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Jeffrey was a high school freshman who usually seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a risk taking personality and as a rule wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The core holdup with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were consequently able from a legal vantage point to drive a truck or car and to drink alcohol.

Jeffrey, however, had a tough time accepting the actuality that as a fifteen-year-old youth he should not be drinking. In fact, on the other hand, Jeffrey generally drank with his cronies after school, particularly on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey was invited to drive around with some of his older pals. One of his pals was old enough to buy alcohol. After buying some wine coolers, beer, and wine, Jeffrey and all of the guys went to a park and drank for something like two hours.

Jeffrey Passes Out

After drinking approximately ten alcoholic benerages, Jeffrey started to feel queasy and then vomited. When he lost consciousness on the soccer field, one of his pals called 911 for assistance. It was fortunate that the call for emergency help was made because when his cronies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were informed that Jeffrey had been manifesting alcohol poisoning symptoms. More precisely, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.

When Your Buddies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had learned that drinking a great deal can result in alcohol poisoning but he never thought that this would happen to him. After all, some of his guy friends repeatedly boasted that they could drink twenty four or more bottles of beer in a day without experiencing any major problems.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was actually taken aback to realize that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had more or less ten alcoholic beverages. When he articulated this to the attending physicain at the hospital, nevertheless, the physicain notified Jeffrey that drinking ten alcoholic beverages over a two or three hour time frame could surely be substantially more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The physicain further explained how excessive alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s breathing and that when this comes about, an individual can die.

The First Sign of Excessive Drinking

This was the first sign to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a risky way and that there are repercussions for such actions. The healthcare practitioner told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost lost his life from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The physicain also had a word with Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehab for Jeffrey. His parents were ecstatic that Jeffrey was all right and notified the physicain that they would get Jeffrey alcohol rehab.

While conversing with his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a good reason why he did not die and that he felt grateful that he was still alive. He also told his parents that the strangest part about the entire drinking occurrence was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous week in Mr. Franklin’s health class.

When Learning Something in Class Can Affect Your Life

At the time, what his health teacher, Mr. Franklin, was saying didn’t seem to make a lot of sense to Jeffrey. Due to the fact that he almost died, however, he felt that he should have listened more conscientiously in health class and applied what he had learned to his personal life.

Jeffrey informed his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to Mr. Franklin’s classroom and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not displaying more attention to something that was as pertinent as learning about alcohol abuse and how to avoid alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were pleased with the way he was being responsible for his dangerous drinking behavior. All he had to do now was to let this almost deadly experience affect his life in a constructive manner so that he would never again suffer from a case of alcohol poisoning.

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