Jennifer is a thirty-two-year-old inside sales representative who has been ingesting alcohol quite heavily since she and her live-in boyfriend broke off their relationship. In fact, for the past eleven months she has been drinking very nearly one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking a number cocktails all the way through the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so hazardously and excessively that it’s amazing that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.
After feeling dejected because she was starting to forget about the importance of her health, Jennifer finally told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit the self pity party, that it’s time to quit the irresponsible and hazardous drinking, and time to move on with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, she determined that she would quit drinking suddenly and completely without planning or preparation.
When She Attempted to Quit Drinking She Felt Horrific, She Had Absolutely No Appetite, She Vomited a Number of Times, She Was Extremely Moody and Tense, She Started to Sweat Profusely, and Her Head Was Pounding
When Jennifer quit drinking, she reasoned that she would more likely than not be tempted to sneak a couple of drinks, but she never assumed that she would feel so horrific. More accurately, roughly an hour-and-a-half after she quit drinking, she was extremely moody and nervous, her head was throbbing, she started to sweat profusely, she had absolutely no appetite, and she vomited a number of times.
When she called her best pal and informed her that she had quit drinking and that after a few hours she all of a sudden started to have flu-like symptoms, Clara, her best buddy, told Jennifer to call her medical practitioner and explain what was taking place.
She Admits to Her Physician That She Has Been Drinking In a Hazardous and Abusive Manner, That She Just Tried to Stop Drinking, and That She is Experiencing Dreadful Flu-Like Symptoms
So Jennifer called her medical practitioner, told him that she has been drinking excessively for quite a few months and that when she attempted to totally quit drinking earlier in the day, within a few hours she felt as if she had the most terrible flu-like symptoms that she had ever gone through.
Her doctor told her that she may be experiencing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a family member or friend drive her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.
As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a neighbor to take her to the hospital. Interestingly, all the way to the hospital, as sick as Jennifer felt, the only thing she could think about was whether or not she might be addicted to alcohol.
Apparently her physician had called ahead and informed the emergency room personnel to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two emergency room employees who promptly told her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting wheeled to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of basic tests, it was substantiated that Jennifer was in actual fact experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.
A healthcare practitioner gave her some medications to reduce her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some meds to help get rid of the alcohol that was still in her body.
An Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Healthcare Professional Goes Over the Fact That She is Addicted to Alcohol and Then Clearly Explains What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Addiction Stages Are
After an hour or two, Jennifer was transferred from the ER and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for nearly an hour, Doctor Billings, a drug and alcohol addiction specialist, came to visit her. He took plenty of time and explained in a clear fashion that Jennifer had gone through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she quit drinking due to the fact that she had become alcohol dependent.
He then explained that with continuous and heavy drinking, the individual’s brain slowly gets acclimated to the alcohol so that it can carry out tasks and operations in a “routine” way. When the person then suddenly abstains from ingesting alcohol, as one would expect, the brain responds by eliciting alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Not only this, but her physician also explained in a clear fashion the various alcoholism stages that an alcohol dependent person almost always goes through as the disease progressively gets worse.
It is Confirmed that Jennifer is in the First Stage of Alcoholism and She Obtains a Favorable Forecast For a Complete Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Treatment She Needs
Fortunately for Jennifer, it was discovered that she was in the first stage of alcohol dependency and, consequently, she got a good diagnosis for a total recovery if she gets the alcohol dependency treatment she requires.
Jennifer told the doctor that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to re-establish her life. She also stated that she has an outstanding hospitalization policy that will probably pay for most of the costs needed for treatment. It was obvious that Jennifer was very thankful about her positive medical prognosis and felt at peace knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol addiction therapy she needs so that she can begin the path to recovery.
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