The day the Carriage House Clubhouse tried to have me institutionalized. A story of a failed intervention.

This is a free verse description of what happened to me yesterday at a social service agency, and is a textbook example of failed intervention with a high-functioning mentally ill adult with hypomanic bipolar II disorder.

The patient you see, was myself.

The intervention was necessary, but the outcome and process was horrific.

John Hubertz with his deceased spouse, September 9, 2009.

Judy Died suddenly, in 2014.  She was 54 years of age (lung cancer).

Here is a tragic but very real example of intervention (necessary), but poorly executed.  

Context:  The Carriage House clubhouse loaned me a truck to move, and the brakes failed and I darn near had an accident.

Then, the real tragedy - what happened when I arrived for lunch, to report the truck problem.

Location:  Lake Avenue, Fort Wayne Clubhouse, Incorporated (A Park Center Agency).

Message by You: I can only tell you it is appropriate to thank you all, especially Max, Janell and Tom, for the time invested in my sanity/safety. I have a new CIT friend, and the blonde officer was so perceptive., Thursday, October 24 2019, 8:21 PM

I can only tell you it is appropriate to thank you all, especially Max, Janell and Tom, for the time invested in my sanity/safety. I have a new CIT friend, and the blonde officer was so perceptive.

Message by You: I have officially sworn off california cigarettes - too potent for this old man., Thursday, October 24 2019, 8:21 PM

I have officially sworn off california cigarettes - too potent for this old man.

Message by You: Peace, home safe - truck news and address tomorrow if I'm in town from work by darkness., Thursday, October 24 2019, 8:21 PM

Peace, home safe - truck news and address tomorrow if I'm in town from work by darkness.

Message by You: Message from David Steury: John, tell Andy we know how to keep you safe and can contact him if we need to. My wife Margaret has his number - and thank you for allowing him to work during this necessary moment of change., Thursday, October 24 2019, 8:22 PM

Message from David Steury: John, tell Andy we know how to keep you safe and can contact him if we need to. My wife Margaret has his number - and thank you for allowing him to work during this necessary moment of change.

Message by You: He is with friends - and I know him better than I think he knows himself., Thursday, October 24 2019, 8:22 PM

He is with friends - and I know him better than I think he knows himself.

Message by You: (paraphrased of course), Thursday, October 24 2019, 8:22 PM

(paraphrased of course)

Thu 8:22 PM

Message by You: Good morning. In response to your appropriate and timely intervention, and since due to harvest I'm working (actually, mostly resting) today, I report the following. I anticipate seeing you at 7:15 to 7:30, as I want to assure you I am taking your appropriate fear for my well-being very seriously., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:32 AM

Good morning. In response to your appropriate and timely intervention, and since due to harvest I'm working (actually, mostly resting) today, I report the following. I anticipate seeing you at 7:15 to 7:30, as I want to assure you I am taking your appropriate fear for my well-being very seriously.

Message by You: 1. I am med compliant, and thanks to zyprexa I just got 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep. The time stamp on these texts will reflect that., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:32 AM

1. I am med compliant, and thanks to zyprexa I just got 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep. The time stamp on these texts will reflect that.

Message by You: 2. As our house is on a special watch list (due to our work with special needs people), officer Crock (2 years/clubhouse trained) and Policewoman Hughes (old friend of this house, 14 years on the force) just stopped in at my request. They reported to me this perception:, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:34 AM

2. As our house is on a special watch list (due to our work with special needs people), officer Crock (2 years/clubhouse trained) and Policewoman Hughes (old friend of this house, 14 years on the force) just stopped in at my request. They reported to me this perception:

Message by You: A. I am obviously under a bit of stress due to the move, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:34 AM

A. I am obviously under a bit of stress due to the move

Message by You: B. I appear healthy, and was obviously freshly showered and shaved, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:34 AM

B. I appear healthy, and was obviously freshly showered and shaved

Message by You: C. I seem stressed but not anxious, calm but not depressed. "You seem a little bit amped, but not too much" Officer Hughes has known me almost as long as you have, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:35 AM

C. I seem stressed but not anxious, calm but not depressed. "You seem a little bit amped, but not too much" Officer Hughes has known me almost as long as you have

Message by You: D. Cat is not dead yet, but Andy, the fact Max stole my phone without permission and promptly lost it is KILLING my safety and ability to work. I have NO PHONE thanks to the bungled intervention., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:35 AM

D. Cat is not dead yet, but Andy, the fact Max stole my phone without permission and promptly lost it is KILLING my safety and ability to work. I have NO PHONE thanks to the bungled intervention.

Message by You: As I cannot afford an immediate replacement, but can afford one in 8 days, do you have a general purpose clubhouse phone I might borrow?, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:36 AM

As I cannot afford an immediate replacement, but can afford one in 8 days, do you have a general purpose clubhouse phone I might borrow?

Message by You: Final item: Truck is being cared for by Mike, but he might get psychotic if you or other staffers enter the gated compound where he lives in his RV. I will be moving it out onto the front parking area when I get off work tonight at 9 PM., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:36 AM

Final item: Truck is being cared for by Mike, but he might get psychotic if you or other staffers enter the gated compound where he lives in his RV. I will be moving it out onto the front parking area when I get off work tonight at 9 PM.

Message by You: So - I'm happy, healthy and calm (by my standards). I followed your advice. I had a wellness check, and am now dressed and ready for work., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:37 AM

So - I'm happy, healthy and calm (by my standards). I followed your advice. I had a wellness check, and am now dressed and ready for work.

4:37 AM

Message by You: See you in two hours - but Andy, I'm not going to be OK with losing a $300 phone due to Max's inexperience and Tom Weir's lack of competence. Steal my property when you said "here, give it to me for a second,", is not a way to honor the four guarantees of respect and clubhouse membership. I request the courtesy of an immediate reply to the phone issue and the fact that a Moto G5 is a $200 item., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:38 AM

See you in two hours - but Andy, I'm not going to be OK with losing a $300 phone due to Max's inexperience and Tom Weir's lack of competence. Steal my property when you said "here, give it to me for a second,", is not a way to honor the four guarantees of respect and clubhouse membership. I request the courtesy of an immediate reply to the phone issue and the fact that a Moto G5 is a $200 item.

Message by You: I was however, preparing to replace it - you get me to the first of the month, and it won't cost you any more money than the few days of loaner phone time., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:39 AM

I was however, preparing to replace it - you get me to the first of the month, and it won't cost you any more money than the few days of loaner phone time.

Message by You: If not, it is going to degrade my clubhouse commitment and trust long term. How am I expected to ever again trust Tom Weir, since his interventions involve constant harassment, physical intimidation and deliberate evasion and lying?, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:40 AM

If not, it is going to degrade my clubhouse commitment and trust long term. How am I expected to ever again trust Tom Weir, since his interventions involve constant harassment, physical intimidation and deliberate evasion and lying?

Message by You: Why must I have been lied to when all I needed was assessment and perhaps hospitalization. Am I so physically intimidating you feared for your own safety?, Friday, October 25 2019, 4:40 AM

Why must I have been lied to when all I needed was assessment and perhaps hospitalization. Am I so physically intimidating you feared for your own safety?

Message by You: Not a well done intervention Andy, it was WAY off my perceptions of best practices in such a delicate moment., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:41 AM

Not a well done intervention Andy, it was WAY off my perceptions of best practices in such a delicate moment.

Message by You: I do have an area of behavior I wanted and needed advice on, but Tom was too busy trying to PUT ME IN JAIL., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:41 AM

I do have an area of behavior I wanted and needed advice on, but Tom was too busy trying to PUT ME IN JAIL.

4:41 AM

Message by You: Since I now have trust issues, let me know if I am barred or banned, as I need some advice - not an additional few weeks of incarceration. Had that intervention followed Tom's plan, I would be homeless perhaps for the rest of my life., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:43 AM

Since I now have trust issues, let me know if I am barred or banned, as I need some advice - not an additional few weeks of incarceration. Had that intervention followed Tom's plan, I would be homeless perhaps for the rest of my life.

4:43 AM

Message by You: For shame., Friday, October 25 2019, 4:43 AM

For shame.

4:43 AM

Message by You: At any rate, no harm, no foul. Andy, I'm blogging and writing a story about my near-death experiences and moving in the face of obvious mental issues and PTSD., Friday, October 25 2019, 5:25 AM

At any rate, no harm, no foul. Andy, I'm blogging and writing a story about my near-death experiences and moving in the face of obvious mental issues and PTSD.

Message by You: I would also suggest we convene a member group as a policy discussion on safe, sane and HUMANE practices. A weaker man might have died of phone-anxiety syndrome .... a newly named disorder., Friday, October 25 2019, 5:25 AM

I would also suggest we convene a member group as a policy discussion on safe, sane and HUMANE practices. A weaker man might have died of phone-anxiety syndrome .... a newly named disorder.

Message by You: But, I have found a Windows phone that works, unfortunately, I cannot afford to make it call any number but 911. See you in a few minutes sir., Friday, October 25 2019, 5:26 AM

But, I have found a Windows phone that works, unfortunately, I cannot afford to make it call any number but 911. See you in a few minutes sir.

5:26 AM

Message by You: So - would you give me the courtesy of a reply to these final questions. 1. Where is my phone, a critical element of my work with the three special needs people who still live here. 2. Do you not agree my experience should be documented, so that you don't accidently harm or make homeless the next member who just wanted help with some high risk behavioral issues (and by the way, I resisted the crisis center as Kerry Adam had me take a week off work just last week)., Friday, October 25 2019, 5:27 AM

So - would you give me the courtesy of a reply to these final questions. 1. Where is my phone, a critical element of my work with the three special needs people who still live here. 2. Do you not agree my experience should be documented, so that you don't accidently harm or make homeless the next member who just wanted help with some high risk behavioral issues (and by the way, I resisted the crisis center as Kerry Adam had me take a week off work just last week).

Message by You: No, I am not manic - but I am documenting a failed process. Thanks for your patience., Friday, October 25 2019, 5:28 AM

No, I am not manic - but I am documenting a failed process. Thanks for your patience.

Message by You: As a typist, i am always thought to be manic since I type like the wind when I'm working.... and I write about 2000 - 4000 words each morning upon waking up when I feel both calm, and in good spirits., Friday, October 25 2019, 5:28 AM

As a typist, i am always thought to be manic since I type like the wind when I'm working.... and I write about 2000 - 4000 words each morning upon waking up when I feel both calm, and in good spirits.

Message by You: My hypomania was cooled down a lot thanks to yesterday, so I promise, I'm not still angry, but I am still very upset at the loss of my property. Is this or is this not a sane response to what happened?, Friday, October 25 2019, 5:29 AM

My hypomania was cooled down a lot thanks to yesterday, so I promise, I'm not still angry, but I am still very upset at the loss of my property. Is this or is this not a sane response to what happened?