October 15, 2009

A Health Instructor in the Most Underfinanced Private High School in the District Instructs Her Students About the Relevance of Alcohol Addiction Signs

Miss Benning was a health instructor at the most financially challenged co-ed high school in the state. Even though she had been teaching for only five years, she had already established a reputation as a person with educational approaches that motivated and encouraged her students to think and to learn.

For example, one Thursday morning at 11:00 she addressed the students in her class and said the following: “For the next few days we are going to learn about some basic alcoholism facts from a more broad-based standpoint and we are also going to learn about some of the most common signs of alcoholism from a more detailed point of view.”

“Not all of these alcoholism signs will positively substantiate that a drinker with a drinking problem is an alcohol addicted individual, but the more signs that a person exhibits, the stronger the probability that he or she is an alcohol dependent person.”

Miss Benning then informed the class members that each student would be held responsible for examining four signs and then presenting his or her findings to the rest of the class via a ten minute oral presentation.

The Students are Energized About Giving A Detailed Presentation to Their Fellow Pupils About The Signs of

After learning about the diverse signs for quite a few days, the time had arrived for the individual presentations. It was instantaneously obvious that the pupils in her class were wound up about the subject because the information that they presented was excellent. To say that Miss Benning was pleasantly surprised with the interest displayed by the pupils in her classroom regarding this subject could not be overstated.

The day after all of the students completed their presentations, Miss Benning passed out a piece of paper with a list of all the signs that were presented and discussed in class and in the presentations. Miss Benning then asked the pupils in her classroom to study the list and rank the top ten signs that were most indicative of . After about twenty minutes, Miss Benning collected the sheets of paper and told her pupils that after she goes over the results, she will reveal her findings the next school day.

There was some real excitement by the pupils while they were exiting Miss Benning’s classroom. One could swear that her students couldn’t wait for the next day to come so that they could learn about the outcome of their in-class research.

The Pupils Compare Their Numbers With the Results From A Council of Drug and Professionals

When the next school day arrived, Miss Benning gave out a sheet of paper that listed the top four signs according to the pupils’ rankings. Next to these results, she added another column that was labeled “correct answer.” She then explained to her pupils that the numbers in the second column she added represented the answers that were stated by a board of authorities.

Miss Benning asked her pupils to look over the information on the piece of paper she handed out and then to raise their hand if they had any issues, concerns, or questions. Within a minute or two, virtually everyone in the class raised her or his hand. It was apparent that the pupils had some issues, questions, or concerns about their results versus the answers given by the specialists. For example, almost every person in the classroom had an issue with the highest ranked answer given by the professionals, to be precise, “Do you feel really nauseous when you quit drinking?”

The Principal Difference Between and is the Physical Addiction That is Experienced With and Not With

Miss Benning then told the students in her classroom why this answer was the most clear-cut sign of . She underscored the fact that the principal difference between and is the physical dependency that is experienced with and not with .

Primarily this means that when an alcohol addicted individual all of a sudden stops drinking, he or she will suffer through .

Miss Benning then told her pupils that are responses by the body and by the brain to the deprivation of alcohol to which they had become accustomed. Stated more precisely, are signals from the brain and from the body telling a person who is addicted to alcohol that something is terribly out of kilter and needs to be rectified. These messages consist of several dangerous, uncomfortable, and painful withdrawal symptoms that can potentially result in an individual’s death if the appropriate therapy is not promptly received.

Miss Benning then discussed the multitude of that can be gone through when an alcohol dependent individual abruptly quits drinking.

The fact that Miss Benning tried to underline was this: a person who engages in can experience almost any and every one of the signs that the students had ranked, but the one symptom or sign that few, if any, alcohol abusers ever experience is .

To articulate this as plainly as possible, Miss Benning pointed out that alcohol abusers, unlike individuals who are alcohol dependent, are not alcohol dependent and as a result, when they quit drinking, they almost never suffer from .

The Students Believe They Have Discovered A Contradiction With the Findings From The Council of Substance Abuse Specialists

The students also had a problem with the second ranked answer given by the drug and experts, that is, “Have you ever had a drink the first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover?”

Miss Benning informed the students in her classroom that this sign does not automatically signify that the problem is , but that it does underline the need that alcohol addicted individuals have to drink in order to prevent .

After Miss Benning explained the relevance of in the life of the individual who is addicted to alcohol, the students started to recognize the main difference between and .

To add a sense of closure to the topic, Miss Benning asked the students in her classroom to take out a sheet of paper and answer the following question: “if every individual who is addicted to alcohol knew about every one of the signs and we have studied, what percentage of them do you think would obtain treatment?”

After roughly one or two minutes, Miss Benning asked for the pupils’ responses. While many students thought that around 70 to 80 percent of people who are alcohol dependent would ask for rehab if they knew about the facts related to and signs, most of the students figured that this number would not be less than 60 percent.

The Pupils Were Shocked to Find Out That Only 25% of Alcohol Dependent Individuals in the U.S. Obtain Treatment

To the surprise of most of the pupils, Miss Benning mentioned that according to the research literature, only 25% of the individuals who are alcohol dependent in the United States seek rehabilitation. This surprised most of the pupils because they reasoned that exposure to the alarming facts and statistics correlated with would motivate the majority of the alcohol addicted people to seek treatment.

Miss Benning then stated that alcohol addicted individuals not only need alcohol on a daily basis in order to function but they also require alcohol on a daily basis so they can prevent possible . Apparently, the alcohol addicted person’s need to drink on a daily basis is stronger than logic or facts. In actual fact, because the need for alcohol is “reality” to the individual who is addicted to alcohol, this is a demanding issue that is hard to counteract.

A few minutes later the bell rang, signaling the end of class. Based on the buzz exhibited by the students when they were leaving the classroom, Miss Benning recognized that she had stimulated and encouraged the students in her class to stop and think about a critical health and social problem that exists in our country.

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