When Janice was in high school, she had established a reputation as a person who studied much of the time and who rarely, if ever, drank with her peers. She seemed driven to excel academically so that she would be able to secure a career that she not only enjoyed but one that also gave her some security from a financial standpoint.

After much consideration, eventually she decided that she wanted to be a lawyer. In order to reach this goal, nevertheless, she would first have to attend four years of undergrad education.

After Finishing High School Janice Gets Accepted Into A Highly Regarded Undergrad University as Preparation For a Career as an Attorney

After Janice finished high school, she applied to and was accepted into a highly rated program in philosophy. Her reasoning for this decision was that this subject would be good training for law school and wouldn’t be indistinguishable from the majority of law school applicants who pick political science as their undergraduate major.

After graduating with a 3.95 GPA at the undergrad level, she applied to and was accepted at a highly regarded law school at one of the Big Ten universities.

She was enthusiastic about her legal studies but on occasion she was weighed down from all the work that had to be undertaken at law school. In much the same way as she had done in her high school and undergraduate days, nonetheless, she made buddies easily but almost never took part in social events until the term was over.

After Thrilled with the Fact That She Had Done Very Well on Her Exams, Janice Felt Like Celebrating

Janice was the kind of person who worked relentlessly to reach her goal and then would take a few days off when she could. It just so happens, nonetheless, that a good number of the things she did between terms or during her summer vacations were unrelated to drinking. Obviously, Janice was anything but a partygoer. Now that her finals for her second year in law school were done and being jubilant with the fact that she had done a super job on her tests, because of this, she wanted to take a break and do some celebrating.

Drinking at a Local Tavern Leads to An Alcohol Overdose, Calling The Emergency Number, and a Trip to An Alcohol Rehab Hospital

So Janice and several of her friends from college went to a local watering hole where they started to have a few drinks. As the hours flew by, Janice persisted in drinking without having to worry about tests or research projects the following day. Indeed, Janice stated to her classmates how thrilled she was to whoop it up and drink with classmates from her apartment.

As the evening proceeded, Janice and her classmates continued to drink. If truth be told, she was having such a splendid 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 fun and enjoyment into a single evening. Such a “game plan,” it needs to be stressed, seldom works. As a matter of fact, when Janice went to the powder room and threw up, her friends started to feel apprehensive about her wellbeing.

Around fifteen minutes later when Janice started to speak in a confused manner, slur her words, and then pass out, nonetheless, her friends immediately realized that they needed to call the emergency number and ask for emergency assistance because they thought that Janice was manifesting alcohol poisoning symptoms.

Once Janice was in the rehab hospital, the lead healthcare professional substantiated what her pals had speculated, to be exact, that Janice consumed significantly more alcohol than her body could handle and, as a result, she experienced an alcohol overdose.

After the emergency room treatment team pumped her stomach until no gastric contents were detectable, Janice was relocated to the recovery room. After staying around six hours in recovery, Janice was then wheeled to one of the regular hospital rooms. Fortunately, the worst had passed and all of her vital signs were normal once again.

In response to Janice’s medical circumstances, her friends kindheartedly telephoned her Mother and Father. As a consequence, early the next day, her Mother and Father and her best friends went to the hospital to see how Janice was doing.

Janice Comes Close to Dying, is Happy to be Alive, and Promises to Never Again Drink in an Irresponsible and Abusive Manner

Janice was attentive to the fact that she came an inch from losing her life and, as a consequence, was gratified to be alive. Her parents knew how intensely she studied at college and how little she let herself socialize with her friends. Nevertheless, they also realized that Janice needed to avoid irresponsible drinking.

As a consequence, they suggested that down the road, whenever a drinking situation unfolds, that she always drink responsibly and in moderation. Janice agreed and swore to her Mother and Father and to her friends that she would never again drink in an abusive manner. In Janice’s own words, “I never pondered the fact that I would become one of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics in the local newspaper. I now realize that abusive and hazardous drinking is not for me. I say publicly that this will never happen again.”

Fortunately, Janice was not only “book smart” but she also had common sense. Stated another way, she quickly comprehended that she had made a mistake and decided that she would never make the same error again. In fact, she now grasped the fact that she had involved herself in “binge drinking” and that even one instance of this form of hazardous drinking can end in death.