A High School Student Suffers From An Alcohol Overdose

October 26th, 2009 by author

Jeffrey was a ninth grader who frequently seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had an adventurous personality and regularly wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The central glitch with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were consequently able from a legal standpoint to drive a vehicle and to consume alcohol.

Jeffrey, then again, had a rough time understanding that as a fifteen-year-old teenager he should not be drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact, then again, Jeffrey regularly drank with his pals after school, predominantly on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey was invited to drive around with some of his older friends. One of his guy friends was old enough to buy alcohol. After buying some wine, beer, and wine coolers, Jeffrey and his friends went to a park and drank for approximately three hours.

A Young Man Experiences Alcohol Poisoning Symptoms

After drinking around ten alcoholic benerages, Jeffrey started to feel queasy and then vomited. When he became unconscious on the soccer field, one of his pals called 911 for immediate help. It was fortunate that the call for medical assistance was made because when his pals went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were informed that Jeffrey had been showing evidence of alcohol poisoning symptoms. To be more specific, Jeffrey had experienced an alcohol overdose.

When Your Buddies 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 buddies over and over again articulated that they could drink twenty four or more bottles of beer in one day without going through any major problems.

Based on this, Jeffrey was actually taken aback to realize that he had overdosed on alcohol because he â€œonlyâ€ had approximately ten drinks. When he told this to the attending doctor at the hospital, conversely, the healthcare practitioner notified Jeffrey that drinking ten glasses of wine over a two or three hour period of time could in reality be quite a bit more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The physicain further emphasized how extreme amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individualâ€™s respiratory system and that when this takes place, an individual can expire.

The First Signal of Hazardous Drinking

This was the first warning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a hazardous way and that there are costs for such actions. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The healthcare professional also talked to Jeffreyâ€™s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehabilitation for Jeffrey. His parents were relieved that Jeffrey was safe and informed the healthcare professional that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol counseling.

While chatting with his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a good reason why he did not pass away and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also informed his parents that the peculiar part about the entire drinking occurrence was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous six week grading period in Mr. Franklinâ€™s health class.

When Paying Attention in Class Can Make a Difference

At the time, what his health teacher, Mr. Franklin, was articulating didnâ€™t seem to make a lot of sense to Jeffrey. Since he almost passed away, conversely, he felt that he should have listened more closely in class and applied what he had learned to his daily living.

Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldnâ€™t wait to go back to school and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not showing more attention to a subject that was as significant as learning about alcohol abuse and how to avoid alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were happy with the way he was accepting 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 way so that he would never again suffer through a case of alcohol poisoning.