William C. Kinkle, FF, EMT-P, RN, CRS
@billkinkle.bsky.social
First responder turned ER/ICU nurse, turned addict, turned chronic pain patient. everything stemmed from unrecognized and untreated PTSI/PTSD.
This is a great cause and one I am intimately passionate about. Please donate if you can to the organization.
July 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is a great cause and one I am intimately passionate about. Please donate if you can to the organization.
It was less traumatic when I was in the House of Correction in Philadelphia than it was in a behavioral health unit in 2025. Something needs to change. 🇺🇸
June 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It was less traumatic when I was in the House of Correction in Philadelphia than it was in a behavioral health unit in 2025. Something needs to change. 🇺🇸
I bought @maiasz.bsky.social “Undoing Drugs” when it came out in 2020; completely unaware of what was coming. Five years later I just found it, war torn from what we went through together. This was the Bible in my pocket during times of battle in Philly.
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I bought @maiasz.bsky.social “Undoing Drugs” when it came out in 2020; completely unaware of what was coming. Five years later I just found it, war torn from what we went through together. This was the Bible in my pocket during times of battle in Philly.
Bernie and I have a similar distant relative and a special bond. He signed photos for all three of my kids when they were two years old. Here is my son now at 9 touching his Stanley Cup rings. ❤️
June 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Bernie and I have a similar distant relative and a special bond. He signed photos for all three of my kids when they were two years old. Here is my son now at 9 touching his Stanley Cup rings. ❤️
For me, he is Ron Hextall. I met him in 1989 and his gritty style impacted me as a boy. The principles he displayed carried me through public service, addiction, homelessness, jail, recovery, and now recovering from bipolar/PTSD.
June 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For me, he is Ron Hextall. I met him in 1989 and his gritty style impacted me as a boy. The principles he displayed carried me through public service, addiction, homelessness, jail, recovery, and now recovering from bipolar/PTSD.
My wife and kids got me the greatest Father’s Day gift ever for a Philly native, the chance to meet your childhood hero.
June 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My wife and kids got me the greatest Father’s Day gift ever for a Philly native, the chance to meet your childhood hero.
When I was hospitalized here for three months in 2022 I hated this board because of the diagnosis which was written on it. However, today I fully embrace my psychiatric diagnosis. It’s about damn time. #PTSD 🇺🇸
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
When I was hospitalized here for three months in 2022 I hated this board because of the diagnosis which was written on it. However, today I fully embrace my psychiatric diagnosis. It’s about damn time. #PTSD 🇺🇸
My mentor, JT, would blindfold me in the back of the ambulance when I was 19 years old to learn how to feel for an IV rather than by sight. He was an amazing man who taught me more than I can ever write about.
June 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My mentor, JT, would blindfold me in the back of the ambulance when I was 19 years old to learn how to feel for an IV rather than by sight. He was an amazing man who taught me more than I can ever write about.
However, it will take the rest of my life to process through this new thing I feel. This is hard, hard work. It isn’t enjoyable. Something special happened when an experienced psychiatrist hand signed a prescription for a diagnosis I fully embrace. #PTSD
June 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
However, it will take the rest of my life to process through this new thing I feel. This is hard, hard work. It isn’t enjoyable. Something special happened when an experienced psychiatrist hand signed a prescription for a diagnosis I fully embrace. #PTSD
In 1995 I jumped off the Rivergate Hotel roof as part of an elevated victim rescue course. These activities were standard procedure for us. You might think such activities could be deemed adrenaline seeking. On the contrary, they were skill sharpening. It was easy, hard work.
June 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In 1995 I jumped off the Rivergate Hotel roof as part of an elevated victim rescue course. These activities were standard procedure for us. You might think such activities could be deemed adrenaline seeking. On the contrary, they were skill sharpening. It was easy, hard work.
I went yo Father Judge High School in Philadelphia. To be a Judge guy means I live by the motto in our logo, “He Will Not Fail.” Resiliency began in High School and prepared me to address and manage addiction and PTSD.
June 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I went yo Father Judge High School in Philadelphia. To be a Judge guy means I live by the motto in our logo, “He Will Not Fail.” Resiliency began in High School and prepared me to address and manage addiction and PTSD.
I’d like to share how we support one another in our recovery today, the day I transitioned to the classification of a “drug free client” at the methadone clinic. #RecoveryPosse
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’d like to share how we support one another in our recovery today, the day I transitioned to the classification of a “drug free client” at the methadone clinic. #RecoveryPosse
My wife kept watch over me when I was sick just like I’ve kept watch my whole life, in every career, nursing assistant, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, nurse, pastor, and film director.
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My wife kept watch over me when I was sick just like I’ve kept watch my whole life, in every career, nursing assistant, EMT, paramedic, firefighter, nurse, pastor, and film director.
Saying goodbye to the home that birthed my recovery. Ready to heal, repair, focus, and move forward.
June 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Saying goodbye to the home that birthed my recovery. Ready to heal, repair, focus, and move forward.
I now understand why all the COPD patients I have had the privilege of caring for held on to their inhalers so tightly. Albuterol is a lifesaver today.
June 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I now understand why all the COPD patients I have had the privilege of caring for held on to their inhalers so tightly. Albuterol is a lifesaver today.
May 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What do you do when you are required to electronically sign a form in order to get medication that is completely made up? I never said (nor would I) any of this. I also don’t have Hepatitis C or legal issues. I find this stuff in my records all the time. #freemethadone
March 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What do you do when you are required to electronically sign a form in order to get medication that is completely made up? I never said (nor would I) any of this. I also don’t have Hepatitis C or legal issues. I find this stuff in my records all the time. #freemethadone
Here are my thoughts about this.
March 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Here are my thoughts about this.
When everyone else hid behind their computers I went out into the encampments and fought for people to get the meds they needed, I am permanently disabled as a result. If you are a person who claims to be an advocate I need you to put your conveniences aside to ensure the same for me. #freemethadone
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When everyone else hid behind their computers I went out into the encampments and fought for people to get the meds they needed, I am permanently disabled as a result. If you are a person who claims to be an advocate I need you to put your conveniences aside to ensure the same for me. #freemethadone
For patients with large wounds I’ve found 10x30 trauma dressings can be found on Amazon for about $1.52 each. This has cut down on cost and trash because 1 trauma dressing can substitute for 20 abd. pads. The double ply protection helps save socks. #xylazine
March 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For patients with large wounds I’ve found 10x30 trauma dressings can be found on Amazon for about $1.52 each. This has cut down on cost and trash because 1 trauma dressing can substitute for 20 abd. pads. The double ply protection helps save socks. #xylazine
This is why most days I have to change my clothes after the clinic. If I wake up after 4am and have to pee I hold it and usually wind up soiling myself. Ask yourself if you can think of any legitimate reason for a policy like this, seriously any REASONABLE though. #freemethadone.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is why most days I have to change my clothes after the clinic. If I wake up after 4am and have to pee I hold it and usually wind up soiling myself. Ask yourself if you can think of any legitimate reason for a policy like this, seriously any REASONABLE though. #freemethadone.
Every time I see myself on camera I’m reminded that I look chronically ill and older. It informs how much the OTP system trains its employees to view its clients like criminals; just being a patient at the clinic is evidence of guilt, therefore punishment is required. #freemethadone
March 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every time I see myself on camera I’m reminded that I look chronically ill and older. It informs how much the OTP system trains its employees to view its clients like criminals; just being a patient at the clinic is evidence of guilt, therefore punishment is required. #freemethadone