Jennifer is a twenty-six-year-old preschool teacher who has been consuming alcohol quite abusively since her fiancée and she broke up their relationship. In truth, for the past four months she has been drinking very nearly one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking more than a few wine coolers all the way through the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so hazardously that it’s amazing that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling unhappy because she was beginning to disregard her health, Jennifer at long last told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit the self pity routine, that it’s time to stop the irresponsible drinking, and time to get going with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 10:00 AM, she came to a decision that she would quit drinking completely and suddenly without preparation or planning.

When She Stopped Drinking She Felt Awful, 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 Jennifer stopped drinking, she assumed that she would quite possibly be tempted to take a drink or two, but she never inferred that she would feel so dreadful. More accurately, about an hour after she stopped drinking, she vomited numerous times, her head was throbbing, she started to sweat profusely, she had absolutely no appetite, and she was extremely restless and moody.

When she called her best buddy and told her that she had stopped drinking and that after a few hours she suddenly began having flu-like symptoms, Sarah, her best friend, told Jennifer to call her healthcare professional and clearly explain what was taking place.

She Admits to Her Doctor That She Has Been Drinking In a Hazardous and Irresponsible Manner, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Experiencing Terrible Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her medical practitioner, informed him that she has been drinking in an excessive manner for quite a few months and that when she attempted to completely quit drinking earlier in the day, within a few hours she felt as if she had the most dreadful flu-like symptoms that she had ever gone through.

Her healthcare professional informed her that she may be going through symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a family member or friend take her to the emergency room as soon as possible.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a family member to take her to the hospital. Interestingly, as sick as Jennifer was, all she could think about all the way to the hospital was whether or not she might be alcohol dependent.

Obviously her family doctor had called ahead and told the emergency room staff to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by a nurse and a paramedic who without hesitation told her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting moved to the emergency room and undergoing a few basic tests, it was validated that Jennifer was indeed experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detoxification.

An emergency room healthcare professional gave her some medications to diminish her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some drugs to help get rid of the alcohol that was still in her system.

An Alcohol Dependency and Alcohol Abuse Medical Practitioner Clearly Explains That She is Addicted to Alcohol and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Addiction Stages Are

After a few hours, Jennifer was removed from the emergency room and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for nearly three hours, Doctor Carlson, a drug and alcohol abuse specialist, came to visit her. He took his time and explained that Jennifer had experienced alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she quit drinking due to the fact that she had become addicted to alcohol.

He then discussed the fact that with excessive drinking on an everyday basis, the drinker’s brain slowly adapts to the alcohol in order to process things in a “normal” manner. When the drinker then suddenly refrains from ingesting alcohol, it can be noted, the brain responds by creating alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Moreover, her physician also clearly explained the different alcoholism stages that an alcohol dependent person almost always suffers through as the disease progressively gets worse.

It is Confirmed that Jennifer is in the Earliest Stage of Alcoholism and She Gets a Good Prognosis For a Complete Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Rehab She Requires

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was determined that she was in the first stage of alcohol addiction and, consequently, she got a good diagnosis for a complete recovery if she gets the alcohol therapy she requires.

Jennifer told the medical practitioner that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to re-establish her life. She also articulated that she has an exceptional hospitalization insurance plan that will quite possibly pay for most, if not all, of the costs required for rehab. It was obvious that Jennifer was very grateful about her encouraging medical prognosis and felt free from anxiety knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol dependency rehab she requires so that she can start on the path to recovery.

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