Jeffrey was a high school freshman who commonly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a daring personality and generally wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The basic difficulty with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were for than reason able from a legal point of view to drive a truck or car and to consume alcohol.

Jeffrey, on the other hand, had a rough time accepting the reality that as a fifteen-year-old young man he should not be drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact, in spite of this, Jeffrey usually drank with his high school friends after school, predominantly on the weekends.

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

A Young Man Loses Consciousness

After drinking roughly ten bottles of beer, Jeffrey started to feel nauseous and then vomited. When he passed out on the soccer field, one of his friends called 911 for immediate help. It was fortunate that the call for medical assistance was made because when his pals went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they found out that Jeffrey had been going through alcohol poisoning symptoms. Simply put, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.

When Your Cronies Drink Excessively

Jeffrey had learned that drinking in an abusive manner can result in alcohol poisoning but he never thought that this could ever affect him. After all, some of his friends frequently declared that they could drink three or four six packs of beer at one sitting without feeling any major problems.

Based on this, Jeffrey was truthfully flabbergasted to ascertain that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had roughly ten alcoholic beverages. When he articulated this to the attending healthcare practitioner at the hospital, conversely, the doctor informed Jeffrey that drinking ten wine coolers over a two or three hour period of time could surely be quite a bit more alcohol than can be metabolized by the body. The doctor further stated how extreme amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s breathing and that when this occurs, an individual can perish.

The First Signal of Excessive Drinking

This was the first forewarning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a harmful way and that there are costs for such deeds. The physicain told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the night before.

The doctor also spoke to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol therapy for Jeffrey. His parents were delighted that Jeffrey was safe and informed the healthcare professional that they would follow through on getting Jeffrey alcohol treatment.

While speaking to his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a solid reason why he did not die and that he felt thankful that he was still alive. He also notified his parents that the strangest part about the entire drinking occurrence was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous week in health class 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. Since he almost passed away, on the other hand, he felt that he should have listened more closely 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 express regret to Mr. Franklin for not displaying more 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 delighted with the way he was being accountable for his harmful drinking actions. All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience impact his life in a beneficial way so that he would never again experience a case of alcohol poisoning.