Jennifer is a twenty-nine-year-old accounting clerk who has been consuming alcohol in an excessive and abusive manner since she and her live-in boyfriend broke up. Indeed, for the past four months she has been drinking nearly two bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking more than a few mixed drinks during the day. In a word, Jennifer has been drinking so hazardously and abusively that it's a wonder that she hasn't suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling unhappy because she was starting to close her eyes to her health, Jennifer at long last told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit the self pity act, that it’s time to quit the abusive and hazardous drinking, and time to get going with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 8:30 AM, she determined that she would stop drinking suddenly and completely without preparation or planning.

When She Attempted to Quit Drinking She Felt Horrific, She Was Extremely Moody and uptight, She Had Utterly No Appetite, Her Head Was Aching, She Started to Perspire Extensively, and She Vomited Numerous Times

When Jennifer quit drinking, she thought that she would more likely than not be tempted to sneak a few drinks, but she never imagined that she would feel so ill. More specifically, roughly three hours after she stopped drinking, her head was aching, she vomited numerous times, she had utterly no appetite, she started to perspire extensively, and she was extremely moody and nervous.

When she called her best friend and informed her that she had stopped drinking and that after a couple of hours she all of a sudden began having flu-like symptoms, Ashley, her best friend, told Jennifer to call her medical practitioner and go over what was transpiring.

She Admits to Her Family Doctor That She Has Been Drinking Excessively, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Going Through Nasty Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her healthcare practitioner, told him that she has been drinking in a hazardous and abusive manner for many months and that when she made an effort to abruptly stop drinking earlier in the day, within a couple of hours she felt as if she had the worst case of the flu that she had ever gone through.

Her medical practitioner told her that she may be going through symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a relative or friend take her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a family member to take her to the hospital. Interestingly, all the way to the hospital, as sick as Jennifer felt, the only thing she could think about was whether or not she might be alcohol dependent.

Obviously her physician had phoned ahead and told the emergency room treatment team to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two ER workers who without hesitation told her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting transported to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of essential tests, it was substantiated that Jennifer was in fact going through alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detoxification.

A healthcare professional gave her some medications to lessen the intensity of her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some meds to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her circulation system.

An Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependency Doctor Explains in a Clear Manner That She is an Alcoholic and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcoholism Stages Are

After an hour or two, Jennifer was taken from the ER and transported to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for roughly three hours, Doctor Jackson, a substance abuse and chemical dependency specialist, came to talk to her. He took plenty of time and explained in laymen’s language that Jennifer had experienced alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she stopped drinking due to the fact that she had become an alcoholic.

He then explained that with excessive drinking on a daily basis, the drinker’s brain slowly but surely adapts to the alcohol in order to carry out tasks and operations in a "semi-normal" fashion. When the individual then abruptly refrains from consuming alcohol, understandably, the brain responds by eliciting alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Not only this, but her healthcare practitioner also clearly explained the different alcoholism stages that an alcohol dependent person usually experiences as the disease gets progressively worse.

It is Verified that Jennifer is in the First Stage of Alcoholism and She Gets a Favorable Projection For a Total Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Treatment She Requires

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was determined that she was in the first stage of alcohol addiction and, consequently, she was given a good projection for a full recovery if she receives the alcohol addiction rehabilitation she requires.

Jennifer told the doctor that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to restore her life. She also mentioned that she has a first class hospitalization insurance plan that will probably pay for most of the treatment costs. It was apparent that Jennifer was quite thankful about her positive prognosis and felt reassured knowing that she will be able to get the alcoholism rehabilitation she requires so that she can begin the road to recovery.