Jennifer is a forty-two-year-old loan processor who has been consuming alcohol in an irresponsible and abusive manner since she and her boyfriend decided to break off their relationship. In fact, for the past three months she has been drinking almost one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several shots all through the day. In a word, Jennifer has been drinking so excessively and abusively that it's a wonder that she hasn't suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling discouraged because she was beginning to disregard her health, Jennifer at long last told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to stop the self pity act, that it’s time to quit the irresponsible and excessive drinking, and time to get going with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, she came to a decision that she would quit drinking suddenly and completely without planning or preparation.

When She Quit Drinking She Felt Awful, She Started to Perspire Extensively, She Vomited Several Times, Her Head Was Throbbing, She Was Extremely Moody and Nervous, and She Had Absolutely No Appetite

When Jennifer stopped drinking, she thought that she would most likely be tempted to sneak a couple of drinks, but she never figured that she would feel so ill. More directly, around four hours after she stopped drinking, she started to sweat extensively, her head was pounding, she vomited a number of times, she was extremely moody and anxious, and she had utterly no appetite.

When she called her best girlfriend and told her that she had stopped drinking and that after a couple of hours she without any warning started to experience flu-like symptoms, Cindy, her best friend, told Jennifer to call her healthcare practitioner and go over what she was going through.

She Admits to Her Healthcare Professional That She Has Been Drinking In an Irresponsible Manner, That She Just Tried to Stop Drinking, and That She is Experiencing Terribly Painful Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her physician, informed him that she has been drinking in an abusive and irresponsible manner for more than a few months and that when she attempted to abruptly stop drinking earlier in the day, within a couple of hours she felt as if she had the most terrible flu-like symptoms that she had ever gone through.

Her healthcare professional told her that she may be experiencing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have someone drive her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a neighbor to drive her to the hospital. Interestingly, as sick as Jennifer was, all she could think about all the way to the hospital was whether or not she might be alcohol dependent.

Obviously her family doctor had called ahead and informed the emergency room treatment team to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two emergency room workers who without hesitation asked her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting wheeled to the emergency room and undergoing two or three basic tests, it was verified that Jennifer was in fact suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.

A healthcare practitioner administered some medications to reduce her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some medications to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her system.

An Alcohol and Drug Abuse Healthcare Practitioner Discusses That She is an Alcoholic and Then Clearly Explains What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcoholism Stages Are

After an hour or two, Jennifer was taken from the ER and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for around an hour, Doctor Frankel, an alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse specialist, came to talk to her. He took plenty of time and explained in laymen’s language that Jennifer had gone through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she quit drinking because she had become an alcoholic.

He then explained that with continuous and heavy drinking, the individual’s brain little by little becomes accustomed to the alcohol so that it can work in a "routine" fashion. When the drinker then abruptly quits consuming alcohol, it can be noted, the brain takes action by creating alcohol withdrawal symptoms. In addition, her doctor also discussed the different alcoholism stages that an alcohol addicted person regularly experiences as the disease gets worse over time.

It is Confirmed that Jennifer is in the First Stage of Alcohol Dependency and She Gets a Good Diagnosis For a Complete Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Dependency Rehabilitation She Requires

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was discovered that she was in the first stage of alcoholism and, consequently, she received a favorable projection for a total recovery if she gets the alcoholism rehab she requires.

Jennifer told the doctor that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to recover her life and her health. She also articulated that she has a first class hospitalization policy that will more likely than not pay for most, if not all, of the treatment costs. It was obvious that Jennifer was very pleased with her optimistic medical prognosis and felt free from worry knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol addiction rehab she needs so that she can start on the path to recovery.