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When Janice was in high school, she had secured a reputation as a person who hit the books real hard and who rarely, if ever, had fun drinking with her friends. She seemed highly motivated to “shine” academically so that she would be able to secure a career that she not only liked but one that also gave her some security from a financial point of view.

After much thought, in due course she came to a decision that she wanted to be a trial lawyer. In order to do this, however, she would first have to complete four years of undergraduate education.

After Completing High School Janice Gets Accepted Into A Prominent Undergraduate University as a Springboard For a Career as a Lawyer

After Janice graduated from high school, she applied to and was accepted into a highly rated program in history. Her rationale for this decision was that this subject area would be good training for law school and wouldn’t be indistinguishable from the preponderance of law school applicants who choose political science as their undergraduate minor or major.

After graduating with a 3.9 GPA at the undergrad level, she applied to and was accepted at a nationally ranked law school at one of the Big Ten universities.

She was enthusiastic about her legal studies but sometimes she was besieged with all the work that had to be done at law school. In much the same way as she had done in her high school and undergraduate days, nonetheless, she made friends without much effort but scarcely got involved in social activities until the semester was completed.

After Being Delighted With the Fact That She Had Done Very Well on Her Finals, Janice Wanted to Let Her Hair Down and Do Something Besides Going to College For a Change

Janice was the kind of person who worked studiously to complete what she started and then would take a break when she could. As it turns out, nevertheless, nearly all of the things she did between terms or during her summer vacations did not have much to do with drinking. Clearly, Janice was anything but a party-girl. Now that her finals for her second year in law school were completed and thrilled with the fact that she had done a super job on her finals, nonetheless, she wanted to let her hair down and do something besides going to college for a change.

Drinking at a Local Saloon Results in Alcohol Poisoning, Calling 911, The Emergency Services Number, and An Ambulance Ride to An Alcohol Rehab Center

So Janice and some of her friends from college went to a local tavern where they had a few beers. As the hours went by, Janice continued to drink without having a care in the world about exams the next day. Indeed, Janice mentioned to her pals how nice it was to have fun drinking with her law school friends.

As the evening progressed, Janice and her classmates continued to drink. As a matter of fact, she was having such a splendid time that she didn’t want the night to end. It was almost like she was making up for lost time and making an attempt to shove a year’s worth of laughter and fun into a single evening. Such a “game plan,” it needs to be stressed, does not often work. As a matter of fact, when Janice went to the powder room and threw up, her friends started to feel uneasy about her safety.

A few moments later when Janice started to speak in a confused manner, slur her words, and then fall unconscious, however, her pals immediately realized that they needed to call 911 and ask for medical assistance because they suspected that Janice was exhibiting alcohol poisoning symptoms.

Once Janice was in the hospital, the lead healthcare professional corroborated what her buddies had hypothesized, that is to say, that Janice consumed far more alcohol than her body could process and, as a result, she experienced an alcohol overdose.

After the emergency room medical staff pumped her stomach until no gastric contents were visible, Janice was placed in the recovery room. After staying about four hours in recovery, Janice was then transferred to one of the regular hospital rooms. Fortunately, the most dangerous part of her hospitalization had passed and all of her vital signs were back to normal.

In response to Janice’s medical predicament, her buddies attentively called her Mom and Dad. As a consequence, early the next morning, her Mother and Father and her best friends went to the hospital to visit Janice and look into her medical progress.

Janice Narrowly Escapes Death, is Happy to be Alive, and Promises to Never Again Drink in an Abusive and Excessive Manner

Janice was very aware that she had narrowly escaped death and, as a result, was happy to be alive. At the same time, nonetheless, she was somewhat disheartened knowing that she had almost passed away the previous night. Her Mother and Father realized how intensely she studied in graduate school and how little she permitted herself to socialize with her pals. Nevertheless, they also knew that Janice needed to steer clear of excessive drinking.

As a consequence, they suggested that down the road, whenever a drinking opportunity develops, that she always drink in moderation. Janice agreed and assured her parents and her friends that she would never again drink in an excessive and hazardous manner. As stated by Janice, “I never thought that I would become one of the alcohol abuse and alcoholism statistics in the local newspaper. I now realize that excessive drinking is not for me. I give my word of honor that this will never happen again.”

Fortunately, Janice was not only “book smart” but she also had common sense. Stated more explicitly, she rapidly grasped the fact that she had made an error in judgment and decided that she would never make the same error again. In actual fact, she now realized that she had involved herself in “binge drinking” and that even one instance of this type of excessive drinking can end in a loss of life.