12/2 water by the spoonful

• digital vs. real world

• addiction/ becoming clean

• trauma

• family

• support systems

• family

War:

• Iraq veteran

• got injured (leg)

• trauma (ghost)

Drugs:

• painkillers

Family issues:

• poor

• abusive mother

• sister died

• —> childhood trauma

• aunt (second mother) died

War:

• Elliot’s cousin

Family issues:

• divorced

• childless

War:

• son fought in Iraque

Drugs:

• crack

Family issues:

• daughter died (her fault)

• no mother-child-relationship between her and Elliot

Drugs:

• crack

Family issues:

• no contact to his children

Drugs:

• crack

Family issues:

• adopted

• searches for parents

Drugs:

• crack

• hasn’t been clean for long

Family issues:

• lies to his wife about his addiction

• opiod = pain killers

• “Criminal Pharma industry”

• “dealers kn a white coat”

• Consequences are physical damage (muscle pain, organ damage…) and psychological damage (addiction, personality changes…)

• rising numbers (it’s getting worse)

• 2021: 107.000 deaths

• solutions:

  • slow and gradual reduction of the dose

  • motivation phase

  • detoxification phase

  • follow-up care

  • duration: several years

• Philadelphia

• Japan

• Puerto Rico

• Chat room

• 2009

Yaz:

• empty life that is sort of “disappearing”

• failed in her marriage

• no children

Chutes&Ladders:

• failed as a father —> “lost” his son

• trying to avoid any risk —> failed at living an exciting life

Odessa/ Haikumom:

• failed as a mother —> lost her children

• didn’t manage to stay clean, overdosed (OD)

Orangutan:

• too afraid to meet her real parents

• BUT: tries to change her life for the better

Elliot:

• former addict

• didn’t achieve anything

• low paid job with bad reputation (Subways)

• financial problems, poor

Fountainhead:

• addict

• lies to his wife

• failed at admitting problems to himself (denial)

• Puerto Rico is US territory

• second largest Hispanic population in the US (1.78 of entire population, 5.83 mio)

• New York, Philadelphia, Norteast, Florida

• migrating to the US since 1898

• ASPIRA as one of the largstest national Latino nonprofit organizations in the US, Puerto Rican family institute, Puerto Rican Legal Defence and Education Fund

• most are bilingual (English & Spanish)

• one of the highest poverty rates

• Highest number of prisoneers among all ethnic groups in the US

Colonial Era (17th century):

• English: Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Boston

• Dutch: Hudson River

• Spanish: southern states

• French: Saint Lawrence River, Mississippi, Gulf Coast

1790- 1850:

• Irish immigrants —> Great Famine

• Exile from intellectuals and activists

• Immigration because of the California Gold Rush

1850- 1930:

• nearly 25 mio immigrated Europeans

• 5 mio Italians

• New Immigration: Jews and Catholics

1950s:

• Korean War

• Operation Wetback—> thousands of illegal Mexican immigrants had to go back

• 2.5 mio immigrants because of the failed Hungarian Revolution

1960s:

• Immigration and Nationality Act

1980s:

• Immigration Reform and Control Act

1990s:

• Illegal immigration regorm and immigration responsibility act

2022:

• 48 mio immigrants —> record

• Health issues:

  • drug problems

  • tinnitus

  • chronic pain

  • PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)

  • anxiety

  • depression

  • TBI (traumatic brain injury)

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• Low income

  • poor

  • homeless

  • no plan b

• cause of death

  • danger of drowning —> water wings (relationship, help)

  • dehydration —> lack of… (Ginny’s flowers, Odessa’s daughter)

• source of life

  • “walks on the waterfront” —> friendship, caring for each other

  • Fountainhead = Urquell (cares for Odessa)

  • bath —> warm, cozy, comforting, caring, help/ —> “get clean”