Jeffrey was a high school ninth grader who regularly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had an adventurous personality and commonly wanted to do what his older brothers were doing to have fun. The primary glitch with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were for than reason able from a legal vantage point to operate a car and to drink alcohol.

Jeffrey, however, had a difficult time accepting the fact that as a fifteen-year-old young person he should not be drinking alcoholic beverages. In fact, on the other hand, Jeffrey usually drank with his guy friends after school, predominantly on the weekends.

One weekend, Jeffrey made up his mind to drive around with some of his older friends. One of his pals was old enough to purchase alcohol. After buying some beer, wine coolers, and wine, Jeffrey and all of the guys went to a public recreational area and drank for about three hours.

Jeffrey Passes Out

After drinking something like ten wine coolers, Jeffrey started to feel nauseous and then threw up. When he became unconscious on the basketball court, one of his buddies called 911 for immediate medical assistance. It was fortunate that the call for emergency help was made because when his buddies went to the hospital to see Jeffrey, they found out that Jeffrey had been suffering from alcohol poisoning symptoms. More precisely, Jeffrey had experienced a case of alcohol poisoning.

When Your Buddies Drink Too Much

Jeffrey had learned that drinking in a hazardous manner can result in an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could ever affect him. After all, some of his guy friends recurrently argued that they could drink two or three six packs of beer in a few hours without feeling any major setbacks.

Based on this, Jeffrey was quite flabbergasted to find out that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had roughly ten drinks. When he stated this to the attending healthcare practitioner at the hospital, then again, the physicain informed Jeffrey that drinking ten alcoholic beverages over a two or three hour time frame could in reality be quite a bit more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The physicain further articulated how too much alcohol can cause the brain to shut down an individual’s respiratory system and that when this happens, a person can pass away.

The First Symptom of Hazardous Drinking

This was the first word of warning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in a harmful way and that there is a price tag for such deeds. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a lucky individual because he almost perished from an alcohol overdose the previous night.

The physicain also conversed with Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehab for Jeffrey. His parents were thrilled that Jeffrey was out of harm's way and told the healthcare professional that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol treatment.

While conversing with his parents, Jeffrey informed them that there must be a special 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 occurrence was that he had learned about alcohol poisoning the past week in health class at school.

When Listening in Class Can Change Your Life

At the time, what his health instructor, Mr. Franklin, was teaching didn’t seem to make too much sense to Jeffrey. Due to the fact that he almost died, in spite of this, he felt that he should have listened more conscientiously in Mr. Franklin’s health class and applied what he had learned to his personal life.

Jeffrey told his parents that he couldn’t wait to go to school and make an apology to Mr. Franklin for not demonstrating more attention to a topic that was as pertinent as learning about alcohol abuse and how to steer clear of alcohol poisoning.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were pleased with the way he was taking responsibility for his harmful actions. All he had to do now was to let this near-death experience affect his life in a positive manner so that he would never again suffer from an alcohol overdose.