Jeffrey was a high school ninth grader who regularly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had an adventurous personality and generally wanted to do what his older brothers were doing to have fun. The essential problem with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were as a consequence able from a legal vantage point to drive a car and to ingest alcohol.

Jeffrey, then again, had a rough time realizing the fact that as a fifteen-year-old young man he should not be drinking. In fact, nevertheless, Jeffrey usually drank with his friends after school, primarily on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey decided to drive around with some of his older friends. One of his pals was old enough to purchase alcohol. After purchasing some wine, beer, and wine coolers, Jeffrey and all of his friends went to a recreational area and drank for about two hours.

Jeffrey Passes Out

After drinking roughly ten alcoholic benerages, Jeffrey started to feel woozy and then threw up. When he became unconscious on the tennis court, one of his guy friends called 911 for immediate help. It was fortunate that the call for medical assistance was made because when his cronies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they discovered that Jeffrey had been showing evidence of alcohol poisoning symptoms. More specifically, Jeffrey had experienced an alcohol overdose.

When Your Cronies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had learned that drinking in an excessive manner can lead to alcohol poisoning but he never thought that this would ever affect him. After all, some of his friends repeatedly professed that they could drink twenty or more bottles of beer in a day without going through any major problems.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was quite taken aback to hear that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had approximately ten alcoholic beverages. When he explained this to the attending healthcare practitioner at the hospital, however, the doctor told Jeffrey that drinking ten alcoholic beverages over a two or three hour period of time could actually be significantly more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The healthcare professional further explained how excessive alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s breathing and that when this takes place, an individual can expire.

The First Warning of Excessive Drinking

This was the first sign to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a hazardous fashion and that there are effects for such deeds. The physicain told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate individual because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the night before.

The healthcare practitioner also had a word with Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol treatment for Jeffrey. His parents were overjoyed that Jeffrey was safe and sound and notified the healthcare practitioner that they would follow through on getting Jeffrey alcohol counseling.

While talking to his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a special reason why he did not expire and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also told his parents that the weirdest part about the entire drinking event was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous week in health class at school.

When Paying Attention in Class Can Make a Difference

At the time, what his health instructor, Mr. Franklin, was saying didn’t seem to make too much sense to Jeffrey. Since he almost died, on the other hand, he felt that he should have listened more carefully in health class and applied what he had learned to his life.

Jeffrey told his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to the classroom and make an apology to Mr. Franklin for not demonstrating more attention to a subject that was as relevant as learning about alcohol abuse and how to avoid alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were elated with the way he was taking responsibility for his injurious behavior. All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience influence his life in a productive way so that he would never again suffer from a case of alcohol poisoning.

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