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Jeffrey was a ninth grader who regularly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a risk taking personality and usually wanted to do what his older brothers were doing to have fun. The essential drawback with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were consequently able from a legal perspective to operate a car or truck and to ingest alcohol.

Jeffrey, on the other hand, had a hard time accepting the truth that as a fifteen-year-old young person he should not be drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact, nevertheless, Jeffrey commonly drank with his buddies after school, primarily on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey was invited to drive around with some of his older buddies. One of his cronies was old enough to buy alcohol. After buying some wine coolers, beer, and wine, Jeffrey and all of the guys went to a recreational area and drank for approximately two or three hours.

A Young Man Passes Out

After drinking more or less ten wine coolers, Jeffrey started to feel nauseous and then vomited. When he passed out on the baseball field, one of his pals called 911 for help. It was fortunate that the call for medical assistance was made because when his friends went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they learned that Jeffrey had been showing evidence of alcohol poisoning symptoms. More specifically, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.

When Your Buddies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had heard that drinking in an excessive manner can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could ever affect him. After all, some of his guy friends often bragged that they could drink twenty four or more bottles of beer in a few hours without suffering from any serious setbacks.

Based on this, Jeffrey was frankly amazed to find out that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had roughly ten alcoholic beverages. When he explained this to the attending healthcare practitioner at the hospital, however, the physicain notified Jeffrey that drinking ten glasses of wine over a two or three hour time frame could surely be quite a bit more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The physicain further stated how significant amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s respiratory system and that when this occurs, an individual can die.

The First Warning of Excessive Drinking

This was the first cautionary message to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a risky way and that there are effects for such deeds. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost lost his life from an alcohol overdose the night before.

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

While speaking to his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a special reason why he did not perish and that he felt a sense of thankfulness that he was still alive. He also informed his parents that the most ironic part about the entire drinking situation was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the last six week grading period at school.

When Learning Something in Class Can Make a Difference

At the time, what his health teacher, Mr. Franklin, was articulating didn’t seem to make too much sense to Jeffrey. Now that he almost died, however, he felt that he should have listened more carefully in class and applied what he had learned to his life.

Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to the classroom and make an apology to Mr. Franklin for not paying more attention to a topic 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 pleased with the way he was being accountable for his unhealthy behavior. All he had to do now was to let this life threatening experience make an impact his life in a beneficial way so that he would never again suffer from an alcohol overdose.