When Janice was in high school, she had secured a reputation as an individual who studied much of the time and who rarely, if ever, whooped it up by drinking with her pals. She seemed determined to “stand out” academically so that she would be able to find a career that she not only benefited from but one that also gave her a degree of monetary stability.

After much reflection, in the end she came to a decision that she wanted to be a trial lawyer. In order to bring this about, nonetheless, she would first have to attend four years of undergraduate education.

After Graduating From High School Janice Gets Accepted Into An Illustrious Undergraduate University as Preparation For a Career as a Trial Lawyer

After Janice graduated from high school, she applied to and was accepted into a nationally ranked program in religion. Her justification for this decision was that this area of study would be a good springboard for law school and wouldn’t be indistinguishable from the majority of law school applicants who choose political science as their undergraduate minor or major.

After graduating with highest honors at the undergrad level, she applied to and was accepted at a renowned law school at one of the Big East universities.

She enjoyed her legal studies but on rare occasions she was flooded with all the work that had to be accomplished at law school. Not unlike her high school and undergraduate days, nonetheless, she made buddies painlessly but scarcely participated in social functions until the school period was finished.

After Being Delighted With the Fact That She Had Done Very Well on Her Tests, Janice Wanted to Let Her Hair Down and Do Something Besides School Work For a Change

Janice was the type of individual who worked thoroughly to complete what she started and then would take a couple of days off when she could. It just so happens, nevertheless, that a good number of the things she did between terms or during her summer vacations did not have anything to do with drinking. Needless to say, Janice was anything but a party-person. Now that her finals for her second year in law school were done and appreciating the fact that she had done very well on her exams, nevertheless, she wanted to let her hair down and do something besides school work for a change.

Drinking at a Local Saloon Results in An Alcohol Overdose, Calling 911, The Emergency Services Number, and An Ambulance Ride to An Alcohol Rehab Hospital

So Janice and some of her friends from the university went to a local watering hole where they had a few mixed drinks. As the hours passed, Janice persisted in drinking without having any concerns about research projects or tests the following day. If truth be told, Janice mentioned to her pals how enjoyable it was to ”get down” and drink with her law school friends.

As the evening went by, Janice and her buddies continued to drink. Indeed, she was having so much fun that she didn’t want the night to come to an end. It was almost as if she was making up for lost time and attempting to force a year’s worth of pleasure into a single evening. Such a “game plan,” however, seldom works. In fact, when Janice went to the powder room and threw up, her pals started to get concerned about her safety.

Around fifteen minutes later when Janice started to speak in a confused manner, slur her words, and then become unconscious, however, her pals promptly realized that they needed to call 911, the emergency number, and ask for emergency assistance because they thought that Janice was exhibiting alcohol poisoning symptoms.

Once Janice was in the drug and alcohol rehab hospital, the head emergency room physician confirmed what her friends had suspected, to be exact, that Janice had substantially more alcohol than her body could process and, consequently, she experienced an alcohol overdose.

After the emergency room medical staff pumped her stomach until no gastric contents were observable, Janice was placed in the recovery room. After staying approximately six hours in recovery, Janice was then moved to one of the regular hospital rooms. Fortunately, the most perilous part of her hospitalization was over and all of her vital signs were once again in the normal range.

In response to Janice’s hospitalization, her classmates attentively telephoned her Mother and Father. As a consequence, early the next day, her Mother and Father and her best buddies went to the hospital to visit Janice.

Janice Comes an Inch From Losing Her Life, is Gratified to be Alive, and Promises to Never Again Drink in an Irresponsible and Excessive Manner

Janice was conscious of the fact that she came an inch from losing her life and, consequently, was gratified to be alive. Her Mom and Dad realized how hard she studied at college and how little she permitted herself to socialize with her buddies. Nevertheless, they also knew that Janice needed to keep away from abusive drinking.

Consequently, they suggested that in the future, whenever a drinking situation unfolds, that she always drink in moderation and responsibly. Janice agreed and assured her friends and her Mother and Father that she would never again drink in an excessive and irresponsible manner. In her own words, “I never thought that I would become one of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics in the local university newspaper. I now understand that abusive and hazardous drinking is not for me. I pledge that this will never happen again.”

Fortunately, Janice was not only “book smart” but she also had common sense. Stated differently, she rapidly realized that she had made a mistake and made up her mind that she would never make the same mistake again. In point of fact, she now understood that she had involved herself in “binge drinking” and that even one instance of this kind of abusive drinking can end in death.

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