Jennifer is a twenty-six-year-old financial analyst who has been ingesting alcohol in an abusive and hazardous manner since she and her live-in boyfriend decided to break up. Indeed, for the past six months she has been drinking very nearly a bottle of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking a number cans of beer during the day. In a word, Jennifer has been drinking so hazardously that it’s a miracle that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling disheartened because she was beginning to ignore her health, Jennifer finally told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit feeling sorry for herself, that it’s time to stop the excessive and irresponsible drinking, and time to get on with her life. So the next Saturday morning at 10:30 AM, she decided to quit drinking suddenly and completely without preparation or planning.

When She Quit Drinking She Felt Ill, She Had Utterly No Appetite, She Vomited Several Times, Her Head Was Throbbing, She Started to Perspire Extensively, and She Was Extremely Stressed Out and Moody

When Jennifer stopped drinking, she reasoned that she would quite possibly be tempted to take a few drinks, but she never thought that she would feel so awful. More specifically, just about four hours after she stopped drinking, she had utterly no appetite, she was extremely restless and moody, she started to perspire profusely, she vomited numerous times, and her head was pounding.

When she called her best friend and told her that she had stopped drinking and that after a few hours she abruptly began having flu-like symptoms, Kimberly, her best friend, told Jennifer to call her healthcare professional and tell him what was taking place.

She Admits to Her Family Doctor That She Has Been Drinking In an Excessive and Abusive Manner, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Going Through Extremely Unpleasant Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her healthcare practitioner, informed him that she has been drinking in an excessive manner for more than a few months and that when she made an effort to abruptly 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 doctor informed her that she may be suffering from symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a friend or relative take her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a friend to drive 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 addicted to alcohol.

It seems that her healthcare practitioner had called ahead and informed the emergency room medical team to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two nurses who immediately told her to lie down on the portable bed they had with them. After getting moved to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of important tests, it was substantiated that Jennifer was in truth going through alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.

An emergency room healthcare professional administered some medications to reduce the intensity of her flu-like symptoms and also administered some medications to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her blood.

An Alcohol Dependency and Alcohol Abuse Healthcare Professional Discusses That She is an Alcoholic and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcoholism Stages Are

After a couple of hours, Jennifer was transferred from the emergency room and transported to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for approximately an hour, Doctor Michaels, an alcohol dependency specialist, came to see her. He took plenty of time and explained in plain words that Jennifer had gone through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she stopped drinking due to the fact that she had become alcohol dependent.

He then discussed the fact that with excessive drinking on an everyday basis, the individual’s brain little by little becomes accustomed to the alcohol in order to perform in a “routine” fashion. When the drinker then all at once quits drinking, it can be pointed out, the brain responds by giving rise to alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Furthermore, her doctor also discussed the different alcoholism stages that an alcohol dependent person almost always experiences as the disease progresses.

It is Determined that Jennifer is in the Earliest Stage of Alcoholism and She Receives a Favorable Forecast For a Total Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Rehabilitation She Requires

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was discovered that she was in the first stage of alcohol dependency and, as a result, she was given a good projection for a complete recovery if she receives the alcoholism rehabilitation she requires.

Jennifer told the physician that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to recover her life and her health. She also stated that she has an excellent hospitalization insurance policy that will more likely than not pay for most, if not all, of the costs required for rehabilitation. It was apparent that Jennifer was quite grateful about her encouraging prognosis and felt free from worry knowing that she will be able to get the alcoholism therapy she needs so that she can begin the road to recovery.

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