Jeffrey was a ninth grader who usually seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had an adventurous personality and generally wanted to do what his older brothers were doing for fun. The main drawback with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were as a result able from a legal point of view to drive a vehicle and to drink alcohol.

Jeffrey, on the other hand, had a tough time comprehending that as a fifteen-year-old teen he should not be drinking. In fact, then again, Jeffrey normally drank with his cronies after school, predominantly on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey was invited to drive around with some of his older pals. One of his guy friends was old enough to purchase alcohol. After buying some wine coolers, wine, and beer, Jeffrey and his cronies went to a park and drank for approximately two or three hours.

Jeffrey Passes Out

After drinking more or less ten bottles of beer, Jeffrey started to feel woozy and then vomited. When he became unconscious on the basketball court, one of his buddies called 911 for help. It was fortunate that the call for emergency assistance was made because when his buddies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were notified that Jeffrey had been showing evidence of alcohol poisoning symptoms. To be more specific, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.

When Your Buddies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had heard that drinking in an abusive manner can lead to alcohol poisoning but he never thought that this would affect him. After all, some of his guy friends recurrently boasted that they could drink twenty or more cans of beer in a few hours without experiencing any significant difficulties.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was frankly taken aback to find out that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had around ten alcoholic beverages. When he told this to the attending physicain at the hospital, however, the healthcare practitioner notified Jeffrey that drinking ten cans of beer over a two or three hour period of time could surely be quite a bit more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The healthcare practitioner further emphasized how excessive alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s breathing and that when this happens, a person can perish.

The First Warning of Abusive Drinking

This was the first forewarning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a harmful fashion and that there are effects for such behavior. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate person because he almost lost his life from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The healthcare professional also spoke to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol counseling for Jeffrey. His parents were jubilant that Jeffrey was out of harm’s way and notified the healthcare professional that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol rehab.

While chatting with his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a solid reason why he did not perish and that he felt a sense of thankfulness that he was still alive. He also told his parents that the odd part about the entire drinking episode was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous six week grading period in health class.

When Listening in Class Can Make a Difference

At the time, what his health teacher, Mr. Franklin, was teaching didn’t seem to make a lot of sense to Jeffrey. Now that he almost died, conversely, he felt that he should have listened more alertly in Mr. Franklin’s health class and applied what he had learned to his daily living.

Jeffrey informed his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to the classroom and express regret to Mr. Franklin for not showing more attention to a subject that was as pertinent as learning about alcohol abuse and how to steer clear of alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were overjoyed with the way he was being responsible for his unhealthy drinking activities. All he had to do now was to let this near-death experience change his life in a productive manner so that he would never again suffer from an alcohol overdose.

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