My Fitness Edge

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Jeffrey was a high school freshman who commonly seemed to be living on the edge. Jeffrey had a risk taking personality and usually wanted to do what his older brothers were doing. The core problem with this was that all three of his brothers were at least 21 years old and were as a result able from a legal point of view to operate a truck or car and to ingest alcohol.

Jeffrey, then again, had a tough time grasping the truth that as a fifteen-year-old person 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 buddies. One of his friends was old enough to buy alcohol. After buying some wine coolers, beer, and wine, Jeffrey and all of the guys went to a park and drank for roughly two hours.

A Young Man Passes Out

After drinking roughly ten alcoholic benerages, Jeffrey started to feel nauseous and then vomited. When he became unconscious on the basketball court, one of his friends 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 learned that Jeffrey had been going through alcohol poisoning symptoms. Stated briefly, Jeffrey had experienced a case of alcohol poisoning.

When Your Buddies Drink Excessively

Jeffrey had heard that drinking excessively can result in an alcohol overdose but he never thought that this could happen to him. After all, some of his buddies recurrently stated that they could drink twenty or more cans of beer at one sitting without experiencing any major difficulties.

Based on this, Jeffrey was in reality startled to gather that he had overdosed on alcohol because he “only” had approximately ten alcoholic beverages. When he articulated this to the attending healthcare practitioner at the hospital, conversely, the healthcare practitioner informed Jeffrey that drinking ten wine coolers over a two or three hour time frame could actually be substantially more alcohol than can be processed by the body. The doctor further expressed how extreme amounts of alcohol can cause the brain to shut down a person’s respiratory system and that when this occurs, a person can perish.

The First Signal of Hazardous Drinking

This was the first forewarning to Jeffrey that he was drinking in an unsafe way and that there are ramifications for such deeds. The healthcare professional told Jeffrey that he was a fortunate person because he almost died from an alcohol overdose the night before.

The physicain also spoke to Jeffrey’s parents and suggested that they get alcohol rehabilitation for Jeffrey. His parents were thrilled that Jeffrey was safe and sound and notified the healthcare practitioner that they would look into getting Jeffrey alcohol rehabilitation.

While speaking to his parents, Jeffrey told them that there must be a special reason why he did not die and that he felt a sense of thankfulness 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 last week in Mr. Franklin’s health class.

When Paying Attention 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. Now that he almost passed away, conversely, he felt that he should have listened more carefully in health class and applied what he had learned to his daily living.

Jeffrey told his parents that he couldn’t wait to go back to the classroom and express regret to Mr. Franklin for not displaying more attention to a topic that was as important as learning about alcohol abuse and how to avoid an alcohol overdose.

His parents smiled at Jeffrey and said that they were proud of the way he was accepting responsibility for his dangerous drinking actions. All he had to do now was to let this near fatal experience influence his life in a constructive manner so that he would never again experience an alcohol overdose.