A Ninth Grader Experiences An Alcohol Overdose
Jeffrey was a high school freshman who frequently seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a daring personality and typically wanted to do what his older brothers were doing for fun. The basic holdup with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were therefore able from a legal vantage point to operate a truck or car and to ingest alcohol.
Jeffrey, then again, had a difficult time accepting the fact that as a fifteen-year-old youth he should not be drinking. In fact, then again, Jeffrey often drank with his cronies after school, predominantly on the weekends.
One weekend, Jeffrey was invited to drive around with some of his older guy friends. One of his buddies was old enough to purchase alcohol. After purchasing some wine coolers, wine, and beer, Jeffrey and all of his buddies went to a public recreational area and drank for around two hours.
A Young Man Passes Out
After drinking roughly ten glasses of wine, Jeffrey started to feel nauseous and then threw up. When he passed out on the tennis court, one of his buddies called 911 for immediate assistance. It was fortunate that the call for emergency help was made because when his buddies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were told that Jeffrey had been exhibiting alcohol poisoning symptoms. More specifically, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.
When Your Friends Drink Abusively
Jeffrey had heard that drinking in an excessive manner can result in an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could happen to him. After all, some of his guy friends over and over again articulated that they could drink twenty or more bottles of beer in a few hours without experiencing any significant setbacks.
Armed with this information, Jeffrey was in point of fact shocked to learn that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had around ten drinks. When he told this to the attending physicain at the hospital, on the other hand, the doctor informed Jeffrey that drinking ten wine coolers over a two or three hour period of time could surely be significantly more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The healthcare practitioner further explained how extreme amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s respiratory system and that when this happens, a person can pass away.
The First Signal of Excessive Drinking
This was the first indication to Jeffrey that he was drinking in an unsafe manner and that there are repercussions for such behavior. The physicain told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate person because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the night before.
The healthcare practitioner also spoke to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol treatment for Jeffrey. His parents were elated that Jeffrey was safe and told the physicain that they would follow through on getting Jeffrey alcohol rehab.
While talking to his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a solid reason why he did not perish and that he felt grateful that he was still alive. He also informed his parents that the peculiar part about the entire drinking situation was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the past week at school in Mr. Franklin’s health class.
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 passed away, then again, he felt that he should have listened more attentively in health class and applied what he had learned to his personal life.
Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to Mr. Franklin’s classroom and express regret to Mr. Franklin for not paying closer attention to a topic that was as pertinent as learning about alcohol abuse and how to keep away from alcohol poisoning.
His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were proud of the way he was being accountable for his negative drinking actions. All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience impact his life in a productive manner so that he would never again suffer through an alcohol overdose.
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