November 5, 2009

A Health Instructor in the Most Popular Parochial High School in the Region Instructs Her Pupils About the Relevance of Alcohol Addiction Signs

Miss Benning was a health instructor at the best known private high school in the district. Even though she had been teaching for only two or three years, she had already secured a reputation as an instructor with educational methods that encouraged and inspired the pupils in her class to think and to learn.

For example, one Wednesday morning at 10:00 she addressed the pupils in her classroom and stated the following: “For the next few days we are going to learn about some basic alcoholism facts from a more broad-based viewpoint and we are also going to learn about several of the most typical signs of alcoholism from a less general and more explicit viewpoint.”

“Not all of these alcoholism signs will unquestionably establish that a drinker with a drinking problem is an alcohol addicted person, but the more signs that a drinker exhibits, the greater the possibility that he or she is an alcohol dependent person.”

Miss Benning then informed the the students that each pupil would be held responsible for examining three alcohol dependence signs and then presenting his or her results to the class via a six minute oral presentation.

The Students are Wound Up About Giving A Thorough Presentation to Their Fellow Students About The Signs of

After learning about the diverse signs of for several days, the time had finally come for the oral presentations. It was instantaneously apparent that the students in her class were thrilled about the topic because the information that they presented was excellent. To say that Miss Benning was pleasantly surprised with the eagerness displayed by the students in her classroom regarding this subject was an understatement.

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 discussed and presented in class and in the presentations. Miss Benning then asked her pupils to study the list and rank the top eight signs that were most indicative of . After approximately five minutes, Miss Benning collected the sheets of paper and informed her pupils that after she assesses the numbers, she will discuss her findings the next school day.

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

The Students Contrast Their Answers With the Results From A Group of Authorities

When the next school day finally arrived, Miss Benning gave out a sheet of paper that listed the top five signs as per the students’ rankings. Next to these results, she added another column that was labeled “correct answer.” She then informed the students in her class that the numbers in the second column she added were the answers that were articulated by a council of authorities.

Miss Benning asked the pupils in her class to go 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 30 or 40 seconds, almost every pupil in the class raised her or his hand. It was noticeable that the pupils had some concerns, issues, or questions about their results versus the answers given by the professionals. For instance, just about every student disagreed with the highest ranked answer given by the experts, to be precise, “Do you feel really sick when you quit drinking?”

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

Miss Benning then explained to the students in her classroom why this answer was the most precise indicator of . She pointed out that the principal difference between and is the physical addiction that is experienced with and not with .

Essentially this means that when an alcohol dependent person suddenly stops drinking, he or she will go through .

Miss Benning then explained to her pupils that are responses by the brain and by the body to the deficiency of alcohol to which they had become acclimated. Stated more explicitly, are messages from the brain and from the body telling an alcoholic that something is terribly out of kilter and needs to be rectified. These messages consist of a number of dangerous, painful, and uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that can potentially lead to a person’s death if the proper treatment is not promptly obtained.

Miss Benning then went over the many different that can be gone through when an alcohol dependent person abruptly stops drinking.

The point that Miss Benning tried to underline was this: an individual who engages in can experience almost any and every one of the signs that the students had ranked, but the one sign or symptom that few, if any, individuals who engage in ever experience is .

To articulate this as clearly as possible, Miss Benning underscored the point that alcohol abusers, unlike people who are addicted to alcohol, are not alcohol dependent and consequently, when they quit drinking, they almost never go through .

The Students Think They Have Uncovered An Incongruity With the Findings From The Team of Substance Abuse Professionals

The students also some difficulty with the second ranked answer given by the chemical dependency authorities, that is, “Have you ever had a drink the first thing in the morning to get rid of a hangover or to steady your nerves?”

Miss Benning told the students in her classroom that this sign does not inevitably denote that the problem is , but that it does highlight the need that alcohol dependent individuals have to drink in order to avoid .

After Miss Benning explained the relevance of in the life of the alcohol dependent individual, the pupils started to grasp the fundamental difference between and .

To add a sense of closure to the topic, Miss Benning asked her pupils to take out a piece of paper and answer the following question: “if every person who is an alcoholic knew about every one of the and signs we have studied, what percentage of them do you think would get treatment?”

After approximately three or four minutes, Miss Benning asked for the students’ responses. While many students believed that around 75 to 85 percent of people who are addicted to alcohol would ask for alcohol rehab if they knew about the facts related to signs and , most of the students thought that this number would not be less than 55 percent.

The Pupils Were Surprised to Discover That Only 25% of Alcoholics in the U.S. Get Rehab

To the surprise of most of the pupils, Miss Benning declared that according to different scientific studies, only 25% of the alcohol addicted individuals in the United States obtain rehabilitation. This amazed most of the students because they reasoned that first-hand knowledge of the gruesome facts and statistics related to would motivate the majority of the people who are alcohol dependent to ask for rehab.

Miss Benning then stated that alcohol dependent individuals not only need alcohol everyday in order to function but they also need alcohol on a daily basis so they can avoid possible . Obviously, the alcohol dependent individual’s need to drink on a daily basis is stronger than logic or facts. Indeed, because the craving for alcohol is “reality” to the alcohol addicted individual, this is a thorny issue that is hard to negate.

A few minutes later the bell rang, indicating that the end of class had arrived. Based on the excitement displayed by the pupils when they were leaving the room, Miss Benning knew that she had stimulated and encouraged the pupils in her class to stop and think about a critical health and social problem that exists in our country.

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