When Janice was in high school, she had gained a reputation as a studious person who rarely, if ever, had fun drinking with her buddies. She seemed passionate about excelling academically so that she would be able to go after a career that she not only liked but one that also gave her some security from a financial position.
After much deliberation, finally she decided that she wanted to be a lawyer. In order to accomplish this, nevertheless, she would first have to attend four years of undergrad education.
After Graduating From High School Janice Gets Accepted Into A Nationally Ranked Undergraduate University as Preparation For a Career as an Attorney
After Janice completed high school, she applied to and was accepted into a well known program in math. Her rationale underlying this decision was that this subject would be a good springboard for law school and wouldn’t be comparable to the majority of law school applicants who pick political science as their undergraduate major.
After graduating with a 3.95 GPA at the undergraduate level, she applied to and was accepted at a celebrated law school at one of the Big East universities.
She was energized by her legal studies but periodically she was beleaguered about all the work that had to be accomplished at law school. Not unlike her high school and undergraduate days, nevertheless, she made buddies quite easily but barely got involved in social functions until the school period had ended.
After Being Pleased That She Had Done Very Well on Her Tests, Janice Wanted to Take a Break and do Some Celebrating
Janice was the type of individual who worked diligently to finish what she started and then would take a breather when she could. As is the case, nonetheless, nearly all of the things she did between terms or during summer breaks did not have much of anything to do with drinking. Evidently, Janice was anything but a partygoer. Now that her final examinations for her second year in law school were completed and appreciating the fact that she had done extremely well on her exams, because of this, she wanted to let her hair down and do something enjoyable.
Drinking at a Local Bar Results in Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning, Calling 911, The Emergency Services Number, and a Visit to An Alcohol Treatment Facility
So Janice and a few of her friends from school went to a local pub where they had a few shots. As the hours flew by, Janice continued to drink without having to worry about exams or class the following day. In point of fact, Janice mentioned to her buddies how excited she was to ”get down” and drink with her buddies from school.
As the evening advanced, Janice and her classmates continued to drink. In truth, she was having such a great time that she didn’t want the night to end. It was almost like she was making up for lost time and making an effort to cram a year’s worth of fun and laughter into a single evening. Such a “game plan,” however, hardly ever works. In point of fact, when Janice went to the powder room and vomited, her classmates started to feel uneasy about her health.
Around twenty-five minutes later when Janice started to talk in a confused manner, slur her speech, and then become unconscious, nonetheless, her pals without delay realized that they needed to call 911, the emergency number, and ask for medical assistance because they thought that Janice was manifesting alcohol poisoning symptoms.
Once Janice was in the alcohol rehab hospital, the presiding emergency room physician substantiated what her friends had thought, namely, that Janice had significantly more alcohol than her body could metabolize and, consequently, she suffered from an alcohol overdose.
After the medical team pumped her stomach until no gastric contents were noticeable, Janice was wheeled to the recovery room. After staying almost six hours in recovery, Janice was then moved to one of the regular hospital rooms. Fortunately, the worst part of her hospitalization was over and all of her vital signs were once again in the normal range.
In response to Janice’s medical predicament, her pals caringly telephoned her parents. Consequently, early the next day, her Mom and Dad and her best friends went to the hospital to visit Janice and look into her medical condition.
Janice Comes Close to Losing Her Life, is Grateful to be Alive, and Promises to Never Again Drink in an Abusive and Excessive Manner
Janice was conscious of the fact that she had dodged a bullet and, as a consequence, was pleased to be alive. Her Mother and Father knew how intensely she studied at school and how little she permitted herself to socialize with her pals. Nevertheless, they also were aware that Janice needed to steer clear of hazardous drinking.
Consequently, they recommended that in the future, whenever a drinking opportunity unfolds, that she always drink in moderation. Janice was of the same opinion and gave her word to her parents and to her friends that she would never again drink in an irresponsible and excessive manner. In her own words, “I never thought that I would become one of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics in the local city newspaper. I now grasp the fact that abusive drinking is not for me. I proclaim that this will never happen again.”
Fortunately, Janice was not only “book smart” but she also had common sense. In other words, she immediately grasped the fact that she had made an error and made up her mind that she would never make the same error again. In point of fact, she now grasped the fact that she had involved herself in “binge drinking” and that even one instance of this type of alcohol abuse can end in a fatality.