Jennifer is a thirty-four-year-old accounts receivable manager who has been drinking in an irresponsible manner since she and her boyfriend broke off their relationship. In point of fact, for the past four months she has been drinking almost one-and-a-half bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several wine coolers throughout the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so excessively that it’s a miracle that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.
After feeling discouraged because she was beginning to ignore her health, Jennifer finally told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to quit the self pity routine, that it’s time to stop the irresponsible and hazardous drinking, and time to make a new start with her life. So the next Saturday morning at 8:30 AM, she decided to stop drinking completely and suddenly without planning or preparation.
When She Quit Drinking She Felt Horrific, Her Head Was Aching, She Was Extremely Moody and Restless, She Had Utterly No Appetite, She Started to Sweat Extensively, and She Vomited Several Times
When Jennifer stopped drinking, she figured that she would probably be tempted to take a few drinks, but she never presumed that she would feel so awful. More to the point, around an hour after she quit 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 pal and told her that she had stopped drinking and that after a couple of hours she without any warning began having flu-like symptoms, Stephanie, her best pal, told Jennifer to call her healthcare professional and go over what she was experiencing.
She Admits to Her Healthcare Professional That She Has Been Drinking In a Hazardous and Abusive Manner, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Suffering Through Terrible Flu-Like Symptoms
So Jennifer called her medical practitioner, informed him that she has been drinking in a hazardous and excessive manner for several 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 unpleasant flu-like symptoms that she had ever suffered through.
Her physician told her that she may be going through symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a neighbor or friend drive her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.
As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a relative to take her to the emergency room. Interestingly, as sick as Jennifer was, all she could think about all the way to the hospital was whether or not she might be an alcoholic.
It appears that her medical practitioner had phoned ahead and informed the emergency room staff to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by a nurse and a paramedic who promptly told her to lie down on the portable bed they had with them. After getting transported to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of basic tests, it was substantiated that Jennifer was in actual fact suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detoxification.
A physician administered some medications to lessen her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some meds to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her circulatory system.
An Alcohol Abuse and Substance Abuse Physician Discusses That She is Alcohol Dependent and Then Discusses What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Addiction Stages Are
After a couple of hours, Jennifer was transferred from the emergency room and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for about an hour-and-a-half, Doctor Miller, an alcoholism and alcohol abuse specialist, came to visit her. He took plenty of time and explained in laymen’s language that Jennifer had experienced alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she stopped drinking due to the fact that she had become dependent on alcohol.
He then mentioned the fact that with continuous and heavy drinking, the drinker’s brain steadily adapts to the alcohol in order to execute tasks and operations in a “normal” manner. When the individual then abruptly stops ingesting alcohol, it can be pointed out, the brain takes action by producing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Furthermore, her doctor also discussed the different alcoholism stages that an alcohol addicted person usually suffers through as the disease progresses.
It is Verified that Jennifer is in the Earliest Stage of Alcoholism and She Obtains a Good Forecast For a Full Recovery if She Gets the Alcoholism Treatment She Requires
Fortunately for Jennifer, it was confirmed that she was in the first stage of alcohol addiction and, consequently, she got a favorable prognosis for a total recovery if she gets the alcohol addiction rehabilitation she requires.
Jennifer told the healthcare professional that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to get back her health. She also articulated that she has an outstanding hospitalization insurance plan that will probably pay for most of the costs needed for rehabilitation. It was obvious that Jennifer was quite happy with her optimistic medical forecast and felt free from worry knowing that she will be able to get the alcoholism rehabilitation she needs so that she can start on the road to recovery.