Jeffrey was a high school ninth grader who typically seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a daring personality and generally wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The central holdup with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were consequently able from a legal perspective to operate a vehicle and to consume alcohol.

Jeffrey, nevertheless, had a tough time accepting the fact that as a fifteen-year-old adolescent he should not be drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact, on the other hand, Jeffrey often drank with his buddies after school, especially on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey was invited to drive around with some of his older buddies. One of his cronies was old enough to buy alcohol. After purchasing some wine, beer, and wine coolers, Jeffrey and his pals went to a public park and drank for something like three hours.

A Young Man Becomes Unconscious

After drinking roughly ten alcoholic benerages, Jeffrey started to feel queasy and then threw up. When he passed out on the baseball field, one of his pals called 911 for assistance. It was fortunate that the call for emergency assistance was made because when his cronies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they found out that Jeffrey had been exhibiting alcohol poisoning symptoms. In short, Jeffrey had experienced a case of alcohol poisoning.

When Your Buddies Drink Abusively

Jeffrey had learned that drinking excessively can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could affect him. After all, some of his cronies frequently declared that they could drink twenty four or more cans of beer in a couple of hours without going through any major difficulties.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was actually amazed to hear that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had approximately ten drinks. When he articulated this to the attending healthcare professional at the hospital, however, the physicain informed Jeffrey that drinking ten wine coolers over a two or three hour period of time could in reality be significantly more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The doctor further emphasized how excessive alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s respiratory system and that when this comes about, a person can expire.

The First Symptom of Hazardous Drinking

This was the first indication to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a perilous fashion and that there is a price tag for such actions. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the night before.

The physicain also spoke to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol treatment for Jeffrey. His parents were jubilant that Jeffrey was all right and informed the healthcare practitioner that they would follow through on getting Jeffrey alcohol therapy.

While talking to his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a good reason why he did not perish and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also informed his parents that the weirdest part about the entire drinking situation was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the last six week grading period at school.

When Learning Something in Class Can Affect Your Life

At the time, what his health instructor, Mr. Franklin, was teaching didn’t seem to make a lot of sense to Jeffrey. Since he almost passed away, nevertheless, he felt that he should have listened more closely in health class and applied what he had learned to his life.

Jeffrey told 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 a topic that was as noteworthy as learning about alcohol abuse and how to stay away from an alcohol overdose.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were thrilled with the way he was being responsible for his unhealthy behavior. All he had to do now was to let this near-death experience influence his life in a useful manner so that he would be inspired and motivated to never again suffer through a case of alcohol poisoning.

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