When Janice was in high school, she had secured a reputation as a person who hit the books real hard and who rarely, if ever, let her hair down by drinking with her pals. She seemed single-minded about “shining” academically so that she would be able to pursue a career that she not only enjoyed but one that also gave her a degree of financial stability.
After much contemplation, in due course she made up her mind that she wanted to be a lawyer. In order to do this, nonetheless, she would first have to get four years of undergraduate education.
After Graduating From High School Janice Gets Accepted Into A Famous Undergrad University as Preparation For a Career as a Lawyer
After Janice completed high school, she applied to and was accepted into a highly rated program in religion. Her rationale for this decision was that this area of study would be a good foundation for law school and wouldn’t be similar to the majority of law school applicants who major in political science at the undergraduate level.
After graduating with a 4.0 GPA at the undergraduate level, she applied to and was accepted at a well known law school at one of the Ivy League universities.
She was pleased with her legal studies but on occasion she was weighed down from all the work that law school demanded. In much the same way as she had done in her high school and undergraduate days, nevertheless, she made buddies effortlessly but barely got involved in social activities until the quarter had been concluded.
After Feeling Happy That She Had Done Extremely Well on Her Finals, Janice Wanted to Let Her Hair Down and Do Something Besides School Work For a Change
Janice was the kind of individual who worked diligently to complete what she started and then would take a rest when she could. As is the case, nevertheless, a large number of the things she did between terms or during her summer vacations did not have anything to do with drinking. Clearly, Janice was anything but a party-girl. Now that her finals for her second year in law school were completed and being jubilant with the fact that she had done very well on her tests, however, she wanted to let her hair down and do something besides school work for a change.
Drinking at a Local Club Leads to Alcohol Poisoning, Calling 911, The Emergency Number, and An Ambulance Ride to The Hospital
So Janice and some of her friends from the university went to a local tavern where they had a few glasses of wine. As the hours flew by, Janice persisted in drinking without having any concerns about term papers or tests the following day. If truth be told, Janice revealed to her buddies how delighted she was to ”get down” and drink with her law school buddies.
As the evening advanced, Janice and her pals continued to drink. Indeed, she was having such a good time that she didn’t want the night to come to an end. It was almost as if she was making up for lost time and making an attempt to condense a year’s worth of pleasure into a single evening. Such a “game plan,” it needs to be emphasized, hardly ever works. In actual fact, when Janice went to the restroom and vomited, her friends started to feel uneasy about her wellbeing.
About thirty minutes later when Janice started to talk in a confused manner, slur her speech, and then fall unconscious, in spite of this, her classmates promptly realized that they needed to call 911, the emergency services number, and ask for emergency assistance because they thought that Janice was displaying alcohol poisoning symptoms.
Once Janice was in the drug and alcohol rehab hospital, the head physician corroborated what her classmates had thought, namely, that Janice consumed substantially more alcohol than her body could metabolize and, consequently, she suffered from an alcohol overdose.
After the emergency room medical staff pumped her stomach until no gastric contents were detectable, Janice was transported to the recovery room. After staying almost five hours in recovery, Janice was then relocated to one of the regular hospital rooms. Fortunately, the most precarious part of her hospitalization had passed and all of her vital signs returned to normal.
In response to Janice’s hospitalization, her friends caringly phoned her Mother and Father. Consequently, early the next day, her Mother and Father and her best friends went to the hospital to visit Janice and look into her medical progress.
Janice Dodges a Bullet, is Gratified to be Alive, and Promises to Never Again Drink in an Irresponsible and Excessive Manner
Janice was very aware that she came close to losing her life and, as a consequence, was pleased to be alive. Her Mom and Dad realized how rigorously she studied in graduate school and how little she permitted herself to socialize with her friends. Nonetheless, they also were aware that Janice needed to steer clear of excessive drinking.
As a result, they recommended that down the road, whenever a drinking opportunity unfolds, that she always drink in moderation and responsibly. Janice was of the same opinion and promised her Mom and Dad and her friends that she would never again drink in an abusive manner. In her own words, “I never thought that I would become one of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics in the local college newspaper. I now realize that excessive and abusive drinking is not for me. I promise that this will never happen again.”
Fortunately, Janice was not only “school smart” but she also displayed a lot of common sense. That is, she instantaneously grasped the fact that she had made a mistake 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 excessive drinking can end in death.
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