LIFE DOES NOT REWIND

LIFE DOES NOT REWIND

In one of the interviews, an anchor happens to ask me, the most memorable cases I handled in my practice.  Four different cases were coming into my mind again & again.

A widow 32 yrs old came to my clinic as she was abusing prescription drugs from last 6 months. She lost her 20 months old child & husband in a fire accident & she became depressed after this traumatic incidence. She was in U.S.A for 7 yrs after her marriage. Her husband was a chronic alcoholic. Immediately after her marriage she recognized the fact. Under the influence, he uses to be very abusive, aggressive.  Whenever she complained about his behaviour her family & in-laws use to ask her, ‘Who doesn’t drink in U.S.A?, it’s ok, get adjusted , etc’ She lost the hope of getting help from relatives  as her husband was ill-treating everyone. Many times he has put their life in risk, i.e. driving a four-wheeler with almost 140km/hr under intoxicated phase, not attending the child even when he needs medical attention, being the furious & threatening wife for money to drink etc .

The fire accident happened because her husband was intoxicated & was smoking in the bathroom. He was insisting that he help play with his son in a bath tub, she was refusing but he was very irritable & was not listening to wife. He ordered her to prepare some food for him. As he was drunk he was unable to handle a child, the child was excited & was running here & there in the bathroom, pulling things down & started playing with it, he was trying to do something with the geyser & fire cached. By seeing  father into a fire the child just went & catch him. The child died on the spot & 98% burned husband was in ICU for 2 hours & he also died.

She came back to India at her parent’s place & she was blaming herself for the accident, she was cursing herself for not being farm to protect the child.

But.................Life doesn’t rewind.

Case 2:

A very young 19 yrs old boy was socially drinking with his friends. He was very intelligent, goal oriented boy & was willing to join navy after his 12^th. One day he went to an overnight party. Somebody had introduced injective drug. He decided to taste it just once; he used the drug for the first time. After almost 4 moths he was frequently suffering from the fever, cold, he lost weight. Doctors asked him to test HIV. He was infected with HIV. He was then never being able to go to navy or similar services as he was not physically fit. All his dreams were shattered, he was repenting on his decision to taste the drug but it was too late.

Life doesn’t rewind.

Case 3:

40-year-old recovering alcoholic was hunting for small scale jobs from 6-8 months. On the everyday basis, he was struggling to gel with the outside completion. Almost after 18 yrs of alcoholism he was trying to understand the world consciously. The facts were terrifying that market needs multi-skilled people & even peons are graduates.

He was learning computer, willing to continue distance education but soon he learns that his physical health is not supporting him thus he has to do things slowly but steadily. He remembered those years when he was young but was wasting all his time, energy & money in using alcohol & tobacco. He remembers his well-wishers who use to warn him & suggested rather requested him to be productive. 

But life doesn’t rewind.

Case 4:

An artist was hooked to ganja & was thinking that ganja improves his creativity. He was a very good painter. Under influence one day he met with an accident, he was seriously injured his right hand has was completely damaged. Doctor has to take the decision to cut his hand from elbow to save his life. He was bed ridden & was not able to sit for almost 2 years. Money, popularity, advanced science, Modern facilities, supportive parents none of this were able to bring back his skilful hand.

his art, skills, creativity became past for him.

Then he realizes that .......... Life does not rewind.

All the four cases express the curial reality of ill effects addiction. isn't it?

Sheetal Bidkar