A Young Lady Tries Exceptionally Hard to Abstain From Drinking, Experiences Alcohol Withdrawals, Concludes That She is Alcohol Dependent, and Comes to a Decision to Get Alcohol Rehab

October 10th, 2009 by author

Jennifer is a thirty-one-year-old outside sales representative who has been drinking in a hazardous manner since she and her live-in boyfriend broke up.Â In point of fact, for the past eight months she has been drinking just about two bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking a number wine coolers during the day.Â In a word, Jennifer has been drinking so excessively that it’s a miracle that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling depressed because she was starting to close her eyes to her health, Jennifer at long last told herself that enough is enough, that itâ€™s time to stop feeling sorry for herself, that itâ€™s time to stop the hazardous and abusive drinking, and time to make a new start with her life.Â So the following Saturday morning at 9:30 AM, she made up her mind to quit drinking suddenly and completely without preparation or planning.

When She Attempted to Quit Drinking She Felt Awful, She Was Extremely Moody and Tense, She Had Utterly No Appetite, She Vomited a Number of Times, She Started to Sweat Profusely, and Her Head Was Throbbing

When Jennifer quit drinking, she figured that she would most likely be tempted to take a few drinks, but she never inferred that she would feel so sick.Â More correctly, just about an hour-and-a-half after she quit drinking, she was extremely moody and nervous, her head was throbbing, she started to sweat profusely, she had absolutely no appetite, and she vomited a number of times.

When she called her best friend and informed her that she had stopped drinking and that after a couple of hours she without any warning started to experience flu-like symptoms, Edna, her best pal, told Jennifer to call her healthcare practitioner and clearly explain what she was experiencing.

She Admits to Her Medical Practitioner That She Has Been Drinking In an Irresponsible Manner, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Going Through Extremely Painful Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her family doctor, told him that she has been drinking in an abusive manner for many months and that when she honestly tried to completely quit drinking earlier in the day, within a few hours she felt as if she had the most unpleasant flu-like symptoms that she had ever suffered through.

Her family doctor informed her that she may be going through symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a friend or family member take her to the emergency room ASAP.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a family member to drive her to the emergency room.Â Interestingly, as sick as Jennifer was, all she could think about all the way to the hospital was whether or not she was dependent on alcohol.

It appears that her healthcare practitioner had phoned ahead and told the emergency room medical team to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two nurses who immediately asked her to get in the wheelchair they had with them.Â After getting moved to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of important tests, it was established that Jennifer was in fact experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.

A medical practitioner administered some drugs to reduce the discomfort of her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some medications to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her circulatory system.

A Drug and Alcohol Abuse Medical Practitioner Explains That She is Dependent on Alcohol and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Dependency Stages Are

After a couple of hours, Jennifer was transferred from the ER and wheeled to the recovery room.Â After she was in recovery for just about an hour-and-a-half, Doctor Jefferson, a substance abuse and chemical dependency specialist, came to visit her.Â He took quite a bit of time and explained in a clear fashion that Jennifer had gone through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she stopped drinking because she had become addicted to alcohol.

He then discussed the fact that with repeated and excessive drinking, the drinkerâ€™s brain progressively adapts to the alcohol so that it can function in a “semi-normal” way.Â When the drinker then suddenly refrains from consuming alcohol, it can be noted, the brain responds by producing alcohol withdrawal symptoms.Â Moreover, her healthcare practitioner also explained in a clear fashion the various alcoholism stages that a person who is alcohol dependent commonly experiences as the disease gets progressively worse as time goes by.

It is Discovered that Jennifer is in the First Stage of Alcohol Dependency and She Obtains a Favorable Diagnosis For a Full Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Addiction Rehab She Needs

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was verified that she was in the first stage of alcoholism and, consequently, she obtained a good prognosis for a total recovery if she gets the alcohol addiction rehabilitation she needs.

Jennifer told the doctor that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to reclaim her health and her life.Â She also stated that she has a first-rate hospitalization insurance plan that will almost certainly pay for most of the costs required for treatment.Â It was obvious that Jennifer was quite pleased with her optimistic prognosis and felt reassured knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol dependency rehab she requires so that she can begin the road to recovery.