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[@jessicalypsojessicakyliemc9879]

Bruce is so right about crossing the line. I'm an addict in recovery, & as my addiction grew worse, things became acceptable to me that never were before.. And as I did those things, they opened up NEW things that I gradually found acceptable, until eventually I was completely alone, & I had absolutely nothing... but the needle.

[@musicismagic3001]

Congratulation on your recovery! 💪🏼

[@springfauna1465]

And this is what I tell people in recovery... If you're thinking of going back out (stinkin thinkin), remember to fast forward to the very last day before you came to recovery where you were down on the ground with nothing left, or in the back of a police car, or getting Narcanned by the EMTs!!! Hold that memory and feel it, then get yourself to a meeting or call your sponsor if you have one. We're all here for your recovery!! All the best to you!!!

[@LosAngelesLaura]

💯💯💯💯💯 congratulations on your sobriety!!!!!!!!! I’m sooo proud of you!! 9/19/2018

[@HeriEystberg]

Keep it up, man! I was in your place almost a decade ago. Today I have a steady job, a girlfriend with two kids, we own a house together and life is peachy!

[@HeatherHolt]

So glad you got clean! Great news ❤❤

[@andream.9618]

Bruce Rivers is the dad we all needed 🥰

[@Nat524Ricci]

Could not agree more!!!!!!

[@mle6501]

He's good, but I like my dad better.

[@robinrasmussen647]

The addiction rate for professionals including airline pilots, lawyers, nurses, doctors, yada yada is the SAME as the general public. 10%. An education doesn’t preclude anyone from addiction. Human are humans.

[@michaelbeattie8106]

Addiction is a a disease. Hits everyone rich or poor.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Exactly. And might be a bit larger % in actuality, because of the high stress environment.

[@whiz254]

Alcohol is just as bad as any other drug if abused it’s only more acceptable. Working with a hangover from alcohol is just as bad too

[@mickieswendsen1302]

Only 10%? Seems higher.

[@michaela4427]

He is trying to rationalize addiction. People that haven't been through it just have no idea what's it like. I'm not sure how meth is, but he is probably using just to feel normal.

[@misslora3896]

In 2000 the surgeon who performed what was supposed to be my laproscopic tubaligation, came into the operating room with breath reaking of alcohol. It was 20 to 30 seconds before going under and I couldn't speak. Woke up 2 1/2 hrs later, when it was only supposed to take 45 min. He botched the surgery. Melted my fallopian tubes and made a 2 inch abdominal incision and completely removed them. He sent out the surgical nurse to lie to my husband to get permission. They told him the machine malfuctioned and caused the damage. Recovery nurses wouldn't even answer why it took so long, they left it to my husband to tell me when he was allowed in an hour later. I immediately told him about the strong odor of alcohol I smelled. This was at a tiny hospital in Kodiak AK. I could do nothing because no one was willing to speak up, they were too afraid of looseing their jobs. A friend who was a traveling nurse, but had worked at the hospital briefly, confirmed it was a well known ongoing problem with him. Some doctors get away with horrible things. And it's often the hospitals protecting them to cover their own butts.

[@SN-hd6up]

The fallopian tubes are generally removed after a tubal ligation. They don't just leave them floating around in your abdomen...

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

Reminds me of that Denzel Washington movie where he is a pilot, crashes a plane that was doomed due to mechanical failure. Despite being drunk he pulls off a miracle.

[@montecarlo5329]

Flight, I think.

[@joycemcmurray102]

yes saw it good movie.

[@sideshowbob8220]

Sonetimes drugs are actually a good thing

[@viceb7]

I broke my leg a few years ago and had to have emergency surgery early the next morning. I swear to god the anesthesia nurse was cracked out of her mind..she stuck my hand like 4 times because she was shaking and her eyes were wild wide and red...she was rude as hell too. I was so out of it or I might've requested someone else or something, it was scary.

[@robinoconnor553]

I used to go to church with a lawyer. He had a side business selling fake PhDs through the mail so his first felony conviction was for mail fraud. He gets out, returns to working as a lawyer, and gets caught embezzling large sums of money from his elderly clients so he gets his second felony conviction for that. At his sentencing, the federal judge even told him that he would be back as he hadn't learned his lesson yet. His license was suspended. After he gets out, he gets caught again for mail fraud as he had a scam business on the side selling personalized pens and pencils while working as a paralegal. This time, he gets sentenced as a habitual offender so he did hard time. He also had been calling himself Doctor as he bought one of his own fake PhDs. No drugs were involved. He was just stupid, lazy and greedy.

[@lm2487]

nobody care about your stories

[@damonlee3225]

He sounds pretty smart to me😂

[@annenelson5656]

I bet there’s more fake university degrees on the web than you can count. I also bet they can make fake degrees including transcripts from Ivy League or other prestigious universities. Kinda scary and really maddening.

[@rebeccabrown1951]

I am curious about which state allowed a lawyer to keep a license with felonies. In my state, the lawyer loses license with first felony. Disbarred, out.

[@theresasalazar5822]

That lawyer was not stupid or lazy, far from that. He was brilliant yet his side hustle with the money he made got the best of him.

[@arlen1630]

It always amazes me how a doctor who should be so cognizant of health matters and then has a stomach that is 5 feet wide

[@thizlam4810]

And also smoking meth

[@YolandaMReyes]

That’s mean….

[@Zach_Thompson2004]

@@YolandaMReyesTruth hurts….

[@georgyzhukov6409]

pays the bills

[@emmagatewood3898]

I was surprised that someone who does meth is that size. Generally meth aficionados don't eat much.

[@marysheffield190]

I saw the original arrest of this man, and it scared the crap out of me that this Doctor is high while performing plastic surgery. Now I know why there are many botched plastic surgeries.

[@danparish1344]

It’s meh though. It’s like adderall. He was probably extremely attentive.

[@valeriepratt2140]

Maybe he has ADHD 😅

[@nisselarson3227]

You don't know jack about drugs, obviously... :( I would PREFER a surgeon high on meth than a tired surgeon. Every day of the week.

[@NickyBlue99]

​@@nisselarson3227What about a doctor tired but taking meth to be more awake?

[@Future-zx9ts]

⁠@@nisselarson3227I’m going for option C. A surgeon who has had a decent amount of sleep AND isn’t jacked up on meth. 😒

[@kimaoyama9594]

Bruce, it’s not preachy bull$h1t when you’re speaking truth to people, especially a young audience who’ve yet to build anything. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re a straight talking dad to a lot of fatherless young people so own the mantle well.

[@Bawhoppen]

I think it is particularly important since originally he did a lot of reactions to content like rap and gang videos, so he might have drawn some audience from that sort of crowd. Not typically the type to listen/watch lawyers talk, but might be the type to really benefit from hearing a positive message like he gives.

[@danielle8455]

L1

[@cathybird9763]

You gave a very inspirational talk at the end of the video. Bruce. I hope people listen to that! I'm at the end of my road at 69 years and look back at what I've accomplished. Yeah there are hard times, awake at 3:00 in the morning wondering how you are going to pay the bills. I managed and came out the other side! Life is a challenge! Take it on!

[@tmn8547]

You’re not at the end at 69! I know some people older than you, and they are still accomplishing things. Keep going!

[@brandonbaty2291]

I really needed to read this. Thank you❤

[@rolux4853]

Cathy, I hope you have many long years in front of you and you enjoy every day! All the best wishes from Germany!

[@busdriverguy]

Hey Cathy, you're still young! You have plenty of time to enjoy all of what give created

[@RJStockton]

Boomers. 🙄

[@kevinmorgan2968]

Congrats to the HVAC guy, everyone who watches Rivers is rooting for you bud.

[@VeeVeeLL3Gemini]

Goes to show anyone can get involved in drugs and get lost

[@lordchaa1598]

Yup, no one is above addiction.

[@meegssan5716]

Ever watch the movie Flight he might be up above

[@frozzytango9927]

Yeah also a patient got killed due to police have to stop a man making bad life decisions for his health.

[@problematic_canik]

But if you're white with a bankroll police will bend over for you.the unedited video shows it point blank.

[@Morrow_25]

Specifically Gays . They go hard on the drugs lol

[@omegawilliam95s36]

I like how casual Bruce speaks despite his profession.

[@joycebrown6079]

I guess meth doesn’t suppress one’s appetite?! 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@a.marvellehoneyman4560]

😂, I thought the same thing.

[@tofly4wifi898]

Lol thanks for the laugh

[@matthaeusrex5627]

Hes probably not a daily user

[@chrissyr9920]

I know a few people who the meth has not affected their weight either & so the mother of the 2 is 67 and says that since she’s a grandma and fat they’d never suspect her ! 🙄 and here is the kicker … she’s been pulled a few times and they haven’t …so they chalk it up her driving off the road at 3 am as she’s tired and believe her because she says I’m an old grandma we’ll this day in age It does not matter! Meth as well as all drugs never discriminates…

[@nancywright2680]

😂

[@lindaross783]

My husband and I put money on a house, he's a doc and we used a friend, a good lawyer to help with sale of the house. When the woman changed her mind, the money in trust wasn't there anymore. I just let them work it out. Experienced lawyer and a friend. Life can be weird.

[@djhowell5273]

I've already seen this covered but I'm watching you cover it anyway because you are soothing. I know you cover controversial things but w/ the health problem I'm going thru it makes life easier to have distractions, and I'm so grateful for your consistent uploads. You and your son rock! ❤

[@notme2day]

Bruce's commentary is what has me hooked. He's one of the best out there, with his sense of humor and his "here's what happens" life advice.

[@djhowell5273]

@@notme2day i have a great dad but he is like another father figure i look up to! Its never bad to have more positive role models

[@rmabeus0]

Could've been doing anything on a Friday night, and you chose to give us this. You the man.

[@honeybadger3570]

Look quick there's a 2nd Bruce video tonight he posted shortly after this one😊

[@DeviceAnathema]

Making money?

[@nisselarson3227]

Umm, he gets to buy another car? It's kinda worth it when you're starting to have that many subs... This is not some non-profit educational thing.

[@honeybadger3570]

@@DeviceAnathema if you think he needs the money from this channel you're crazy, it's about him and his son spending time together and creating something together and we all benefit from it... why you got to bring down the vibe man or ma'am 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@laridd]

The lawyer did a great job trying to get the doctor not to self-snitch without triggering his pride.

[@LostStarzOfTheSky]

That lawyer has probably seen a lot of him recently

[@XxHarmony63Xx]

Your advice is sound & you share it from the heart, which makes it much more impactful. I have no doubt that you are not only entertaining, you are helping many people who hear your words at the right time in their lives. Thank you, Bruce. CHANGING THE WORLD ON VIDEO AT A TIME!! WOOT WOOT! Shout Out to the man behind the camera, the man that pulls the strings ! ❤️

[@laurad1487]

More like you're sitting in a squad car, you call your wife and she.. . files for divorce and Esigns a release to a very, very good divorce lawyer..

[@AshorneinAotearoa]

I've always found the other person always has a good lawyer...

[@franciscvmpbell]

Funnily enough about the drunk doctor thing, my mum was a nurse for 30 or so years, and in the 2000’s she was working with a consultant who specialised in the heart. He was a known alcoholic, would carry a flask around with him, but she said he was so skilled and knew so much about the heart that if you die under his care, no-one could save you.

[@alexacarrillo4339]

The Dr who put my leg back together was a known heroin user but strangely he was an amazing Dr even when altered. Never made a mistake and retired only to OD on a beach.

[@annikkirahko6714]

@@alexacarrillo4339damn that’s really fucking sad

[@celestejacobs7386]

​@@alexacarrillo4339 Holy crap 😮

[@endtimesninja1235]

I watched a judge hand out centuries in prison high as hell on oxycontin. Richard Baumgartner, Knoxville TN. He would literally wake up long enough to hang 25 years on somebody then go back to sleep. He went to prison for it when they finally caught him thank God.

[@roriemarie2968]

I would want an immediate appeal or release if I was judged by him

[@endtimesninja1235]

@@roriemarie2968 there were literally hundreds. Maybe thousands. He was on the bench for decades.

[@ED-es2qv]

I just used e-sign to get an extension from the bank without having to drive to town. I'm a disabled veteran and it's hard for me to drive, and hard to get in and out of the vehicle, get my walker out, wrestle with the door, and do it all to get back. It pretty much takes up my available energy for half the day. Instead I stayed home and used my energy to drive around the farm and see what the critters are up to (a lot more fun than the bank).

[@BlackStump172]

Surgeons around the world have always had a God Complex . They are renowned for it !

[@aprilove-xoxo]

I used e-sign last week, the ATF uses e-sign lol I was helping my dad apply for a silencer I was like “my ninja Bruce”😂 😂😂

[@brendaredmond4678]

I just can't stop wondering why your dad needs a silencer.🤔

[@Wanteyt]

​@@brendaredmond4678💀🙂😂🔫

[@aprilove-xoxo]

@@brendaredmond4678 hahaha good question! 🤔 hmmm! 🤣🤣 He’s an old man collector lol

[@ceehads]

Based

[@barbtroje3441]

@@brendaredmond4678 he talks too much.

[@j-bus4262]

Bruce, I really enjoyed your "keep building" speech. Regardless of the situation a person is in, there's almost always a way to build yourself up and out of it. And it's important to remember that even if you're not in a bad situation!

[@bittersweet2166]

It does make me feel better when you say anyone can fall into addiction, thankfully I turned my life around, may everyone experiencing the cycles of addiction right now be physically and mentally free. 🙏

[@lucashill4784]

My dad was a former brain surgeon for a renown big company with huge qualifications , I showed him this video, he told me it’s ridiculous to having everything a wonderful job and being set for life throw all alway for a temporary high… made me understand that our demons are temporary but our future are precious .

[@SuperWordoftheDay]

i’m 67 years old 😀

[@diannasgardenmenagerie967]

Love this vlog, Grey and I were laughing at how many time his lawyer kept repeating that he should not talk!

[@carrieels]

Love your little inspirational rants! We all need those reminders to keep building the positives in our lives, even if the progress is slow 😊

[@Cathyconnor3606]

I would not want him to operate on anyone, including myself or my loved ones.

[@anthonyonorato9354]

We love, Bruce Rivers, and his son, Michael too

[@GameNation-tb9sc]

You’d be surprised with how common it is for nurses,docs and surgeons to do hard drugs. I have a friend who was DJing a house party that a doctor was having and he said the doc and almost everybody there were doing lines of coke.

[@CaseyAvalon]

For real. Yet if you ask for help with pain relief for a painful condition that won't ever heal, they call YOU a drug seeker 😂

[@roberteltze4850]

You know how med school and internship is known for pushing students to long grueling hours? The doctor that originally developed that system was a coke addict and those hours seemed perfectly normal to him. Now every med student is pressured into a coke addict lifestyle just to get educated.

[@SourceofThe]

​​@@CaseyAvalonBecause of regulations now they have too. After the pain pill epidemic . May be paranoid as well lol.

[@barbtroje3441]

@@SourceofThe yes regulations are becoming much tighter.To renew your DEA license now you have to do an eight hour continuing education course just to get your DEA

[@kaiajackson8538]

Easy access

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

I worked at a famous hospital...as an administrator...for decades. There was one nurse,a long time employee,who was found to be "stealing" narcotics from patients.What happens in a case like that is the nurse reports that a patient is in pain and gets a "verbal order" from a physician for a narcotic pain medication. The nurse then gives the actual narcotic to him/herself and then gives the patient an injection of sodium chloride...a harmless substance. That nurse was caught,suspended and,under the hospital's "one chance at redemption" policy,he went into rehab,came out,and just recently retired from that hospital...20+ years later.

[@higher_pwr8178]

This Dr has a long history of meth, misconduct, and police called to his home for various disturbances. Yet, his physician's license has never been compromised. He recently stated he's retiring end of this year.

[@BlueSparkshine]

It's nearly impossible for a physician to lose their license in most states. The conduct has to be outrageous and already known to the public at large where the board is scared for how it will reflect upon the profession, they don't actually care about the harm the impaired physician caused or will cause to patients individually

[@Sean-John]

😮

[@Sean-John]

😮

[@MarR310]

Lol.. meth is like Adderall lol..

[@RM_VFX]

I hope he doesn't get to retire now.

[@user-pj3ig5iq7l]

I was hoping you'd cover this story when I heard about it on Reddit! Thank you Michael and Bruce!!

[@pattytramonto3103]

Bruce, you are a really good man with a great deal of character. Rare.

[@sarahbutler432]

Great message Bruce! Love your life tips. I hope people are hearing them.

[@JustMe-pu3xm]

The police is being mighty nice to him..letting him call someone to pick up his car, instead of calling a tow truck like they usually do..

[@amyshew1151]

When people here in the Nashville,TN- Bible Belt buckle , more churches per square mile on earth - say they want to pray for me before surgery ? I’m like, if you really want to do something ? How about make sure my surgeon doesn’t have a meth or crack addiction and was tucked in bed early and got a good nights sleep. Seriously ! And you, dear educated sir, just proved my point . Thank you and your Content Genius,very much .

[@shannonhawkins260]

There was a very similar incident that happened in Clark county Kentucky! A local orthopedic surgeon was on his way into surgery and the nurse stopped the procedure because the doctor was acting erratically and just odd. Come to find out, he had been taking nerve and pain meds and was higher than a Georgia pine! He ultimately had to go to rehab and not sure about the legalities that happened, but yea, crazy similar

[@patigirl2470]

The anesthesiologist is a doctor - imagine having to handle patients for this doctor!!

[@Liberty_Ordeath]

Stopping the guy for questioning of an old crime? That’s unconstitutional af! Everything after the fact is now irrelevant.

[@martinda7446]

PS. This was a magnificent episode - Perfection. Well done boys.

[@DivinityBleu]

I LOVE that you can always count on Bruce to keep it real. It's actually not unusual for very high level professionals keeping virtually super-human schedules and doing almost super-human things, to utilize "chemical assistance." These folks are just human beings like the rest of us....just as Bruce said. Even George Washington was a "weed connoisseur" (I'm not saying anything negative about weed, but some folks literally still class it as an "illegal drug," like the federal government for example) and grew it on his farm. I've learned in my 48 years that it's always better NOT to sit in judgement of others...as it's impossible to do so righteously unless you've literally walked a few miles in their shoes. P.S. I just want to say that the facial hair is quite distinguished on you Bruce! You wear it well!

[@karenglenn6707]

I agree about the facial hair and normally am not a fan but it suits him very well.

[@TheNinnyfee]

I absolutely agree with professionals sometimes being the worst. I had experience with attorneys and some debate every rule they don't want to follow at the moment. And when they then mess up they blame their assistant to avoid bad reviews or liability. And then they wonder why people don't want to assist them anymore...And no, they don't think it's them... The worst about all professionals: they ALWAYS back each other up, even when they know they shouldn't. There are things outsiders don't understand and when you must defend each other, but sometimes you also need to clear your stables to save your reputation. I would not want to be associated with that swamp of a doctor, e.g.

[@jbsamjam]

There was a detective already on the scene. They were tipped off already about the drug use by the doctor. It was more like a raid than a traffic stop.

[@ampersandrue]

Heck yeah, another day, another Bruce vid!!!

[@mburke0330]

Your humility is one of the main reasons I love you and your videos! Keep em coming!!! 😘

[@HeidiCussons]

In my experience, doctors, lawyers, judges, politicians etc are just as likely to abuse substances as anyone else.

[@annjepsen1621]

I worked at the hospital parking garage when I was attending U of IA. A surgeon pulled up in a bright yellow sportscar and argued with me about $2.49 he owed for parking. He claimed not to have the money on him. He mocked me for my job, told me that he saved lives all day and threatened to call my boss. I picked up the phone reciever in my booth and said "I can call him for you, but the answer will still the same." As I started to dial the office number he *magically* found a $20 bill.🙄 I just took the money and before giving him his change I looked him in the eyes and said "You're a doctor with a sportscar and thats not enough for you? You think your better than me, but I don't lie to weasel my way out of paying for parking." He swore at me as he drove away and I put him and his license plate on the parking department's "problem child list". It's never enough for some people, you can never be too pretty or too rich.

[@hollygallapoo5812]

Addiction changes you. Nothing matters once you get deep into it, but getting the next high, whether it be drugs, gambling, sex, or whatever your addiction is. It changes you, changes your life. Once you fall into it, the old you is long gone, and you will never find that person again. The joy, the innocents, the love for life is all gone.

[@suzanneb2024]

Love your preaching and your videos!👍🏻

[@jaybobsgaming]

I love your reactions and the education you provide!

[@JasmineNothanks]

PREACH Bruce, preach!!! It sometimes is needed. I genuinely think some will benefit from your advice

[@kerry378]

That patient was one of the luckiest alive! Very scary..

[@eZeZBReeZY360z]

@7:40 keep it 💯 BRUCE !!! your above & beyond and nobody has to ask you bruce , your jus bruce , your as genuine as it gets and regardless of the subject i love how you dont sugar coat anything , you jus tell it how it is and in so many ways your words are inspiring so keep inspiring

[@purrroudbeauty]

"I will get your BODY out of jail." Well said. GREAT preaching btw.

[@Scott-d7d]

The REAL scary thing was how normal this situation seemed to this guy's attorney on the phone, as if there's so many of these cases that many lawyers can live comfortably off of defending these Drs. THAT'S HOW FREQUENT!! I've seen a lot of doctors being a 3 time leukemia survivor and have had bad feelings about more than one

[@DeviceAnathema]

I mean, what do you want the attorney to do that would make you feel warm and fuzzy?

[@nisselarson3227]

Maybe they're EVIL. Satan-worshipping people. Or perhaps they're into stitching? Dancing the bolero? You never know! Don't judge people based on your feelings.

[@john_m3619]

You would be surprised how many regular, functioning people are addicted to drugs.

[@Grawlix_Jungle]

Well presumably he’s the same lawyer from the earlier meth possession case that he got prosecutors to drop, so he couldn’t be too shocked

[@joquail000]

A meth bust is probably a pretty tame thing for a criminal defence attorney to see 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jo.s7993]

In the UK, as a medical student, we were told right at the beginning that, doctors are seven times more likely to suffer alcoholism/drug addiction. Furthermore, we were told that the chances of a doctors marriage ending in divorce, was also much, much higher than the national average. He then looked around the room & said, we're a pretty sick bunch of people in the medical profession. Go away & decide whether your desire to work in the medical profession, is worth the risk of screwing up your home life, because it can happen to anybody.

[@johndoe9575]

Aye it helps him focus and geek up during surgery

[@milumav]

Methamphetamines don't help someone focus like prescription amphetamines do, they cause someone to HYPERfocus, which mimicks OCD, causing overcorrection and needless/senseless repetition, like needing to fix a door knob and loosening and tightening the screws so often they end up getting stripped, or polishing, and handling a silver chain incessantly until it finally breaks because the task never feels done well enough to the meth user. They lose the ability to manage time and tasks efficiently and effectively. Nobody wants any of that happening to them during surgery.

[@Kathy-g3i]

I knew a woman who was an anesthesiologist and she told me she used to knock herself out all the time. Admitted to being f up at work sometimes too. She got the help she needed and became a counselor... She lived a clean life til she passed away from cancer 25 years later... Anesthesiologist go to school for like 12 years or so....

[@AshorneinAotearoa]

My brother was an anaesthetist and an L-fentanyl addict & alcoholic. Until one night after theatre, tidying up he took a little too much. One induced coma, helicopter flight to another hospital, week in ICU, 2 trips to rehab later he isn't an anaesthetist, but he's alive, and so are most of his patients (meaning he didn't kill any, allowing for disease and natural processes). Apparently it's not uncommon amongst Doctors, especially those w extreme responsibility and the over achiever complex. I am also under the belief a large number of pilots succumb too...

[@alexacarrillo4339]

Substance use disorders are pretty common in medical professionals according to the ones in my recovery group. I even got to experience diversion when I had a nurse say I was drug seeking to the next shift. I didn’t understand it at the time because I asked for Zyrtec but when I got the itemized bill I saw that each shift I had with her my controlled migraines medication was “given” but I never had it. I felt empathy for her but it not much considering the cost of the meds.

[@mchammer1836]

Bruce said his client's gun charge carried a 60 mo. mandatory sentence, but the judge had the discretion to grant him probation instead. That's confusing 🤪

[@mickieswendsen1302]

Doesn't seem right, does it?

[@keithbrunson7190]

Bruce, I’ve been in aviation for 20 years as a pilot. Surgeons are the number one casualty profession of aviation. My instructor use to say, “They’ve got a God complex and you can’t teach em how to fly. They act like they already know.” So it’s true, surgeons are academic all stars that crash the most airplanes they fly, because of their mindset.

[@MarrisaPlays]

at this point if i need surgery I'm going to ask for a full drug panel and the links to all the surgens social media.

[@Nickname-ef9tv]

Having a fair share of relatives working in healthcare i have a special ire for this kind of irresponsibility.

[@weicco]

There was a plastic surgeon in Finland who operated drunk. He went to rehab but the thing is, they never took his license away! So what did he do? He wrote prescriptions to his new buddies at rehab center.

[@mickieswendsen1302]

Was he ever prosecuted for that?

[@weicco]

I'm not sure. It is 25 years ago and I can't remember. I believe there was a civil case about some boobs gone wrong.

[@LaserPossum]

I hate lawyers but I love this guy. Never change Bruce

[@whiz254]

When I was in college I had a philosophy class in which I gave a speech about how drug use leads to homelessness. The professor made it a point to criticize my perspective by saying there are a lot of professionals using hard drugs but are not homeless. Now in my 30’s not only do I see professional drug addicts I think back to that professor and think he was using too.

[@mickieswendsen1302]

PROBABLY!!!

[@karenglenn6707]

I never had a professional license but did work for the Police in Australia for 15yrs. I attended a party with some friends who I have known all of my life when I was about 25. Didn’t think much of it, went in, all was fine until I lost them in the crowd. The party was in a single fronted terrace house in Sth Yarra Victoria and was spilling out onto the roadway it was so big. While looking for my friends, I went into a room with the door shut and I saw people in there shooting up what I believe to be heroin. I nearly had a heart attack when they offered me some and couldn’t get out of there quickly enough. Found my friends, said I was going home, and all I could think of was if that house was raided by the police I could have lost my job due to the drug use in there. I wasn’t a professional and still my work and my job was more important to me than staying at that party. But it sure taught me a lesson about what parties I attended. After that just went to parties full of coppers and it was fine 😂

[@Bright_Broccoli]

I appreciate the motivational speech at the end, and the story of the client who learned HVAC. So many professions require licenses.

[@critterscute3642]

Thank goodness whoever that patient was he was supposed to be operating on (and future patients) was saved from this absolute a$$hole. Bye bye medical license for him and anyone who knew he was doing this.

[@TraciBinIT]

Addiction and alcoholism is a huge problem in the medical profession. I know of nurses with major alcoholism and addiction issues and have had several chances to get sober and just couldn’t do it. I’ve seen photos of nurses passed out in the locker room and it’s heartbreaking. Many are too proud and arrogant to admit they have a problem and do something to course correct. As a result, they lost their license and careers. All that studying and really hard work to establish themselves was for naught. I met a waitress who shared her story about how she lost her nursing license because she could not get sober. She had a bunch of chances, went through rehab multiple times and just couldn’t do it. The power of the addiction and open access to narcotics was too much.

[@McSynth]

Wow. What an impressive guy. If I was ever in need of an attorney...I can't think of anyone else that I'd prefer to have on my side.

[@yawn6986]

When I was in nursing school, a young woman I had a class with got a DWI and she got kicked out of the nursing program and put on (school, not acedemic) probation. We were in shock she would do something like that. I hold my license I earned to a high standard, because I am the one who has to catch a mistake, assess for decline, give medications that have certain side effects I need to watch for that could indicate toxicity. I'm saying all this because, as you said, we are in a position of trust.

[@sandrabausback_aballo4338]

The fact that the surgeon wasn’t asking why he was being arrested is pretty telling

[@vickywitton1008]

I work with doctors and they are human like everyone else. They get stressed and tired but as their job is life or death, it is different. You have to be self-sacrificing, or don't do the job

[@Areyoutalkingtome-q1s]

I am a physician ( retired) I wrote scripts so I could do oxycodone. I never was caught ,but Mr. Rivers is right about people being people.

[@dwarfbunni]

best cold opening ever

[@suzanhodges415]

People with addictions in the medical profession are the most dangerous. Being a surgeon is one of the most demanding and stressful professions. But these people are responsible for other peoples lives. This is inexcusable.

[@PaulHartz-n9q]

5:17 sounds like an incremental loop hole. Unconstitutional

[@Pansy1962]

Recently discovered you …love your commentaries!

[@redwoodii6226]

I appreciate the "preachy" bit. In an indirect way, you give direction to young people who might not have their own - encouraging them to make better choices. That's a message I can get behind.

[@ironmaven1760]

Bruce is a gift..here's the thing... we get entertaining banter with sprinkles of the F-bomb, on target parental advice, and free & valuable info on how to protect yourself legally! ❤ you BRCL!

[@lydia55ification]

Micheal... thanks for capturing the everything that is Bruce .. shows your talent and circumspection...and other dictionary words@

[@esotericredneck]

If you work hard enough, you can do anything 🎉 even meth 😀

[@markmilam9750]

Love the “keep building “.

[@sarahsin7752]

This is why I don't go to hospitals anymore. I was admitted one time because of an infection in my leg, and a nurse came at night, to give me meds. I was half asleep. She was supposed to put 3 pills in the cup. She thought I wasn't going to notice because I was sleeping, but I just happened to sit up and look into the cup. There was an oxytocin in missing, she told me. I must have dropped it in the bed somewhere. And she helped me look all over for it. And I saw her throw it on the floor. I had to get other hospital staff, and there it was crazy. I couldn't believe what I was saying. Another time, a nurse came in with a medcard and was supposed to be giving me my medicine, and she fell asleep standing at the car. Make sure it's on some sort of drugs, herself. Nodding out!

[@clareowens2597]

After watching an episode of Bruce Rivers I suddenly don’t feel so bad about my boring life because it could be so much worse! ❤

[@jesisantii5431]

You’re hilarious as hell too and love the music, haha! 🤣

[@Janellabelle]

Theres nothing a doctor loves more than themselves, i assure you.

[@MeidasMJ]

There should be no “inventory search” allowed. The government gets away with way too much.

[@mhoey321]

I've stared into the abyss. Found peace. You're an inspiration though. Build, build! It feels so much better

[@SGTRandyB]

For anyone who has used drugs, or ever listened to music, its obvious they can have a mind expanding effect. They can hone an art, Layne Staley is a prime example. He just couldn’t seem to be that guy without the drugs, and once he was high he sang beautifully. However Layne didn’t risk anyone’s life but his own to sing high. So while I can see surgery as an art, doctors and staff should have zero tolerance for use while on duty.

[@chaddobson7056]

I know many lawyers, cops, nurses that do drugs constantly! I got one lawyer owes me $5,000 the FBI called me and that’s the only time I’ve ever snitched. He snorted cocaine with my money and gambled it away.

[@mrasic3507]

OH CONTRAIRE My Favorite Criminal Lawyer !!! These "Professional A - holes" don't always get caught😡 My Father (RIP😢💔), was in a coma 1971-1991. (I was 3 years old when he was a cop on bike hit head on by a truck 🚛). Hence, Pops got mega $$$ from accident. Pop was in Navy so he was fortunate to get VA hospital for 20 years. (Although it also could have contributed to the length of suffering). So His mom, my Grandma took care of his "Estate" invested very lucratively for 18 of the 2o yrs she passed away 2 yrs prior. His sister my psycho Aunt took custody of Estate (i was in undergrad). AUNT & JUDGE LET THE BOND GO, AND EMBEZZLED MILLIONS. Why did they let Bond go 🧐 Because its the Bond companys who does forensic accounting after payout of "LOSS" THE BOND COMPANY ALSO PRESS'S CHARGES. Without the Bond company they had no one to hold them ACCOUNTABLE 😡 MY LOOSER LAWYERS COLLECTED ONLY 1 MILLION, of which they billed HALF. My Aunt left her husband dying of MS for dead took off with her "young son's best friend" 😮😮😮and the Judge RETIRED! MY BROTHER SAYS """THEY'RE LIVING OUR LIFE$$$!!!" To this day ZERO accountability!!!! PROBATE COURT MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.....DAD WAS IN VA IN WOOD WISC. MY BROTHER & I LIVED IN CONNECTICUT. I MET WITH FBI IN MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN AT TIME, "''"THEY DID NOTHING THE LOCAL POLICE..... SIGNED ME OFF AS CRAZY 21 YEAR OLD "KID"""!!! SMH "EASILY PROVEN EXCEPT IT WAS THE ACTUAL PROBATE JUDGE""" 😡 Try living with that your whole life!

[@sanchezhandymen3444]

I have had 8 surgeries in my life and I always ask the surgeon about his day and morning, home life? did you get to sleep? It was a silly thing I did but come to find out I may not be wrong to ask and observe! Wholly shit Meth is a crazy destabilizing drug, My brother is addicted and he should not even cook let alone some thing involving a life!