An Adolescent Experiences an Alcohol Overdose, Goes Through Detoxification and Treatment, and Gets Inspired to Change His Life
Jeffrey was a high school freshman who regularly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a risk taking personality and generally wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The core problem with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were therefore within their legal rights to drive a car and to ingest alcohol.
Jeffrey, nevertheless, had a hard time understanding the fact that as a fifteen-year-old teen he should not be drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact, nevertheless, Jeffrey usually drank with his friends after school, largely on the weekends.
One weekend, Jeffrey made up his mind to drive around with some of his older buddies. One of his cronies was old enough to buy alcohol. After purchasing some wine coolers, beer, and wine, Jeffrey and all of the guys went to a park and drank for approximately two hours.
Jeffrey Passes Out
After drinking approximately ten bottles of beer, Jeffrey started to feel queasy and then vomited. When he passed out on the soccer field, one of his guy friends called 911 for help. It was fortunate that the call for emergency help was made because when his buddies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they discovered that Jeffrey had been going through alcohol poisoning symptoms. Stated briefly, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.
When Your Cronies Drink Too Much
Jeffrey had learned that drinking excessively can result in alcohol poisoning but he never thought that this would ever happen to him. After all, some of his cronies recurrently boasted that they could drink twenty four or more cans of beer in a couple of hours without suffering from any major setbacks.
Armed with this information, Jeffrey was frankly flabbergasted to gather that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had roughly ten alcoholic beverages. When he explained this to the attending physicain at the hospital, on the other hand, the healthcare practitioner told Jeffrey that drinking ten bottles of beer over a two or three hour period of time could certainly be significantly more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The physicain further emphasized how significant amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s respiratory system and that when this occurs, an individual can perish.
The First Sign of Hazardous Drinking
This was the first signal to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a harmful way and that there are consequences for such activities. The doctor told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate person because after treatment and detoxification, he almost perished from an alcohol overdose the night before.
The healthcare professional also talked to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol treatment for Jeffrey. His parents were elated that Jeffrey was safe and sound and informed the healthcare professional that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol treatment.
While talking to his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a special reason why he did not die and that he felt a sense of thankfulness that he was still alive. He also notified his parents that the weirdest part about the entire drinking occurrence was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the last six week grading period in health class at school.
When Paying Attention in Class Can Change Your Life
At the time, what his health instructor, Mr. Franklin, was articulating didn’t seem to make too much sense to Jeffrey. Since he almost died, on the other hand, he felt that he should have listened more alertly in health class and applied what he had learned to his life.
Jeffrey informed his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to school and make an apology to Mr. Franklin for not paying more attention to a topic that was as relevant as learning about alcohol abuse and how to stay away from alcohol poisoning.
His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were elated with the way he was being accountable for his injurious actions and the way he was using this adverse experience to increase his self esteem and manifest a more positive attitude. All he had to do now was to let this near-death experience change his life in a productive manner so that he would be motivated and inspired to never again suffer from a case of alcohol poisoning.
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