tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post4556823082220336101..comments2023-11-02T06:02:54.115-04:00Comments on If You're Going Through Hell Keep Going: Complete Smoking Ban starts at NJ Psychiatric Facilitiessusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-12715821385828749582009-09-11T22:29:13.724-04:002009-09-11T22:29:13.724-04:00@Cuppa Tea- (I love that name, btw),
My first st...@Cuppa Tea- (I love that name, btw), <br /><br />My first stay in a hospital, when i was 22, everyone smoked. it was no big deal. The second time same thing. Ten years later, my stay- cigarettes no problem, but only one every hour, and you had to go outside to a smokers place. The facility itself was non smoking. <br /><br />i wrote a piece on getting ECT then- how the only way you could tell susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-88237805137535233522009-09-11T07:53:37.273-04:002009-09-11T07:53:37.273-04:00Forcing someone to go without a smoke at their mos...Forcing someone to go without a smoke at their most stressed and mentally fragile is disgusting. Do these do-gooder policy makers know that no-one quits as a result of their bans? So what's the reason for banning it? Just because they can?<br /><br />I've watched my son go through hell without a smoke in a psych hospital, at a time when he was suicidally depressed. It denied him the Lavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772977901208829641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-18649727261577387582009-07-10T18:02:29.638-04:002009-07-10T18:02:29.638-04:00I've never been in a psychiatric hospital wher...I've never been in a psychiatric hospital where smoking is allowed, so this isn't really news to me.<br /><br />What's really funny is the implication that smoking is somehow less dangerous to a person's health than the drugs we take to control the illnesses. All drugs are dangerous; knowing the risks is the choice you take when you start using them. This whole good drugs vs bad Jaleesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766266404393199391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-85073425924496525682009-07-10T02:45:58.740-04:002009-07-10T02:45:58.740-04:00That is TOTALLY insane!
"but the thing is a...That is TOTALLY insane! <br /><br />"but the thing is about a patch, you want something to hold in your fingers, to put in your mouth, to shake into an ashtray, to grind the butt down. It's not just the process of lighting the cigarette, putting it to your lips and inhaling, it's everything."<br /><br />You've got that right!! When I'm i dunno.. "not right" i Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-49270260885859531382009-07-09T21:34:55.449-04:002009-07-09T21:34:55.449-04:00Favourite Yorkshireman?
You know who :-)Favourite Yorkshireman?<br /><br /><br /><br />You know who :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-16139157585953066042009-07-09T18:53:30.202-04:002009-07-09T18:53:30.202-04:00Don't these politicians have better laws to im...Don't these politicians have better laws to improve health?<br />This is ridiculous and will only create more harm to patients.<br />I'm amazed.<br />AnaAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889189418315180865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-5697727850331639662009-07-09T13:49:52.817-04:002009-07-09T13:49:52.817-04:00Great posting Susan, glad to see Philip pick it up...Great posting Susan, glad to see Philip pick it up too.soulful sepulcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271584927611299868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-54931823145251977542009-07-09T12:56:49.467-04:002009-07-09T12:56:49.467-04:00No smoking will mean more addictive anti-anxiety m...No smoking will mean more addictive anti-anxiety meds to calm the masses. The hospital I go to actually added a smoke break in the afternoon a few years ago to hand out less meds.Sisyphusgalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-10563780857784126812009-07-09T12:04:27.587-04:002009-07-09T12:04:27.587-04:00", .. a system which focuses on wellness and ...", .. a system which focuses on wellness and recovery," Velez said.<br /><br />The English language itself needs co-opting to give this pig in lipstick legs. What in the Hell is a Wellness? In Which anatomy textbook does anyone Find, a Wellness?<br /><br />These hospitals are State Facilities. They are State funded. And a majority of Americans want State/Single Payer Health Care?<br />D Bunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-26076301261257163472009-07-09T10:42:35.435-04:002009-07-09T10:42:35.435-04:00This seems really dangerous. People who might seek...This seems really dangerous. People who might seek help will now be discouraged from doing it. Many alcoholics are shunning AA meetings in states that require them to be smoke free. These arrogant ban lobbyists are overstepping every boundary, even trying to alter Indian affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-78172572149361358542009-07-09T01:56:33.353-04:002009-07-09T01:56:33.353-04:00@Wendy, I just learned of the driving- let me get ...@Wendy, I just learned of the driving- let me get to it when my head is cooler! Your husband sounds like a sagacious man! <br /><br /><br />@Stephany, wouldn't it be great if chocolate had no calories? <br /><br /><br />@Bunker, thanks as always for your words of wisdom. You rock on finding things on the internet.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-28790488150721310902009-07-08T22:56:13.145-04:002009-07-08T22:56:13.145-04:00These people are little Hitlers. And it's the...These people are little Hitlers. And it's the height of Arrogance to claim this smoking ban is out of concern for the inmates health.<br /><br />People with 'Mental Illness' live 25 years less than other people? Of course they do, from the drugs which Ought, to be Criminalized: not some underlying non-biologically discernible, voted into existence by a show of COI-ed hands, Illness. D Bunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00614492883036750990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-3593191147335748612009-07-08T21:29:47.640-04:002009-07-08T21:29:47.640-04:00Ok, I knew NJ was a foreign country the minute my ...Ok, I knew NJ was a foreign country the minute my husband took me home to meet his "Italian" mother after the wedding... I'm from Southern California. It was not a happy mix! But, I don't get why they are asking people if they have mental illness on drivers license renewals???? Like people are going to fess up and say "Yea and I drink and drive too." <br />My Wendyhttp://caleb-joseph-mcintosh.memory-of.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-34883996493568012892009-07-08T21:26:43.777-04:002009-07-08T21:26:43.777-04:00Well where L was they would punish ppl who were sk...Well where L was they would punish ppl who were skipping meds or not eating, etc. (those psych ward "rules")by taking away their outside time; well they would still give the smokers the outside time--so for one young woman (L)who did not smoke--they got away with taking away her outside time, because she didnt smoke (therefore need to go out in their mind)<br /><br />Until I told them soulful sepulcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271584927611299868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-46015074466900498982009-07-08T20:33:39.943-04:002009-07-08T20:33:39.943-04:00Thank you Stephany!
I forgot about the Chantix p...Thank you Stephany! <br /><br />I forgot about the Chantix pills they were giving out like M and M's. <br /><br />NJ is really turning into a Nanny state and I am getting more and more upset. I just found out last night that they are asking "Are you mentally ill" now on drivers license renewals. I am too upset to write about it right now.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060627539063061936.post-76547423955373186852009-07-08T20:28:59.010-04:002009-07-08T20:28:59.010-04:00Yeah and the nicotine gum or Chantix pills they mi...Yeah and the nicotine gum or Chantix pills they might give out can cause their own problems which could result in a "psychiatric" diagnosis and/or treatment add-on! <br /><br />It's ridiculous, come on give me a break, that outside smoke-break time is the only solace most ppl get.soulful sepulcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271584927611299868noreply@blogger.com