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Jeffrey was a high school freshman 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 to have fun. The primary holdup with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were as a consequence legally able to operate a car and to drink alcohol.

Jeffrey, in spite of this, had a difficult time figuring out that as a fifteen-year-old young man he should not be drinking. In fact, nevertheless, Jeffrey often drank with his high school friends after school, primarily on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey decided to drive around with some of his older pals. One of his buddies was old enough to buy alcohol. After buying some beer, wine, and wine coolers, Jeffrey and all of the guys went to a public recreational area and drank for just about two hours.

A Young Man Passes Out

After drinking something like ten wine coolers, Jeffrey started to feel woozy 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 medical assistance was made because when his pals went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were notified that Jeffrey had been going through alcohol poisoning symptoms. In a word, That is, Jeffrey had experienced a case of alcohol poisoning.

When Your Buddies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had heard that drinking in a hazardous manner can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this would affect him. After all, some of his guy friends repeatedly professed that they could drink three or four six packs of beer in a couple of hours without suffering from any major difficulties.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was frankly startled to gather that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had more or less ten drinks. When he articulated this to the attending healthcare professional at the hospital, however, the healthcare practitioner informed Jeffrey that drinking ten cans of beer over a two or three hour period of time could actually be quite a bit more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The doctor further conveyed how too much alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s breathing and that when this occurs, an individual can cease to exist.

The First Warning of Hazardous Drinking

This was the first cautionary message to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a harmful manner and that there is a price tag for such actions. The physicain told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost lost his life from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The doctor also conversed with Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehabilitation for Jeffrey. His parents were relieved that Jeffrey was all right and told the doctor that they would get Jeffrey alcohol counseling.

While conversing with his parents, Jeffrey notified 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 situation was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous week at school.

When Listening in Class Can Make a Difference

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

Jeffrey told his parents that he couldn’t wait to go to Mr. Franklin’s classroom and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not paying better attention to a subject that was as relevant as learning about alcohol abuse and how to steer clear of alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were proud of the way he was accepting responsibility for his destructive drinking activities. All he had to do now was to let this life threatening experience influence his life in a productive way so that he would never again go through a case of alcohol poisoning.