A High School Student Suffers From An Alcohol Overdose

Jeffrey was a high school ninth grader who regularly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a daring personality and regularly wanted to do what his older brothers were doing for fun. The essential holdup with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were thusly able from a legal framework to drive a truck or car and to consume alcohol.

Jeffrey, nevertheless, had a difficult time grasping the fact that as a fifteen-year-old youth he should not be drinking. In fact, nevertheless, Jeffrey often drank with his buddies after school, largely 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 beer, wine coolers, and wine, Jeffrey and all of his pals went to a public recreational area and drank for about two or three hours.

A Young Man Becomes Unconscious

After drinking approximately ten alcoholic benerages, Jeffrey started to feel nauseous and then vomited. When he lost consciousness on the baseball field, one of his buddies called 911 for help. It was fortunate that the call for emergency assistance was made because when his cronies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were told that Jeffrey had been exhibiting alcohol poisoning symptoms. Stated briefly, Jeffrey had experienced an alcohol overdose.

When Your Pals Drink Abusively

Jeffrey had learned that drinking in a hazardous manner can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could ever affect him. After all, some of his buddies repeatedly bragged that they could drink three or four six packs of beer in a day without suffering from any significant problems.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was actually flabbergasted to find out that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had more or less ten drinks. When he told this to the attending doctor at the hospital, on the other hand, the physicain informed Jeffrey that drinking ten wine coolers over a two or three hour period of time could certainly be quite a bit more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The healthcare professional further emphasized how extreme amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s respiratory system and that when this occurs, an individual can cease to exist.

The First Symptom of Abusive Drinking

This was the first word of warning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a dangerous manner and that there are consequences for such deeds. The healthcare practitioner told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost perished from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The healthcare practitioner also talked to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehabilitation for Jeffrey. His parents were jubilant that Jeffrey was all right and notified the doctor that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol counseling.

While chatting with his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a good reason why he did not expire and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also informed his parents that the most ironic part about the entire drinking episode was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the past week in health class.

When Listening in Class Can Change Your Life

At the time, what his health instructor, Mr. Franklin, was saying didn’t seem to make too much sense to Jeffrey. Since he almost passed away, however, he felt that he should have listened more intently in class and applied what he had learned to his personal life.

Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldn’t wait to go to Mr. Franklin’s classroom and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not displaying more attention to something that was as relevant as learning about alcohol abuse and how to avoid an alcohol overdose.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were overjoyed with the way he was accepting responsibility for his destructive drinking activities. All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience change his life in a constructive manner so that he would never again suffer from a case of alcohol poisoning.