A Licensed Practical Nurse Is Worried About Her Frightful Depression And Decides To Quit Drinking
For the past seventeen years Carolyn has been a nurse at a small general hospital. As a RN, she without a doubt knew what to tell her patients regarding their health concerns but in her private life, then again, she undeniably didn't practice what she taught. For example, she normally drank in a hazardous and abusive manner, she almost never exercised, she smoked two packs of cigarettes everyday, and she was nearly twenty-two pounds overweight.
One morning on her way to work, Carolyn got into an automobile accident. Because the accident was her fault and since her speech was jumbled when she spoke, the arresting highway patrolman gave her a breathalyzer test a breathalyzer test. In agreement with standard law enforcement policy, when an individual becomes involved in a car accident and does not pass a sobriety test, the person has to spend at least four hours in the municipal jail.
As a matter of fact, Carolyn should have known better than to drive after she had been drinking because she recently attended an alcohol awareness class at the hospital that focused on issues, statistics, and information about long term alcohol effects such as the following: binge drinking, alcohol poisoning, DUIs, and the key differences between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency.
It almost goes without saying that Carolyn experienced quite a bit of shame about her traffic accident. In addition she felt ashamed of the fact that the accident was her fault. And perhaps worst of all she was feeling a lot of shame about the fact that she was driving after she ingested a few drinks. As Carolyn mulled over her situation, then again, she knew how fortunate she was because down the line her drinking problems could have been a lot worse due to the long term effects of alcohol.
In any event, Carolyn's embarrassment about her automobile accident helped motivate her to review her life and make some significant and beneficial alterations. First, she was going to quit drinking in an abusive and irresponsible manner. This would certainly help her avoid long term alcohol abuse. Second, she was going to quit smoking. Third, she was going to go on a weight-loss diet. And fourth, she was going to start exercising.
As distraught and depressed as Carolyn was about the entire vehicle accident condition, she used this awful experience as a catalyst for healthy change. Not only this but, she used her heartrending experience as a real source of revelation that she had been neglecting her own health while she openly told other people how to live in a more healthy manner. At last, she eventually saw the pretense in her behavior and decided that she would live her life as a positive source of encouragement for the patients she saw at the hospital.