An Evening Out With School Buddies at a Local Club Results In Irresponsible Drinking and Symptoms of an Alcohol Overdose

When Janice was in high school, she had gained a reputation as a book worm who rarely, if ever, drank with her classmates. She seemed determined to “shine” academically so that she would be able to go after a career that she not only got pleasure from but one that also gave her some security from a financial standpoint.

After much consideration, in due course she came to a decision that she wanted to be a trial lawyer. In order to pull this off, nevertheless, she would first have to get four years of undergraduate education.

After Finishing High School Janice Gets Accepted Into A Well-Known Undergraduate University as Training For a Career as a Lawyer

After Janice completed high school, she applied to and was accepted into a prestigious program in religion. Her analysis of her options regarding this decision was based on the fact that this subject matter would be a good foundation for law school and wouldn’t be identical to the preponderance of law school applicants who decide to take political science as their undergraduate major.

After graduating with highest honors at the undergraduate level, she applied to and was accepted at a greatly admired law school at one of the Big East universities.

She was pleased with her legal studies but periodically she was beleaguered about all the work that was necessary at law school. Reminiscent of the way in which she conducted herself in her high school and undergraduate days, however, she made pals without much effort but very infrequently got involved in social functions until the quarter had ended.

After Feeling Proud of the Fact That She Had Done Very Well on Her Tests, Janice Felt Like Celebrating

Janice was the type of person who worked diligently to reach her goal and then would take a rest when she could. As is the case, nonetheless, virtually all of the things she did between school sessions or during summer breaks did not have anything to do with drinking. It almost goes without saying that Janice was anything but a party-person. Now that her final exams for her second year in law school were done and thrilled with the fact that she had done extremely well on her exams, however, she felt like celebrating.

Drinking at a Local Bar and Grill Results in Alcohol Poisoning Symptoms, Calling 911, The Emergency Services Number, and a Trip to The Hospital

So Janice and some of her friends from the university went to a local watering hole where they had a few drinks. As the hours went by, Janice persisted in drinking without having to worry about term papers or tests the next day. In actual fact, Janice told her classmates how much fun it was to have fun drinking with classmates from her apartment.

As the evening proceeded, Janice and her classmates continued to drink. As a matter of fact, she was having such a wonderful time that she didn’t want the night to end. It was almost as if she was making up for lost time and trying to pack a year’s worth of pleasure into a single evening. Such a “game plan,” it needs to be emphasized, does not often work. Indeed, when Janice went to the powder room and vomited, her buddies started to get concerned about her wellbeing.

Around twenty-five minutes later when Janice started to speak in a confused manner, slur her words, and then become unconscious, nevertheless, her classmates without delay realized that they needed to call 911, the emergency number, and ask for emergency assistance because they thought that Janice was exhibiting alcohol poisoning symptoms.

Once Janice was in the hospital, the presiding emergency room doctor validated what her pals had thought, namely, that Janice ingested significantly more alcohol than her body could process and, consequently, she experienced an alcohol overdose.

After the emergency room treatment team pumped her stomach until no gastric contents were discernible, Janice was relocated to the recovery room. After staying approximately two hours in recovery, Janice was then placed in one of the regular hospital rooms. Fortunately, the most perilous part of her hospitalization was over and all of her vital signs were once again in the normal range.

In response to Janice’s state of affairs, her classmates kindheartedly called her Mother and Father. As a result, 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 Dodges a Bullet, is Pleased to be Alive, and Promises to Never Again Drink in an Abusive and Excessive Manner

Janice was attentive to the fact that she came an inch from losing her life and, consequently, was pleased to be alive. Her parents realized how rigorously she worked at the university and how little she let herself socialize with her buddies. Nevertheless, they also knew that Janice needed to keep away from irresponsible drinking.

As a consequence, they suggested that in the future, whenever a drinking occasion arises, that she always drink in moderation and responsibly. Janice was in agreement with this and gave her word to her Mom and Dad and to her friends that she would never again drink in an abusive and irresponsible manner. In her own words, “I never had a clue that I would become one of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics in the local university newspaper. I now know that excessive and hazardous drinking is not for me. I assert that this will never happen again.”

Fortunately, Janice was not only “school smart” but she also possessed common sense. Stated another way, she instantaneously grasped the fact that she had made an error in judgment and made up her mind that she would never make the same error again. Indeed, she now knew that she had involved herself in “binge drinking” and that even one instance of this form of abusive drinking can end in a loss of life.

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