Jennifer is a forty-one-year-old customer relations manager who has been ingesting alcohol quite abusively since her boyfriend and she decided to discontinue their relationship. In point of fact, for the past seven months she has been drinking almost two bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several shots all through the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so excessively and hazardously that it’s a wonder that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.
After feeling disheartened because she was starting to neglect her health, Jennifer finally told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit feeling sorry for herself, that it’s time to quit the excessive and irresponsible drinking, and time to get on with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, she decided to stop drinking completely and suddenly without planning or preparation.
When She Attempted to Quit Drinking She Felt Terrible, She Was Extremely Moody and Tense, She Had Utterly No Appetite, She Vomited a Number of Times, She Started to Sweat Profusely, and Her Head Was Throbbing
When Jennifer stopped drinking, she thought that she would quite possibly be tempted to take a couple of drinks, but she never imagined that she would feel so sick. More directly, roughly three hours after she quit drinking, she had absolutely no appetite, her head was aching, she started to sweat extensively, she was extremely moody and restless, and she vomited a number of times.
When she called her best buddy and told her that she had quit drinking and that after a couple of hours she abruptly began experiencing flu-like symptoms, Deborah, her best pal, told Jennifer to call her medical practitioner and discuss what she was going through.
She Admits to Her Healthcare Practitioner That She Has Been Drinking In an Abusive Manner, That She Just Tried to Stop Drinking, and That She is Experiencing Nasty Flu-Like Symptoms
So Jennifer called her physician, informed him that she has been drinking in an excessive and irresponsible manner for a number of months and that when she attempted to abruptly quit drinking earlier in the day, within a couple of hours she felt as if she had the most ghastly flu-like symptoms that she had ever experienced.
Her medical practitioner informed her that she may be going through symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a neighbor or relative take her to the emergency room as soon as possible.
As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a family member 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 was dependent on alcohol.
Apparently her physician had phoned ahead and informed the emergency room medical team to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two paramedics who promptly told her to lie down on the portable bed they had with them. After getting transferred to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of essential tests, it was verified that Jennifer was in truth suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.
A doctor administered some meds to reduce her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some medications to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her circulation system.
An Alcohol Addiction and Alcohol Abuse Healthcare Professional Discusses That She is Dependent on Alcohol and Then Goes Over What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Dependency Stages Are
After an hour or two, Jennifer was removed from the emergency room and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for just about two-and-a-half hours, Doctor Danko, an alcoholism and alcohol abuse specialist, came to see her. He took quite a bit of time and explained in laymen’s language that Jennifer had experienced alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she quit drinking because she had become addicted to alcohol.
He then discussed the fact that with repeated and excessive drinking, the person’s brain slowly gets acclimated to the alcohol in order to operate in a “normal” manner. When the drinker then abruptly quits drinking, it can be pointed out, the brain responds by producing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Not only this, but her physician also went over the different alcoholism stages that an alcohol addicted individual almost always suffers through as the disease advances.
It is Confirmed that Jennifer is in the First Stage of Alcohol Addiction and She Obtains a Good Forecast For a Complete Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Addiction Therapy She Needs
Fortunately for Jennifer, it was determined that she was in the earliest stage of alcohol addiction and, as a result, she obtained a good diagnosis for a full recovery if she gets the alcoholism therapy she needs.
Jennifer told the doctor that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to re-establish her life and her health. She also stated that she has a very comprehensive hospitalization insurance policy that will almost certainly pay for most of the costs needed for treatment. It was apparent that Jennifer was quite pleased with her positive prognosis and felt at ease knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol dependency treatment she requires so that she can begin the road to recovery.
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