure and cardiomayopathy. Giving him alcohol is gonna be even worse!

[@hannahcollings6358]

Hence the sedative & keeping him in. Since it's been two days when he comes in to re introduce alcohol now is just as dangerous. Especially with saoirosis of the liver

[@victoriashengxinchen1600]

Bruh that guys good at acting

[@Sh0n0]

Ya cuz he was a patient on house md too so he got experience

[@alfietitherington204]

It isn't fake tho

[@soumeya3434]

@@alfietitherington204 it is

[@Axxetto]

@@alfietitherington204 it is

[@wisperrzz9502]

@@alfietitherington204 😂😭😭yes it is

[@dreamergal57]

"I'm a doctor. It's my job to decide what is best for him." "That is exactly why I'm a nurse." Great lines right there

[@ChristineTheHippie]

Sums up Halstead's biggest flaw. He doesn't listen. He has a hero complex.

[@liama5223]

She already decided what was best for him when she decided to give him alcohol. The line doesn't make sense.

[@novembah]

@@liama5223 what are you talking about the patient was the one who "decided" he wanted alcohol. Addicts are supposed to voluntarily check themselves into recovery programs unless they are minors. The patient didn't consent to any of this to begin with; he was in the hospital for his broken leg not to treat his alcoholism. The nurse followed the patients will she didnt "decide" for him AKA override patients will like the doctor is doing.

[@andreasanduly6124]

If Dr. Manning was real... boi i would trust her with my life...

[@tianabaldonero]

Andrea Sanduly same

[@CanwegetsubsWithnovids-bf7eb]

Considering she’s a doctor, you would hope you would.

[@kimjongun5202]

she is real

[@Altirix]

she is real she is a doctor

[@nicolebremner4529]

@@Altirix not a real doctor

[@lilant9290]

" i dont need a clean blanket i need a drink" 😂👍

[@AndyDanny47]

Lmao

[@chiaravukotic9371]

Oml did you just say that 😮😆

[@evedenton2031]

amone larsson I don’t know if you meant this in an offensive way but this was happening-to my uncle On Christmas Day he had seizures and hillusinations he was in hospital for a week so it is not a funny thing

[@Angela-qz4ml]

amone larsson Sorry man, can’t relate I dont need no drink

Eve Denton they clearly weren’t using this is an offensive way in the slightest. We need to understand that this is all acting. Of course stuff like this happens irl but the truth is, to overcome a sad thing, you need to laugh about it.

[@jeofficialjoker]

“You’re never gonna beat this if you give in now.” Words to live by

[@josephkerrigan733]

The problem is that he didn't "give in" he never wanted to stop. He was essentially being forced to stop and being told that it was his decision to keep going. If he didn't want to stop then even if he got through the tremors there'd be a massive chance he would just go out and drink as soon as he was well enough to leave.

[@aliceramdom.s]

its a tv show not real

[@aliceramdom.s]

@@josephkerrigan733 its a tv show not real

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

@@aliceramdom.s I don't understand these comments. Can you not comprehend people being invested in fiction?

[@woodstd]

Wait if he wanted a drink give him water instead of alcohol

[@alexdewuk]

Wish that would have helped, but his body was going into life threatening seizures, it's called a neurotransmitter rebound, he's was so heavily sedated from alcohol with a body chemical called GABA , basically it's the calm body chemical, his body tries to rebalance with the opposite chemical GLUTAMATE (Basically the fight or flight chemical) shaking....anxiety and a seizure of convulsions..... his body is not screaming out in panic for a "Drink" he is really asking for the chemical/drug ethanol which would sedate said CONVULSIONS/FIT .... Ethanol ie Alcohol ie "A drink" ....

[@amelia9748]

he wanted an alchaholic drink

[@Butterfly-op8vf]

You are not funny!

[@zandiemitchell8456]

Drewmusic01 he was joking

[@zandiemitchell8456]

Pony Gamer it was a joke

[@nuurmoalim4878]

Hey April the patient made a heart on your shirt

[@akuota8575]

Nuur moalim He did

[@gingerjames4468]

Nuur moalim 😂😂 he did as well

[@msequine6643]

thats mankyyyy

[@thebourgousie2893]

art

[@kianna422]

yep 😂 😂

[@CinnamonTroll246]

actually giving him a little alcohol during the withdrawal, just enough to get him through it, is the best option, my doctor even told me that

[@KAY__12]

We can’t always do what’s right thing for the patient unfortunately. They have the right to refuse and as a nurse that happened to me all the time.

[@altrimidrizi2470]

Amna Ahmed if the person is mentally ill then the doctor needs to make a decision am I right?

[@Dlsjskekeodkdj]

That is actually sad i can imagine how you feel

[@GiFloDotCom]

TimiPlays34 you can be mentally ill and still have capacity

[@SeagodWolf]

@@altrimidrizi2470 5 month old comment but if you are going 100% by the book an official somewhere up the chain needs to sign off that they agree the patient isnt capable of making rational informed decisions. that takes time because beurocratic BS. reality is the people treating the patient have to stick their neck out in situations like that and pray to god when the decision finaly comes back it agrees with what they've already been doing for the last few hours. good example is a story about a guy who came in to emergancy and crashed, they open his shirt and see he has D.N.R tattoed right over where the shock pads need to go. they have seconds to decide whether to let this guy go or bring him back, a tattoo in NO WAY constitutes a formal D.N.R which is something you have to go through a big meeting and sign off on. they dont have the document infront of them. if they let him die and he doesnt have such a document, they are looking at criminal neglect at best, murder at worst. if they revive him and he does have it, they are looking at 1 hell of a court case if the patient feels so inclined. they have seconds, and i mean somewhere bitween 3 and 10 seconds at a stretch, to decide what to do. its nothing more than a coin toss in terms of legality, moraly they had to make a choice they let that man die papers come back later, he had cancer, he had spent the last year or so suffering and decided he'd had enough, took some pills. its a grim reality but he got what he wanted but it could have just as easily been an acidental OD and a joke tattoo, he'd still have been dead and the atendees would have been arested

[@lostindisorder]

Alcohol withdrawal is terrible, it's one thing I hope to never have to go through again in my life. It's strange how it's a drug that's actually legal - and seen as sociable. And once you're addicted it's so hard to quit, and the chance of relapse is so damn high, i felt for everyone involved in this episode. And the scary thing is, even if you get clean time under your belt, the next relapse can kill you. You go back to the way things were "before" and the body can't cope. In rehab I thought when they said to look around the room, out of about 20 of us (i can't remember the specific numbers) x amount will die, x amount will potentially lapse on and off, and only a few may manage full sobriety. I thought they were blowing things out of proportion to shock us, I mean "rehab is supposed to help fix us, why are you telling us things like this?". They weren't wrong, two of my closest friends in there have passed - one within a month of graduating, and I know of three more deaths of the people I met in 19 weeks there. I do wonder if alcohol came out nowadays as "new" whether it'd be a classified drug, the toll it takes on life is horrid.

[@Vb-fy4sv]

Well done gem ! I’m not dependent on alcohol but some members of my family certainly are,but think they can stop whenever they want ,what I say is STOP THEN !!! who wants that life ? It’s not living.

[@tusharsharma1299]

And the worst thing is it is legal and some of the other drugs are illegal which can even land you in jail. Addicts should be treated as patients not criminals!!

[@jeanettewilliams6075]

i stopped was given no help i was drinking every day my mum died of cirrhois of the liver aged 59 that made me turm my life around been clean and sober 10 years now

[@louistudor1086]

Well once an addict always an addict 🤷🏻

[@konradrothenburger7078]

@@tusharsharma1299 that is exactly the reason why alcohol is legal... high tax high chance of crippling addiction. they know what they are doing. illegal drugs if used correctly are way less dangerous than alcohol and nicotine for the most part. (nicotine is psychologically harder to quit than heroin. yes that is a scientific fact. and yes that is fucked up.) they want the most addictive drugs to be legal to make profit of of tax money.

[@AnnafromHungarylvNW]

I think the nurse was right in this case. If someone doesn't want to quit, they can't and they won't. Someone who is ready to quit can do it gradually, doctors just don't say that because addicts fool themselves and others with that concept. Besides, if he continues drinking after going through that hell, they basically force him to suffer for no reason which is unethical.

[@maddietrafford1225]

You’d be 100% incorrect. He was on iv benzodiazepines, and had the alcohol combined with them, he could have died. She colossally fucked up.

[@user-ek3yr9ep4b]

@@maddietrafford1225 He asked for it. He wanted alcohol and refused treatment

[@josephkerrigan733]

@@maddietrafford1225 But if he just died while on the benzodiazepines in extreme pain then all good? Doesn't make much sense.

[@ShadowMoon878]

@@josephkerrigan733 Benzos is basically "alcohol on pills" without the dangers of alcohol. They are way more effective in weaning an addict. 2 weeks straight of benzos can actually stop all of his DT symptoms completely. By giving him a drink, you basically destroy all that effort and pushed him back to zero.

[@aliceramdom.s]

its a tv show not real

[@stevemeredith9022]

The actor who played as the alcoholic is absolutely an extraordinary brilliant actor !

[@brucetumpalan6399]

That's Frank Whaley for you.

[@iramahmed634]

@@brucetumpalan6399 he was a patient in house md too.

[@INF1NI73]

@@iramahmed634 Liked him a lot in Ray Donovan.

[@--julian_]

was he the one that "copied" others personalities? ​@@iramahmed634

[@kai4229]

Going cold turkey is honestly one of the hardest things anyone can do! It’s so painful! I really feel for anyone going through this!

[@zacharytaylor190]

As it turns out, benzodiazepenes are pharmacologicly similar to alcohol, as they both act as GABA(A) agonists. Instead of giving him booze, she should have pushed some ativan or versed, as it would have pretty much the same effect, but be safer.

[@nigelmulliniz4021]

If they don't want treatment then you can't give it to them. They die? Well they die

[@sophiemurphy2207]

He isn't in a stable mindset to make that decision

[@MC-qc9iz]

Iq: - 12

[@wschippr1]

H E A T H E R C H A N D L E R Okay, but where do you draw the line where self destructive requires attention? Alcoholism? Obesity? Not exercising? Eating too much cholesterol laden food? Where do you draw the line?

[@tobiasrichards9732]

Actually doctors have a duty of care which means that they have to care for you in the way they see fit, in their professional point of view.

[@PBMS123]

@@tobiasrichards9732 If the patient doesn't want it you can't give it. This is entirely untrue.

[@user-cz9rq3xf5y]

“Once a nurse will always be a nurse” that’s so true, I was a emergency nurse myself before I became a Doctor.. whenever we had alcoholics come to our emerge some of us would always bring in a few drinks for our patients who are going through severe alcohol withdrawal because we don’t want them to die obviously, but we always encourage them to wean off the booze before going into detox if they really want to stop drinking.

[@florence4372]

Alcohol withdrawal, ouch. That's the worst

[@bascoaful]

Meth, heroin...

[@monkeybone6843]

Neither of them can kill...

[@iona5439]

Monkeybone they can actually. Have you been listening at all?

[@monkeybone6843]

Iona has been edited, I’ve been to detox a few times :)))

[@timothywait9457]

@@bascoaful i have had Heroin a few times ran out and did not get withdrawal glad i have tryd Heroin though it was a goul i had when i was 12 to try it and then some years later i did

[@chinigirlX3]

My uncle was addicted to alcohol. Back then China was so poor there were no proper medical options or real rehab centers. My grandparents basically had to bind him to the bed and day in day out hear him yell on top of the lungs, crying and having fits. It broke their heart and he begged everyone to just give him a little sip of something. It was literal torture for everyone involved. In the end he died of liver cirrhosis. He couldn’t be saved. Addiction is so scary as it takes the very soul of you.

[@Kotori32]

My ex was an alcoholic. At one point she managed to stay sober for 3 years but when she needed to give a big speech she took one drink to calm her nerves…. and she was immediately hooked again. It’s such a sad feeling watching someone you care for slowly kill themself and there’s almost nothing you can do to help. Like they say here, you can’t force someone to quit an addiction if they’re not ready to. She was only 44 yo when she died.

[@kaitlynbennett4348]

Even though you guys broke up, I'm sorry for your loss

[@llgla]

Can they knock him out completely to ease his pain?

[@agonydefeat8275]

Sometimes i wished that someone would have done that to me.

[@hadleyanderson3168]

No, neither legally or ethically. They can treat him with sedatives, anti-convulsionts and anti-nausea medication but not completely “knock him out”. Unfortunately, once you reach the point of DTs during withdrawal, they are very difficult to treat.

[@tammyx1353]

Ughhh I rlly do wish

[@monkeybone6843]

Why should they?

[@ameliatorley9493]

They need consent to put him under anaesthesia

[@spudd5832]

I fully agree with April and Goodwin though, he most likely would’ve died without a drink.

[@timothywait9457]

Spudd not if they gave him lots of Valium witch would give a beater High but he wonted Alcohol so she rightly gave it him she should have put some Valium in to it then he will be more then happy

[@dianaahakim2001]

He needs help. If he continues taking alcohol till the end of time he’ll die anyways.

[@paulabogomolova666]

Come on 🤦‍♀️ that's not helping, he needs help and not by bringing him alcohol

[@masakazuhiruko550]

Should just given him disulfiram.

[@ChristineTheHippie]

@@paulabogomolova666 forcing him to go into quit isn't going to work 🙄

[@e.h8097]

Fact: alcohol and smoking are deadlier than marijuana

[@JO3062]

Correct, remember that doesn't mean mary's a good thing though

[@sancharibairagya8535]

Because marijuana doesn't cause dependence.

[@painlepureology]

Most are including me but don't look obvious

[@callummccracken7565]

I knew someone who would act like a schizo if he hadn't had a recent drag

[@hanns115]

I’ve seen this first hand, it’s so scary seeing a full on seizure for the first time. my friend ended up on constant monitoring in icu but he started having so many seizures that we just had to deal,with it ourselves and all we could do was comfort him during them... He refused to listen to the doctors at the time, saying they would just call him an alcoholic, which they weren’t wrong. We had to explain to him they weren’t saying it to judge him they were explaining facts that his symptoms were very consistent with alcohol withdrawals . Thankfully he has now quit drinking, he’s been sober for 3 months now and I’m so proud of him...

[@Mandy-do3wg]

Sad..makes you wonder why alcohol is so accepted when it can do this. They should of given him more benzodiazepines which effect the brain the same way as alcohol.

[@isabellepollard2265]

Mandy or ethanol

[@nigelft]

@Meow Meowmeow I am on gabapentin, and diazepam, amongst other things, for progressive fibromyalgia. Aside from turning in to a hermit, I've noticed my alcohol tolerance has dropped; stupidity, despite having done Clinical Biochemistry, I have had forgotten all about GABA receptors ... now it makes sense that, when one hospitial put me on 1,200mg+ gabapentin/day, I used to wake up with headaches ... ... and no wonder why my GP almost had a fit, when he found out, and wrote a rather stern letter to ask what the hell they were thinking ...

[@BassssicBasssssssss]

Because it makes a lot of people very rich.

[@monabohamad2242]

@@BassssicBasssssssss if that's the case then DAMN that seems kinda really idk sad somehow

[@timothywait9457]

Mandy they give a different effect Valium a benzo gives more of a stone then a drunk and if used carefully much safer then Alcohol but if your withdrawing from Alcohol you will need large Amounts of Valium and Beter Blockers and water

[@kaylalouca7849]

When she said “ with a fractured tibia” I thought she with a fractured titia

[@pog.fr0g637]

So did i

[@paulgately2272]

Haha was looking for this

[@virtualmaster8555]

Same

[@andrewbayley5544]

You can tell it's acting they said he's leg was fractured in the exact place the first time they saw him with no x ray

[@Shortfirstslip]

I’m currently three months sober but I never got to this state. I’m not sure this is the right depiction of how to medically handle withdrawal but it was a good example of how alcoholism can ruin your body, your health and your life.

[@Dragonraiser11]

Halstead: you can't give him alcohol! It's against protocol!! Also Halstead: **worked at a safe injection site**

[@kellytyson65]

True you can't force change the person has to want it.

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz5165]

Paramedic “With a fractured left tittya” Me: bro wtf

[@emilywells5980]

the_ wrecker 45 tibia**😂😂😂

[@msequine6643]

its_just _nik11 tibia

[@feryleehoseok7181]

😂😂😂😂 omfg

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

looked like she was close to vomiting back, that would have been funny

[@AcutePanic41]

My "mother" was a heavy drinker, she'd do anything she could to get her alcohol. She tried AA many times and failed. We'd find bottles everywhere, behind books, in drawers, in the toilet tank... When she tried to stop, the DTs would start and we'd end up in hospital. We became regulars at one point, nurses and doctors would know my sister and I by name. Seeing this and in real life is fairly similar. I saw things she'd do to herself and the abuse my sister and I went through, I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

[@DevilZrain]

My grandparents were alcoholics and it killed her when she stopped. They had a rule of 'no drinking in the house' as if that made them not alcoholics because they didn't live with the booze. She got too sick to go to the bar and he wouldn't give her any booze in the house so she had a heart attack from her blood not being diluted by the alcohol anymore.

[@becky2235]

Sorry for what you went through, alchol is evil, I have to ask what was the recorded cause of death? Cardiac arrest? It's just someone I know is trying to go cold turkey and I'm worried about them

[@brianly100]

Sharon Goodwin is by far my favourite in the show, she can deal with anything that is coming her way

[@harryh5415]

very nearly died from alcohol withdrawal i was 22 years old, i ended up in a hospital and they straight up were full, i had Delerium Tremens i was hallucinating, things like spiders crawling up my legs and arms. they said harry, we are full go and have a drink untill you feel okay then cut down by 1/4 of a can a day to be safe, i ended up found on the street 12 hours later with kidneys failing heart was really not right the usual stuff, it would be my 6th detox and first rehab. severe hallucinations i didnt know what planet i was on i laid in bed for a week and the arrested me for my own safety and kept me there because i wouldnt of made it a few hours longer, seizures and all of it, im now 6 months into sobriety and i wish people could understand alcoholism more! thankyou to the doctors who helpes me in torbay hospital and thankyou to people who support my sobriety! im now giving back to young alcoholics :) X

[@bastard7668]

Owww

[@panchitoborja]

Keep it up I’m so proud of you🎉

[@rubencontreras4068]

I remember back in September of 2001 when I first had my DT's. I was hospitalized in Mt. Sinai in Chicago for 8 days. 2 days in the ICU. The rest in recovery. And let me tell you boy, that wasn't nothing nice. I will never forget that. I don't wish it not even to my worst enemy. Hallucinations, shakings, vomiting, nausea, the works! I had to get a blood transfusion. I had angina! Boy, I believe I escaped death. After the 8 days they sent me to a freaking Mental Institution where I had to go mandatory. They sent me to Maddon Mental Health Center where I was there for like 2 weeks even though I was feeling fine since I had left the hospital. But oh well. I relapsed again the following year but have been sober since. I became an alcoholic at a young age. Truly sad but I'm taking it day by day.

[@FortexVize]

LOOL that patient was also part in one episode of Dr. House I believe he was the guy reflecting the personalitys :D

[@angeldimagiba7848]

Shouldn't it be EFFECTS of alchohol withdrawal??

[@haydenmcgowan5634]

Effects are consequences that have already taken place whereas affects are ongoing and current

[@tomrl6674]

@@haydenmcgowan5634 thats not right at all

[@tashamott]

tomrl6674 yes it is

[@tomrl6674]

@@tashamott Only in the most basic sense, that's just a rule that doesn't always apply. Its better to think of affect as a verb and effect as a noun. That rule of consequences v current isn't applicable to every use of the words, just like i before e except after c doesn't work every time. Its just something basic they teach at a kids school. In this case the title should be effects, not affects.

[@tashamott]

tomrl6674 wow sorry people don’t use perfect grammar on KZbin

[@WaterMelon-bb4oe]

I love how they're like "1 2 3 " and then they just throw him into the bed

[@charlottethomsen8076]

This is a really well done episode. I’m glad shows put clips up on KZbin, it’s why I’ve started watching One Chicago.

[@namexox4584]

I feel like April knows everyone 😂

[@alexmarian4642]

What I hate is that April tried to give him the drink WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE. The alcohol could interact with a range of drugs (say, a doctor upping his benzos, which btw is how this SHOULD have been handled) and kill him.

[@lolaknight1518]

In the UK I’ve been in A&E countless times and seen alcoholics coming in going through alcohol withdrawal and been turned away saying there’s nothing they can do. Break the stigma of addicts. Who care how they got there just give someone who needs help, help.

[@aimeetwist9453]

Unfortunately they have to turn away alcohols, unless they can rehab them which in most cases alcoholics won't agree with because its like a prison. Hospitals can't supply patients with alcohol it is against hospital protocol, and punishment by jail and licence revoking as much as doctors want to help as many as they can. They can't risk the job for someone who probably doesn't want to kick the addiction. Alcohol is a dangerous drug and isn't much you can do they have to kick it themselves

[@scratchy1704]

Maybe there's real sick people to care for.

[@lyrica_overdose]

@@scratchy1704i really fucking hope you’re joking

[@Adam-gn5kh]

​@@scratchy1704Because I'm actually capable of empathy I promise you I hope you never suffer from any mental illness, things like depression and high anxiety because you'll be very surprised how trauma can lead you down a dark path. And substance abuse can take over your life to a degree you can't even imagine.

[@scratchy1704]

@@Adam-gn5kh I have empathy for people who don't bring it on themselves by being alcoholics or druggies.

[@Dreez76]

That doctor must've gotten his diploma in a cerial package. Anyone who's read about alcohol addiction knows that going coldturkey can kill you. A doctor should know this.

[@abbabbcbbcbb]

the 'sedative' could likely have been diazepam, so he probably wouldn't have been going cold turkey

[@abbabbcbbcbb]

later on dr halstead says 'did we up his benzos' again suggesting he was given diazepam or another similar drug

[@Eden_Laika]

This isn't a documentary, it's a drama.

[@lyrica_overdose]

as this other person also said, he didn’t go cold turkey.

[@timothywait9457]

@@abbabbcbbcbb Diazapam is one of the best drugs for Alcohol withdrawal

[@peterrodriguez7675]

So now I now where the saying “ kill em’ with kindness “ comes from

[@thequeerkid9391]

Imagine how many times they had to re-record scenes of them saying medical terms... I suppose they don’t always get them on first try..🙈😂

[@booey0977]

The limits doctors and nurses go for us is unbelievable so respect your doctor and nurses

[@ivy5614]

They are amazing actors🙏

[@FrizzleMs]

If an alcoholic presents with a broken bone and absolutely no intention of quitting alcohol, what right has the doctor got to force him to go through the withdrawals? he'll either die or get better and go right back to drinking and the doctor pretty much just tortured him for no reason. how is that helping?

[@amandab1908]

FrizzleMs he also had a fractured leg

[@raerae7870]

you can't just give alcohol to a patient in a hospital its kinda against the rules and without his leg fixed he can't go anywhere. I dont agree with forcing a pt to go through DTs but we dont give drug addicts drugs for the same reason

[@Mandy-do3wg]

They can give him benzodiazepines to ease the withdrawal.

[@barnagotte7297]

@@raerae7870 In the (many) hospitals I've worked in, we would supply alcohol in those cases. It was not against policy. It's more frowned upon nowadays, though

[@glitch.c0s787]

@@raerae7870 Except technically they do! When you are fighting drug addiction (or basically any addiction like alcohol in this case) and you want to quit/are going through severe withdrawal symptoms medical professionals will prescribe you something that has a low dosage of what ever you are addicted to. As time passes that dosage is lowered and lowered until your body doesn't depend on the substance whether it's drugs, alcohol etc. To survive anymore

[@NataliaLampraki]

dr. halstead is correct. if they wanted to help they should have offered him psychiatric help not a drink. this is how families sometimes 'help' their loved ones because its easier but someday the patient will die because of it. of course i understand that outside of the situation i can speculate all i want :/

[@someonerandom8552]

natalia l They probably did. This is a heavily edited version for their KZbin channel. If he refused, then what can they do without getting sued?

[@MajoradeMayhem]

I'm not a doctor, but wouldn't it be better to give him alcohol just to stop the DTs? The seizures are potentially dangerous and very unpleasant. Then with the immediate crisis over, wean him off slowly with proper emotional and practical support. Why does it have to be all or nothing?

[@kane3383]

Like what Goodwin said, an addict cannot just quit. If you force them to they'll just end up killing themselves in the process. Sometimes caring too much may do more harm than good. You just have to talk to them and see if they want to change or not, make them see how their addiction is ruining their lives. If they don't listen then give them time

[@maddietrafford1225]

Majora de Mayhem no, it wouldn’t.

[@maddietrafford1225]

Lavs_Soobin are you dumb? They won’t wake up one day and just decide they don’t want to do it anymore. NO ONE can beat an addiction without outside support from others, no one.

[@b1akn3ss93]

So she says he's been coming in for the past 10 year(or has known him) And they didn't think to help him fight his addiction?

[@CptPhilippnes]

I mean they could but problem with addiction is that the first step has to come from the person with the addiction or no matter what treatment or therapy is brought forward, it will never stick.

[@cambuck2449]

I found this show on KZbin and I’m obsessed, if you love this show I would recommend 9-1-1, its such a good show

[@Scott2122232425]

When I was going through the DTs, hallucinations, itching, shaking, panic attacks it's the worst feeling in the world for the first time. Tried to have a drink to stop them but it was too late. My body rejected it. When I relapsed and then knew I won,d go through them, It was much more manageable slowly reducing my beer intake, avoiding the DTs.

[@Laura-ui9rt]

My mother almost died from her alcohol problem. She continues to drink but is getting better. All it took was one conversation to start her on the right track.

[@scratchy1704]

If she's still drinking she is not getting better.

[@lyrica_overdose]

@@scratchy1704how would you know if you don’t know her? she said she’s getting better, not that she’s all healthy.

[@scratchy1704]

@dead_plant666 If you are an alcoholic and you still drink then you are not getting better.Drinking alcohol is a no no for an alcoholic.

[@lyrica_overdose]

@@scratchy1704 getting clean is a long process. maybe you’re gradually weening it off or maybe you’ve been clean for a year and slipped for a couple of days. maybe you’re on track, but haven’t reached your goal yet. the thing is, you don’t know. from my experience as an addict, i can never know what anyone is going through even though i might think i do. i’m not gonna force you to agree with me, so i won’t argue with you.

[@SJ-nu9xf]

Nurses don’t get the respect they desperately deserve

[@yoshi324legend4]

I love the videos hope there's more

[@KillZone96EN]

Seen this happen many a time with my parents, it's absolutely awful. Only way to stop it and get through it is giving them a drink little and often.

[@dlldll7482]

The patient looks like the same guy (or he possibly could be the same guy) that played a patient with mirror syndrome on House M.D.

[@cheekychops267]

Do u know where I could watch house MD coz I looked on Netflix and they've removed it

[@Caitzeee]

shishter shmee There are scenes of house MD on KZbin! House MD have their own channel!

[@marshaloiscamillephilpotts7117]

The actor who plays the alcoholic patient going through a severe withdrawal , the DTs is Frank Whaley, he is a very good and an accomplished actor, he has done a lot of television series and movies, he is very good in this, I love him, he is the best.

[@adrianajoachim3964]

the actors in this series are amazing

[@miki5748]

YOUS ARE KILLIN ME WITH UR HELPPP

[@emsyplays6045]

Man:I need a drink! Me:*gives water*

[@sofiacosentino5614]

Magical gacha girl he doesn’t need water, he needs some milk

[@tusharsharma1299]

sofia cosentino and some cookies to go with that!

[@robinjames8727]

You cannot just stop drinking it kills

[@robinjames8727]

Those dependant on alcohol must be tapered off slowly

[@jurjclooners829]

"he had a chance to kick his addiction" this guy is the poster child of naivety

[@ChristineTheHippie]

He has always had a savior complex

[@chupachipchipachup7887]

The acting in this show is phenominal!

[@bethx8462]

This actor is amazing this is so good wish I could see full episodes

[@mayaflint8273]

CupcakeQueen 666 if you type up Chicago led full episodes on the internet you’ll find them, or you can checkout Netflix x

[@spudd5832]

*_wait the title says ‘affects’ and not ‘effects’ is that just an American thing or...._*

[@fergusmacleod9961]

Spudd nah they just can’t spell

[@lisa-hv7vb]

@@fergusmacleod9961 lmaoo

[@mollymurray7664]

Affects and effects are 2 different things

[@kianna422]

lol

[@adhilmehmud8171]

i remember using affect and effect in the same English paper and lowkey cry because i didn't know the difference

[@Radar-tastic]

As a recovered alcoholic this is exactly what I went through to detox myself it is not comfortable but it works but apparently the dude in the video has what I can guess complete and total alcohol dependent

[@camillelachenille2513]

That guy is such a good actor I started to feel sick as well

[@weirdmodel]

That acting is amazing!

[@zinzolin14]

It's sad how an addiction can consume someone like this, that it's more harmful without than with. You've gotta be well past an addiction when even your body can't handle being sober...

[@lizzyforsdyke3833]

April: Is it bad? Will: Is it ever good?

[@AnjanaBSubba]

That patient is a brilliant actor!

[@massimoamato5593]

Anjana Subba I know. Damn I really felt his pain through the screen

[@winningwinny51]

His acting is so good

[@leejones3219]

This guy needs a Academy Award. Dude does want to quit, he just can’t.

[@lillibird3100]

I know im late but Aprils a badass

[@SamKhan-hr9yl]

love how Gleeson and Dr Manning are counterparts of each other... "You cant force a person to move on from something if they are not ready"

[@sofic7901]

props to the actor.

[@Enxvinity]

Why do I always only watch this while eating food?

[@ApsaraMenaka]

if this is how they handle withdrawal, they are not a good hospital.

[@sumo9095]

Actually it kinda is a part of battling addiction...for example there are centers that help with getting rid of addiction by administering smaller and smaller amounts of the drug until the patient is completely weaned off of it... But obviously it should be accompanied by therapy...its also usually best when the patient recognizes the problem and actually wants to solve it..

[@ApsaraMenaka]

@@sumo9095 i am not talking about the patient but the hospital. This is not how to handle this.

[@vikramsarangan18]

As a doctor...... This is near what we see , and i face this every now and then.... Sadly ,ppl who need the help but do nothing in the long run 😭😭

[@Firefox1189]

What a great thing to be watching while eating breakfast.

[@OopsOlliePopp]

I always found it so morbidly interesting how you can drink to the point that your body almost requires the alcohol to function, its so strange how to human body reacts to substances like that

[@Tenareful]

I've looked after people on alcohol detox it's touture

[@kufel99]

I absolutely agree with that. I had that two times ... No more!

[@Scrabble12]

It really does feel like you’re about to die sometimes

[@Mitzi-chan224]

My father used to be an alcoholic in the 2000s, the way the actor is acting is activating my PTSD

[@faeriekyuu]

ugh the actors are so good !!

[@yvonnenguyen1098]

Don’t you find it strange that the camera crew zoomed in on him vomiting?

[@Butterfly-op8vf]

Yvonne Nguyen no

[@BMarie774]

Yvonne Nguyen You don't think this is real, do you??? Of course they're going to zoom. It's a television show.

[@frozenwolfca]

My dad went through this ended up hospitalized for a week. He toughed it out. He was a chronic alcoholic for 25 years. He went cold turkey. Proud of him. But he chose to do it. I called him everyday. Now hes been sober for almost 10 years.

[@eviehunt487]

Jeez why do these always make me cry 😭

[@sniperozukum1397]

Iav experience this , and it's one hell of a torture any person could experience.. m sober for two years now could only imagine how far I have come .. by the way his acting is on the point .

[@whoviangirl3878]

Dr Keogh on Casualty (recovered alcoholic) did the same thing as that CL (Idk if she is but she seems like one) and it saved the patient... so I think that doctor was being way too harsh on the guy.

[@JCHK.]

Whovian Girl if it’s the hospital protocol then he was just following orders and he could have been in serious trouble for not following them. I don’t know what the rules are now, but 25 years ago when I was a general nurse (in Australia) we would give alcoholics brandy (or whatever their drink of choice was) to stop them from going into withdrawal, not enough that they would be tipsy, just a tiny amount every day. This is for pt’s admitted for general surgery etc, not pt’s with complex health problems. To me it makes no sense forcing this guy through detox when he is just going to start drinking again as soon as he is discharged. An addict has to want to get sober on their own, they need reasons that are important to them to maintain sobriety.

[@Brynwyn123]

@@JCHK. in the UK beer can be prescribed for alcoholics in the hospital. It's hard to treat any other medical issues when they're on death's door like this.

[@nigelft]

@@JCHK. I would think, given the emphasis on evidence-based medicine for umpteen decades, that there would be a kind near-universal medical protocol for patients with severe alcholism; like you said, not near enough to make the even tipsy, but certainly enough to prevent withdrawals ... Although I am not a medical professional (missed that train too many years ago), unless it is Surgical, then the aim of Medical is to manage the symptoms, and maintain homeostasis ... ... or am I crazy ...?

[@louisebeggs9711]

at first I thought they said "a fractured left titia" so I was like "A TITIYA!? DO THEY MEAN HIS NIPPLES?! THERE IS NO BONE THERE JUST MUSCLE HOW COULD HE FRACTURE HIS TITI-" and my mum explained that it's a "tibia" and that it's a part of your leg we both burst out laughing

[@britney901]

Watching this while drinking is awesome

[@jodayagladue]

A few days ago I went into the er with severe alcohol withdrawal. Never had seizures but the panic attacks and hallucinations were intense. I thought I was seeing cats walking around the room and it was the scariest thing I ever went thru. The doctors and nurses shot Valium thru me every 20 mins and it was such a relief. I never wanna experience that again. I wouldn’t wanna wish it on anybody

[@andrewsewart9472]

Listen to Sharon, Will! An addict doesn't just 'kick a habit', they have to want to 'kick' their addiction and you cannot force a person to do something they don't want to do and/or are not ready for that change they need to make to move on and/or clean and/or sober. I'd say it looks like Will has inherited his father's power and control issues. "No, no, no, no, no I'm a doctor it's up to me to decide what's best for our patient, that's just a band aid and you're not helping him." Making him wait to get his leg fixed up, so he can go medicate himself so he doesn't die and saying he has to stay till he gets through his withdrawal etc. . Doctors are supposed to be worded up on the effects of alcohol withdrawal and death going hand in hand if sudden abstinence occurs during/because of certain circumstances, such as an accident, like breaking your leg! April's a star! All gr8 actors/tresses including the patient, I've seen him in many things such as law and order and other progs alike. Only just found out about Chicago Med, we didn't know it existed until my misses found it on you tube while she was looking for Dr Pimple Pooper coz she loves watching her stuff and the yuk stuff she squeezes out of peeps. I don't know how she does it really, especially when she's eating as well, double yukky!!

[@Trayleen]

My friend got through this on her rehab.

[@yoma1996]

These people are such good actors

[@Someguy-du9mj]

Unfortunately I've been through this in my twenties. More than once. I'm still drinking and been in a very similar boat where I was unable to leave as I was suicidal. And the sedatives wouldn't work. I tried to leave only to be stopped by security. Some doctors just aren't trained in this sort of thing. I've seen this video a few times and it makes me realise what I went through and therefore I compliment his acting.

[@eoghanquiggsno1fan09]

Anyone know where i can watch this in the UK? :( ive been watching clips on youtube and i love it!!

[@therobloxgamer9410]

Carol-Ann Mulla google says you can’t which sucks for me cuz I live in Australia and I can’t watch it either

[@HerHollyness]

The nurse and the supervisor were, unfortunately, both correct in this instance. Doctors cannot force someone to quit alcohol. It’s a decision the patient has to make. Besides which, they are supposed to put the patient’s health and well-being above all else and that guy would have died without a drink.

[@OrfeoulaLove]

As a person who has been a self harm addict and an energy drink one, when your addiction has become this severe, you gotta take it slow, not all things should come to a stop suddenly

[@morgan-xy4lu]

my mum was an alcoholic and she is recovered and she is better now