Jeffrey was a ninth grader who usually seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a daring personality and generally wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The main problem with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were for than reason legally able to drive a truck or car and to consume alcohol.

Jeffrey, in spite of this, had a tough time grasping the truth that as a fifteen-year-old youth he should not be drinking. In fact, on the other hand, Jeffrey usually drank with his buddies after school, primarily on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey made up his mind to drive around with some of his older guy friends. One of his buddies was old enough to buy alcohol. After purchasing some beer, wine coolers, and wine, Jeffrey and all of his friends went to a park and drank for about two or three hours.

A Young Man Experiences Alcohol Poisoning Symptoms

After drinking more or less ten wine coolers, Jeffrey started to feel woozy and then vomited. When he became unconscious on the soccer field, one of his pals called 911 for help. It was fortunate that the call for medical help was made because when his friends went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were notified that Jeffrey had been manifesting alcohol poisoning symptoms. To be more specific, Jeffrey had experienced a case of alcohol poisoning.

When Your Friends Drink Abusively

Jeffrey had heard that drinking in an abusive manner can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this would ever affect him. After all, some of his guy friends repeatedly bragged that they could drink an entire case of beer in one day without suffering from any critical setbacks.

Armed with this information, Jeffrey was in reality astonished to realize that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had around ten drinks. When he articulated this to the attending healthcare professional at the hospital, nevertheless, the healthcare practitioner notified Jeffrey that drinking ten bottles of beer over a two or three hour time frame could surely be quite a bit more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The physicain further stated how too much alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s respiratory system and that when this happens, a person can die.

The First Sign of Abusive Drinking

This was the first indication to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a hazardous way and that there are consequences for such actions. The physicain told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate young man because he almost perished from an alcohol overdose the night before.

The healthcare practitioner also spoke to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehab for Jeffrey. His parents were ecstatic that Jeffrey was all right and informed the healthcare professional that they would follow through on getting Jeffrey alcohol therapy.

While chatting with his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a special reason why he did not die and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also notified his parents that the weirdest part about the entire drinking event was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous week at school in health class.

When Paying Attention in Class Can Make a Difference

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

Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to Mr. Franklin’s classroom and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not displaying more attention to a subject that was as important as learning about alcohol abuse and how to avoid an alcohol overdose.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were proud of the way he was taking responsibility for his injurious drinking behavior. All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience make an impact his life in a useful way so that he would never again suffer through a case of alcohol poisoning.