A Monday Night Out With Buddies From College At A Local Watering Hole Leads To Hazardous Drinking And Symptoms Of An Alcohol Overdose

When Lois was in high school, she had achieved a reputation as a studious individual who rarely, if ever, whooped it up by drinking with her classmates. She seemed driven to do well academically so that she would be able to secure a career that she not only liked but one that also gave her a degree of financial security.

After Lois finished high school, she applied to and was accepted into an outstanding program in philosophy. Her justification for this decision was that this subject area would be a good foundation for law school and would not be identical to the bulk of law school applicants who pick political science as their undergraduate major.

Lois was the kind of individual who worked vigorously to finish what she started and then would take some time off when she could. It just so happens, nonetheless, that the vast majority of the things she did between terms or during her summer vacations did not have anything to do with drinking. Clearly, Lois was anything but a party-girl. Now that her final examinations for her second year in law school were finished and feeling proud of the fact that she had done very well on her tests, however, she wanted to let her hair down and do something enjoyable.

So Lois and some of her friends from school went to a local pub where they had a few cocktails. As the evening advanced, Lois and her pals continued to drink. Indeed, she was having such a magnificent time that she didn't want the night to end.

After drinking around fifty-five minutes when Lois started to slur her words, speak in a confused manner, and then fall unconscious, nonetheless, her pals promptly realized that they needed to call that they needed to call the emergency number and ask for medical assistance because they thought that Lois was manifesting alcohol poisoning symptoms.

Lois was conscious of the fact that she had dodged a bullet and almost died from an alcohol overdose and, as a consequence, was grateful to be alive. At the same time, nonetheless, she was somewhat dejected knowing that she had almost died the night before. Her Mom and Dad realized how hard she worked at college and how little she let herself socialize with her pals. Nevertheless, they also knew that Lois needed to keep away from abusive and unhealthy drinking.

As a consequence, they suggested that down the road, whenever a drinking circumstance arises, that she always drink responsibly and in moderation. Lois was fine with this and promised her parents and her friends that she would never ever drink in an abusive and irresponsible manner. As stated by Lois, "I never thought that I might become one of the alcohol poisoning statistics in the local town newspaper. I now realize that abusive and careless drinking is not the best for me. I pledge that this will never happen again."

Fortunately, Lois was not only "school smart" but she also had. Stated another way, she quickly grasped the fact that she had made an error in judgment and decided that she would not make the same mistake again. In fact, she now understood that she had involved herself in "binge drinking" and that even one instance of this type of careless and excessive drinking can end in a loss of life.

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