Jennifer is a thirty-two-year-old financial analyst who has been consuming alcohol in an excessive and hazardous manner since her fiancée and she decided to break up. In truth, for the past four months she has been drinking very nearly two bottles of wine every night, and on the weekends she also has been drinking several bottles of beer all the way 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 downcast because she was beginning to close her eyes to her health, Jennifer finally told herself that enough is enough, that it’s time to stop the self pity act, that it’s time to quit the irresponsible and abusive drinking, and time to get on with her life. So the next Saturday morning at 10:00 AM, she decided to quit drinking completely and suddenly without preparation or planning.

When She Quit Drinking She Felt Awful, She Had Utterly No Appetite, She Vomited Several Times, Her Head Was Throbbing, She Started to Perspire Extensively, and She Was Extremely Stressed Out and Moody

When Jennifer quit drinking, she reasoned that she would most likely be tempted to sneak a couple of drinks, but she never inferred that she would feel so awful. More accurately, approximately two hours after she stopped drinking, she was extremely moody and uptight, she had utterly no appetite, her head was aching, she started to perspire extensively, and she vomited numerous times.

When she called her best girlfriend and informed her that she had stopped drinking and that after a couple of hours she abruptly began experiencing flu-like symptoms, Kelly, her best pal, told Jennifer to call her medical practitioner and tell him what was transpiring.

She Admits to Her Healthcare Practitioner That She Has Been Drinking In an Abusive and Excessive Manner, That She Just Tried to Stop Drinking, and That She is Going Through Awful Flu-Like Symptoms

So Jennifer called her physician, informed him that she has been drinking in an irresponsible manner for a number of months and that when she tried to suddenly quit drinking earlier in the day, within a couple of hours she felt as if she had the most terrible flu-like symptoms that she had ever gone through.

Her healthcare practitioner informed her that she may be going through symptoms of alcohol withdrawal and that she should have a friend or family member take her to the emergency room as soon as humanly possible.

As soon as Jennifer got off the phone, she got a relative to drive her to the hospital. 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.

It seems that her family doctor had phoned ahead and told the emergency room staff to expect Jennifer because when she got to the hospital, she was met by two ER workers who promptly asked her to get in the wheelchair they had with them. After getting transported to the emergency room and undergoing a couple of basic tests, it was established that Jennifer was in fact going through alcohol withdrawal symptoms and was in need of alcohol detox.

An emergency room healthcare professional gave her some medications to diminish her flu-like symptoms and also administered some meds to help eliminate the alcohol that was still in her circulatory system.

An Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Healthcare Professional Clearly Explains That She is Addicted to Alcohol and Then Discusses What Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Alcohol Addiction Stages Are

After a couple of hours, Jennifer was transferred from the ER and wheeled to the recovery room. After she was in recovery for around an hour-and-a-half, Doctor Alpertin, a chemical dependency and substance abuse specialist, came to visit her. He took quite a bit of time and explained in plain words that Jennifer had suffered through alcohol withdrawal symptoms when she quit drinking due to the fact that she had become dependent on alcohol.

He then discussed the fact that with excessive drinking on an everyday basis, the drinker’s brain progressively becomes accustomed to the alcohol in order to execute tasks and operations in a “normal” fashion. When the person then all at once stops drinking, as one would expect, the brain reacts by eliciting alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Not only this, but her healthcare practitioner also discussed the various alcoholism stages that an individual who is alcohol dependent regularly suffers through as the disease gradually gets worse.

It is Verified that Jennifer is in the Earliest Stage of Alcoholism and She Gets a Good Forecast For a Full Recovery if She Gets the Alcohol Treatment She Needs

Fortunately for Jennifer, it was confirmed that she was in the earliest stage of alcohol addiction and, as a consequence, she received a good prognosis for a full recovery if she gets the alcohol addiction rehabilitation she needs.

Jennifer told the healthcare professional that she will do whatever it takes to get sober and to regain her life and her health. She also mentioned that she has a very comprehensive hospitalization insurance policy that will more likely than not pay for most of the costs required for treatment. It was apparent that Jennifer was extremely grateful about her encouraging prognosis and felt at peace knowing that she will be able to get the alcohol rehabilitation she requires so that she can start on the road to recovery.