“The Lives We Can Save” by Omnizoid

I work as a Resident Assistant at my college. Last year, only a few weeks into me starting, I was called at night to come help with a drunk student. I didn’t actually help very much, and probably didn’t have to be there. I didn’t even have to write up the report at the end. At one point I went outside to let medical services into the building, but mostly I just stood in a hallway.The person in question was so drunk they couldn’t move. They had puked in the bathroom and were lying in the hallway crying. They could barely talk. When Campus Safety arrived they kneeled down next to this person and helped them drink water, while asking the normal slew of questions about the person’s evening.They asked this person, whose name I can’t even remember, why they had been drinking so much. They said, in between hiccups [...] --- First published: September 3rd, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/buFyakASucJnrZj7X/the-lives-we-can-save --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.