 Hey guys Chad Flynn here from the Electric Academy. I'm just gonna get right down to the point I'm not gonna give you a whole rundown on much What I want to talk about today is quite a serious topic and it's come to me from a few people So I just thought I would just go over it and not gonna be able to give it the full attention It deserves because I'm not an expert at all in this field But there's two people like that I reached out to me on this one So it's basically about drugs and the trades and I don't I'm not here to judge I'm not here to say you know what you guys should or shouldn't be doing But there's two things you need to we need to talk about is one Go in to work when you're on some sort of substance is not cool And I know there's lots of people that do it I know a lot of people are thinking I'll just take a couple toks or whatever and I'm good It just calms me down. It's not worth it guys I've worked out in the field where I've seen guys who have done stupid stupid things had to take the piss test Failed that piss test and watched your life just go down the tubes because of all that now. It's not worth going to work High it's not worth going to work drunk you're gonna get run off People are gonna find out eventually and you know what not even not worse off is you can end up hurting not only yourself But somebody who's completely innocent So those that the view that actually show up on the site drunk or high. Please stop now Here's another one that was sent to me by a co-worker of mine Alex and I just want to read you this article He sent me this link and I'll put it down in the comments It's the title of it It says too many overdoses among men who work in trades says BC health workers now I know I've got a lot of people who watch from the States BC's British Columbia up here in Canada Which is where I'm from so this is Canadian this article, but that being said I'm sure this is something that is Worldwide and it is an epidemic at the time here. So anyways, let me read some of this to you Too many men working in the trades are overdosing on opioids Say a chief medical health officer in British Columbia who wants the industry to be involved in identifying Interventions that could save lives Dr. Victoria Lee said men between the ages of 1959 are disproportionately affected by a hidden epidemic that shrouded in secrecy among those too ashamed to get help She said men who are injured on the job may be ensnared into dependence on illicit Substances after being prescribed pain medication Some people start to self-medicate it can be for physical and emotional reasons as well at least said in an interview There's a huge amount of stigma around using illicit substances So when you combine that with the fact that it's not socially acceptable for men to be vulnerable It makes it very difficult for men in those situations to ask for help Fraser health, which is our Medical society here is planning a workshop next month for employees employers and trade representatives to explore Interventions that would help men who don't reach out when they're struggling with substance use of this substance use issues She said and it goes on from there. I'm not going to go into the full thing But I know as a tradesperson, especially as a man in the trades It is definitely looked down upon to show any kind of weakness and I know it seems like a stereotype But unfortunately, it's a stereotype because it's true So we get hurt out there and oftentimes you won't I don't you guys have probably seen it too Or you you get hurt and you probably should have gone to the doctor But you didn't and then things can get get a little bit out of control So I just want to really encourage you guys if you get hurt Go get help and if you need to talk to somebody, please go talk to somebody We need to get out of the whole stigma of these Guys can't talk. You know what that is going away. I see it all the time It's fine to be emotional. It's fine to talk to each other about things one-on-one It's time to find to share things and it's so very important as a trades trades people And especially as men in the trades that we need to start talking to each other And we have our buddies in it that we work with on site that we're laughing about and joking with and we're totally Sarcastic with but you know it sometimes we just need to talk as well And some of us are not so good at it and some of us are really good at it if you're having trouble reach out and Because what can happen is you can get hurt you can end up on painkillers when those painkillers run out The doctor is not going to give you anymore. It can go on to more things So you guys need to really get the help you need and I just really want to encourage you to reach out and talk to each Other I know I'm no expert. I'm just a trades person just a trades guy out there Just an electrician like you guys and I've done my fair share of stupid things But I really want to encourage you guys to get out there and talk about it If you're getting hurt, please seek help if you're getting hurt emotionally seek help and talk to somebody There are people out there a lot of companies offer some sort of benefit so that you can go talk to somebody about these things And it's completely confidential. Alright, I just really wanted to get that out there because I felt like it was an important one to talk about So I really wanted to get it out there because it's come up. Well, it came up last week I had somebody talk to me about wanting me to talk about the fact that a lot of guys are showing up to site high or drunk and Another like I said my co-worker Alex sent me that article and thought that I should maybe share with you guys I think it's so very important. So again, don't show up to work higher drunk Take the day off if you have to it is not worth it You're gonna hurt yourself you're gonna hurt others and if you are in a situation where you get hurt Please seek help and please talk to somebody. Alright, that's all I gotta say for today guys It's gonna be a short one. I'll be back tomorrow. I've got a little presentation I came across an open neutral issue the other day so I really wanted to talk to you guys about that for tomorrow, so tomorrow's gonna be about an open neutral and Again, please if you guys are getting that if you need to talk to anybody Seek help if you need help finding out where to seek help. Just send me a private message I can help out with that. Alright work safe and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow Bye