BEN COUSINS [merged]

[tdy]

Cousins in hospital with head injury after fall
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/cousins-in-hospital-with-head-injury-after-fall-20120110-1ptkt.html




Former West Coast Eagles star Ben Cousins is in hospital after apparently falling and hitting his head.
A Sir Charles Gairdiner Hospital spokeswoman said the 33-year-old was in a stable condition after being admitted yesterday.
It is being reported that Cousins injured himself at a private psychiatric hospital in West Leederville. The hospital would not comment.
  Advertisement: Story continues below  Cousins, who had publicly battled drug addiction for years, had recently been seen in a disorderly manner in Scarborough, stumbling and unable to talk during the early hours of the morning, a witness told WAtoday.com.au.
Cousins' playing career had almost every imaginable honour - a Brownlow Medal in 2005, an AFL premiership the following year, captaincy of the West Coast Eagles and six All-Australian jumpers.
But off the field he drifted from one controversy to another during his last five years in the AFL.
He lost the Eagles captaincy in 2006 after an incident in which he fled a booze bus, then was suspended by West Coast in the pre-season of 2007 due to what was later revealed to be a substance abuse problem.
Cousins returned to the field later that season but after having his car searched and being arrested for drug possession in October 2007, his contract was cut by the Eagles and he was suspended for 12 months by the AFL.
Cousins spent a year out of the game before returning to play two final seasons with Richmond in 2009 and 2010.
A revealing documentary outlining his battle with drug issues was screened during Cousins' final season with the Tigers.
His partner Maylea Tinecheff gave birth to his first child in September.

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Sounds like its going down hill for Ben. Sad.

[mightytiges]

You can only just hope he is okay.

[Penelope]

Just luv the way the jounos have about 3 sentences about the incident then fill another three paragraphs with crap about his history that everyone who knows who ben is already knows.

[Smokey]

Cousins in hospital with head injury after fall
Courtney Trenwith
January 11, 2012 - 12:55PM

Former West Coast Eagles star Ben Cousins remains in hospital, two days after apparently falling and hitting his head.

A Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital spokeswoman said the 33-year-old was still in a stable condition after being admitted on Monday.

It is being reported that Cousins injured himself at a private psychiatric hospital in West Leederville. The hospital would not comment.

It was believed that he fell and hit his head on a wash basin and floor, suffering injuries to his neck and head.

Cousins, who has publicly battled drug addiction for years, had recently been seen in a disorderly manner in Scarborough, stumbling and unable to talk during the early hours of the morning, a witness told WAtoday.com.au.

Cousins's playing career had almost every imaginable honour - a Brownlow Medal in 2005, an AFL premiership the following year, captaincy of the West Coast Eagles and six All-Australian jumpers.

But off the field he drifted from one controversy to another during his last five years in the AFL.

He lost the Eagles captaincy in 2006 after an incident in which he fled a booze bus, then was suspended by West Coast in the pre-season of 2007 due to what was later revealed to be a substance abuse problem.

Cousins returned to the field later that season but, after having his car searched and being arrested for drug possession in October 2007, his contract was cut by the Eagles and he was suspended for 12 months by the AFL.

Cousins spent a year out of the game before returning to play two final seasons with Richmond in 2009 and 2010.

A revealing documentary outlining his battle with drug issues was screened during Cousins' final season with the Tigers.

His partner Maylea Tinecheff gave birth to his first child, Bobby Ernest Cousins in September.

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/cousins-in-hospital-with-head-injury-after-fall-20120110-1ptkt.html

[one-eyed]

Ben Cousins remains in a Perth hospital after alleged drug clinic fall

    by: Stephen Drill, Aleks Devic
    From: Herald Sun
    January 11, 2012

UPDATE 4.08PM:

BEN Cousins hit rock bottom before Christmas, sparking concerns among friends and family, Herald Sun told.

The Brownlow Medallist remains in hospital this afternoon as doctors assess whether he has sufficiently recovered from a head injury, reportedly after allegedly striking his head on a wash basin at a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Perth suburb of West Leederville.

"He had been going through a difficult time for quite a while now," a friend close to Cousins, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Herald Sun late today.

It is understood Cousins' friends have become frustrated with him in recent months.

While neighbours have told the Herald Sun that Cousins has not been seen at his Perth home for more than a week.

Read more here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/ben-cousins-in-hospital-after-drug-clinic-fall/story-e6frf96o-1226241193764

[one-eyed]

There's some discussion about it here smokey.

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=4618.msg277588#msg277588

[Smokey]

There's some discussion about it here smokey.

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=4618.msg277588#msg277588

Aaaahhh, that'll teach me to look at other areas than just Richmond Rant won't it!   

 

[one-eyed]

There's some discussion about it here smokey.

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=4618.msg277588#msg277588

Aaaahhh, that'll teach me to look at other areas than just Richmond Rant won't it!   

 

I'll merge this with the main Cousins thread on the 'View from the Outer' board.

[one-eyed]

Cousins on respirator for drug addiction
By Kim Hagdorn
SportsNewsFirst
12 January 2012 03:53PM EST

FALLEN AFL star Ben Cousins is on a respirator and looks set for a longer hospital stay than expected as he recovers from his latest drug addiction setback.

Full article here: http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/01/12/cousins-on-respirator-for-drug-addiction/

[one-eyed]

As I said SNF isn't the most reliable source 


From twitter (G_Parker Gareth Parker):

"Ben Cousins is not, and has never been, on a ventilator. He is not addicted to heroin, and he has not choked on his own vomit."

"Daniel Chick is not in Graylands psychiatric hospital. He's at work."

"Regarding my Chick and Cousins tweets, I cannot talk about my sources, but I am 100 per cent confident of my information."

[Mr Magic]

Rumour aside I am so glad we went nowhere near having this guy as a coach at our football club once he stopped playing as many suggested.
That would have been a further massive distraction and you can start to see why the club didn't didn't entertain it at all.

[mightytiges]

An addict is never completely free from his addiction but Cuz heading back to Perth even if it was in search of work was always fraught with danger. He seemed to be getting life back into some form of normality when he was Melbourne.

[Mr Magic]

Reports today emerging that he has never been clean for more than 3 months..

Doubts cast on Ben Cousins' drug-free status

by: Stephen Drill in Perth From: Herald Sun January 13, 2012 12:00AM

CONCERNS have been raised about the severity of Ben Cousins' injuries.

It comes amid claims he has not been drug-free for more than three months, despite several stints in rehabilitation.

Cousins has spent four days in Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital following a fall at a drug rehabilitation clinic this week.

He remained in hospital in a stable condition last night.

Cousins hurt himself when he slipped as he was getting out of a shower and struck his head on a basin, also injuring his neck.

But the length of his stay in hospital has raised questions that his injuries may have been more serious than first thought.

Emergency medicine experts said the length of stay in hospital for patients with head injuries varied, but those who presented under the influence of drugs or alcohol were harder to assess.

Sources told the Herald Sun last night that Cousins has had continuing problems with illicit drugs, despite seeking help at several rehabilitation clinics.

He was at Perth's Abbotsford Private Hospital, which specialises in treating patients at risk of relapsing into drug dependency, when he fell earlier this week.

"He's never been clean for more than three months. The rehab just hasn't worked," a source said.

Dr Stephen Parnis, an emergency physician and vice-president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association, said the length of a patient's stay in hospital depended on the severity of the injury.

Speaking generally and not commenting on Cousins's health, Dr Parnis said assessing the severity of a head injury required doctors to look at a patient's state of consciousness.

"Are they confused, showing weakness or slurring their speech? If the patient is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the severity of the injury is harder to assess," he said.

A Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital spokesman said Cousins was in a stable condition last night.

A spokesman for the Abbotsford Private Hospital declined to comment.

Cousins's father, Bryan Cousins, did not return the Herald Sun's calls yesterday.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/fears-held-for-bens-health/story-fn7x8me2-1226243034972

[Penelope]

So now it is suspected he was stoned when he fell ?
When did they start handing out illicit drugs in rehab clinics? 

[dwaino]

As much as I wish him well, as I've been around heavy drugs for years and seen first hand what they do, I'm pretty bummed and disappointed too at the same time. People have been saying for yonks he's been back on it and I refused to believe it.