Jeffrey was a high school freshman who typically 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 core problem with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were therefore able from a legal point of view to operate a car or truck and to drink alcohol.
Jeffrey, nevertheless, had a tough time grasping the fact that as a fifteen-year-old teenager he should not be drinking. In fact, then again, Jeffrey normally drank with his friends after school, predominantly on the weekends.
One weekend, Jeffrey made up his mind to drive around with some of his older friends. One of his friends was old enough to buy alcohol. After buying some wine, beer, and wine coolers, Jeffrey and all of his cronies went to a park and drank for something like two or three hours.
A Young Man Loses Consciousness
After drinking more or less ten wine coolers, Jeffrey started to feel woozy and then vomited. When he passed out on the basketball court, one of his cronies called 911 for immediate assistance. It was fortunate that the call for medical assistance was made because when his cronies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they discovered that Jeffrey had been showing evidence of alcohol poisoning symptoms. More precisely, Jeffrey had experienced an alcohol overdose.
When Your Friends Drink Excessively
Jeffrey had heard that drinking in an excessive manner can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could happen to him. After all, some of his friends frequently declared that they could drink twenty four or more cans of beer in one day without suffering from any serious setbacks.
Armed with this information, Jeffrey was in point of fact shocked to ascertain that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had roughly ten drinks. When he articulated this to the attending healthcare professional at the hospital, then again, the healthcare practitioner informed Jeffrey that drinking ten wine coolers over a two or three hour period of time could actually be significantly more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The healthcare practitioner further emphasized how extreme amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s breathing and that when this comes about, a person can die.
The First Warning of Excessive Drinking
This was the first word of warning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a perilous fashion and that there are costs for such behavior. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost lost his life from an alcohol overdose the previous night.
The healthcare professional also conversed with Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehab for Jeffrey. His parents were thrilled that Jeffrey was safe and told the healthcare practitioner that they would get Jeffrey alcohol rehab.
While chatting with his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a special reason why he did not pass away and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also told his parents that the most ironic part about the entire drinking event was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the past week at school.
When Listening in Class Can Change Your Life
At the time, what his health instructor, Mr. Franklin, was saying didn’t seem to make a lot of sense to Jeffrey. Now that he almost passed away, however, he felt that he should have listened more thoroughly in health class and applied what he had learned to his daily living.
Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to the classroom and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not paying more 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 happy with the way he was taking responsibility for his injurious drinking behavior. All he had to do now was to let this near-death experience have an effect on his life in a positive manner so that he would never again suffer from an alcohol overdose.