Jeffrey was a ninth grader who usually seemed to be living on the edge.  Jeffrey had a daring personality and regularly wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The underlying difficulty with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were thusly able from a legal point of view to drive a vehicle and to drink alcohol. 

Jeffrey, conversely, had a rough time comprehending that as a fifteen-year-old individual he should not be drinking. In fact, then again, Jeffrey frequently drank with his guy friends after school, particularly on the weekends.

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

A Young Man Becomes Unconscious

After drinking approximately ten bottles of beer, Jeffrey started to feel woozy and then vomited. When he lost consciousness on the soccer field, one of his pals called 911 for immediate help. It was fortunate that the call for emergency help was made because when his pals went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they were told that Jeffrey had been going through alcohol poisoning symptoms.  More to the point, Jeffrey had overdosed on alcohol.

When Your Cronies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had learned that drinking too much can lead to an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this would ever affect him. After all, some of his cronies time after time claimed that they could drink twenty four or more bottles of beer in one day without feeling any significant setbacks.

Based on this, Jeffrey was frankly flabbergasted 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 glasses of wine over a two or three hour period of time could in reality be quite a bit more alcohol than can be processed by the body.  The healthcare professional further expressed how too much alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s breathing and that when this occurs, an individual can perish.

The First Symptom of Excessive Drinking

This was the first sign to Jeffrey that he was drinking in an unsafe manner and that there are ramifications for such actions.  The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate young man because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The healthcare practitioner also conversed with Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol treatment for Jeffrey.  His parents were overjoyed that Jeffrey was out of harm’s way and notified the physicain that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol treatment.

While speaking to his parents, Jeffrey notified them that there must be a good reason why he did not expire and that he felt thankful that he was still alive.  He also informed his parents that the peculiar part about the entire drinking event was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the previous week in Mr. Franklin’s health class.

When Learning Something 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.  Due to the fact that he almost died, nevertheless, he felt that he should have listened more intently in class and applied what he had learned to his personal life.

Jeffrey notified his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to the classroom and apologize to Mr. Franklin for not demonstrating more attention to something that was as relevant as learning about alcohol abuse and how to keep away from alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were elated with the way he was being responsible for his dangerous behavior.  All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience change his life in a useful way so that he would never again experience a case of alcohol poisoning.