Jennifer is a forty-year-old title reviewer who has been consuming alcohol in a hazardous and excessive manner since she and her boyfriend broke off their relationship. Indeed, for the past six months she has been drinking just about one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several shots during the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so hazardously and abusively that it’s a miracle that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.
After feeling dejected because she was beginning to let her health go downhill, Jennifer finally told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to stop the self pity party, that it’s time to stop the excessive and irresponsible drinking, and time to make a new start with her life. So the next Saturday morning at 9:30 AM, she came to a decision that she would quit drinking completely and suddenly without planning or preparation.
When She Stopped Drinking She Felt Dreadful, She Was Extremely Restless and Moody, She Started to Perspire Profusely, Her Head Was Aching, She Vomited Numerous Times, and She Had Absolutely No Appetite
When Jennifer stopped drinking, she assumed that she would most likely be tempted to ”steal” a couple of drinks, but she never deduced that she would feel so dreadful. More accurately, around three-and-a-half hours after she stopped drinking, she vomited numerous times, she was extremely moody and uptight, she started to sweat extensively, her head was pounding, and she had utterly no appetite.
When she called her best girlfriend and told her that she had quit drinking and that after a couple of hours she all of a sudden started to have flu-like symptoms, Leslie, her best buddy, told Jennifer to call her medical practitioner and clearly explain what she was going through.
She Admits to Her Healthcare Professional That She Has Been Drinking Heavily, That She Just Tried to Stop Drinking, and That She is Going Through Horrible Flu-Like Symptoms
So Jennifer called her healthcare professional, informed him that she has been drinking in a hazardous and abusive manner for many months and that when she made an effort to totally quit drinking earlier in the day, within a few hours she felt as if she had the most awful flu-like symptoms that she had ever experienced.
Her healthcare practitioner informed her that she may be suffering from symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a relative or neighbor take her to the emergency room ASAP.
As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a family member to take her to the emergency room. 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 an alcoholic.
Obviously her family doctor had phoned ahead and told the emergency room staff to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two paramedics who without hesitation asked her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting taken to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of essential tests, it was substantiated that Jennifer was in point of fact suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detoxification.
A medical practitioner administered some drugs to reduce the discomfort of her flu-like symptoms and also administered some drugs to help get rid of the alcohol that was still in her blood.
A Substance Abuse and Chemical Dependency Medical Practitioner Clearly Explains That She is Dependent on Alcohol and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Dependency Stages Are
After two or three hours, Jennifer was transferred from the ER and transported to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for approximately two hours, Doctor Warner, a drug and alcohol addiction specialist, came to see her. He took plenty of time and explained in plain words that Jennifer had gone through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she quit drinking because she had become alcohol dependent.
He then discussed the fact that with heavy drinking on a daily basis, the individual’s brain over time adapts to the alcohol in order to operate in a “routine” fashion. When the person then abruptly refrains from drinking alcohol, it can be noted, the brain reacts by eliciting alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Not only this, but her healthcare practitioner also clearly explained the various alcoholism stages that an alcohol dependent person usually goes through as the disease progresses.
It is Discovered that Jennifer is in the Earliest Stage of Alcohol Dependency and She Gets a Favorable Prognosis For a Full Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Treatment She Needs
Fortunately for Jennifer, it was determined that she was in the first stage of alcohol addiction and, as a result, she got a favorable projection for a total recovery if she gets the alcohol addiction treatment she requires.
Jennifer told the healthcare practitioner that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to restore her life. She also mentioned that she has an excellent hospitalization insurance policy that will more likely than not pay for most, if not all, of the costs needed for rehab. It was obvious that Jennifer was extremely pleased with her positive medical prognosis and felt at peace knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol dependency rehabilitation she needs so that she can begin the road to recovery.