Lose Weight After Pregnancy

Jennifer is a forty-one-year-old junior sales consultant who has been ingesting alcohol in a hazardous and abusive manner since her live-in boyfriend and she broke up their relationship. Indeed, for the past three months she has been drinking just about a bottle of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking a number shots throughout the day. In short, Jennifer has been drinking so excessively and abusively that it’s a wonder that she hasn’t suffered from alcohol poisoning.

After feeling unhappy because she was starting to disregard her health, Jennifer finally told herself that she’s had enough, that it’s time to quit the self pity act, that it’s time to quit the abusive and irresponsible drinking, and time to move on with her life. So the following Saturday morning at 8:30 AM, she made up her mind to stop drinking cold turkey.

When She Quit Drinking She Felt Horrific, 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 Jennifer quit drinking, she figured that she would more likely than not be tempted to have a few drinks, but she never figured that she would feel so sick. More correctly, around an hour after she stopped drinking, she was extremely moody and anxious, she had utterly no appetite, she started to perspire extensively, her head was pounding, and she vomited several times.

When she called her best buddy and told her that she had quit drinking and that after a couple of hours she abruptly started to experience flu-like symptoms, Emily, her best buddy, told Jennifer to call her medical doctor and tell him what she was experiencing.

She Admits to Her Healthcare Practitioner That She Has Been Drinking In an Abusive and Excessive Manner, That She Just Tried to Quit Drinking, and That She is Experiencing Terribly Unpleasant Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her healthcare practitioner, informed him that she has been drinking in an abusive manner for many months and that when she made an effort to abruptly quit drinking earlier in the day, within a couple of hours she felt as if she had the most awful flu-like symptoms that she had ever experienced.

Her physician told her that she may be experiencing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a friend or neighbor drive her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a friend 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 addicted to alcohol.

Apparently her family doctor had phoned ahead and informed the emergency room staff to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by a paramedic and a nurse who without hesitation told her to lie down on the portable bed they had with them. After getting wheeled to the emergency room and undergoing two or three essential tests, it was corroborated that Jennifer was in actual fact experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.

A healthcare professional administered some meds to lessen her flu-like symptoms and also gave her some drugs to help get rid of the alcohol that was still in her blood.

An Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependency Medical Practitioner Explains in a Clear Fashion That She is Alcohol Dependent and Then Discusses What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Dependency Stages Are

After a couple of hours, Jennifer was taken from the ER and transported to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for roughly two hours, Doctor Kanter, a substance abuse and alcohol abuse specialist, came to talk to her. He took plenty of time and explained in a clear fashion that Jennifer had experienced alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she stopped drinking due to the fact that she had become an alcoholic.

He then elucidated the fact that with repeated and excessive drinking, the person’s brain gradually becomes accustomed to the alcohol so that it can operate in a “normal” fashion. When the individual then suddenly refrains from drinking, as one would expect, the brain reacts by producing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. What is more, her doctor also clearly explained the various alcoholism stages that an alcohol addicted individual typically goes through as the disease gets worse over time.

It is Discovered that Jennifer is in the First Stage of Alcohol Addiction and She Obtains a Good Diagnosis For a Full Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Addiction Rehabilitation She Needs

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was discovered that she was in the first stage of alcohol dependency and, consequently, she got a good prognosis for a complete recovery if she will get the alcohol rehabilitation she needs.

Jennifer told the healthcare practitioner that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to reclaim her life. She also mentioned that she has an excellent hospitalization plan that will more likely than not pay for most of the costs required for rehab. It was apparent that Jennifer was quite thankful about her optimistic medical prognosis and felt at ease knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol addiction therapy she needs so that she can begin the road to recovery.

Tags: alcohol addiction, alcohol dependency, alcohol detox, alcohol rehab, alcohol rehabilitation, alcohol treatment, alcohol withdrawal symptoms, alcoholism, alcoholism stages, mental health, self improvement, women's issues

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