For the past eighteen years Jenny has been a nurse practitioner at a large public hospital. What is more, she has also been teaching Sunday school at the local Congregational Church. Despite the fact that she lived in a small rural town where it seemed like every person knew everyone’s business, almost nothing was known about Jenny. Without a doubt almost every person in town knew that she had worked several years as a nurse practitioner and that she taught Sunday school for as long as she was a resident of their small community. Besides that, however, it almost seemed as if Jenny was simply a visitor in their town.

You can visualize the excitement that took place when it was learned that one Sunday morning Jenny had lost consciousness because of inebriation. Indeed, the article in the local weekly newspaper claimed that Jenny not only became unconscious, but that she also was arrested for driving under the influence because her blood alcohol concentration was considerably higher than the legal limit for drunk driving. This is evidently one of the alcohol effects on the body that no Sunday school teacher wants to have announced to the whole town. But this is precisely what occurred, much to the disappointment of Jenny.

Jenny Gets Quite Saddened About Her Arrest For Driving While Inebriated

It almost goes without saying that Jenny was quite letdown about her arrest for driving while intoxicated. Not only should she have known better about driving while inebriated because of her nursing profession, but she also should have held herself accountable to a more lofty benchmark because of the simple fact that she taught Sunday school.

After her arrest for driving while under the influence, Jenny thought about moving out of town so that she would not have to feel dismayed about her arrest and also so she wouldn’t have to explain her actions for the five hundred thousandth time to the people in town. After speaking with her reverend, nonetheless, she finally determined that she would get alcohol therapy at a local alcohol rehabilitation hospital. She did this for two basic reasons. First, it was relatively easy for her to drive to a local counseling clinic. And second, she frankly wanted the message to get circulated among all the people in town that she was truly addressing her excessive and hazardous drinking.

Jenny Goes Through Alcohol Detox and Gets a Complete Physical Exam

After Jenny went through alcohol detox, she was completely examined by a doctor at the drug and alcohol rehab hospital. She then underwent several laboratory procedures where it was ascertained that she was not addicted to alcohol but instead was involving herself in abusive and irresponsible drinking. In short Jenny was engaging in long term alcohol abuse.

Jenny was provided with the choice of getting registered as an in-patient or getting alcohol rehab as an outpatient. Jenny, nevertheless, thought that she could still work as a registered nurse and continue with her Sunday school teaching position if she were to be registered as an out-patient and this is exactly what she did.

According to her rehabilitation protocol, Jenny went to two sessions every four weeks, she learned quite a bit about alcohol info, she worked on her out-of-class “assignments,” and she discovered how to do things in life without having the need for drinking.

After ten weeks, Jenny thought that her abusive drinking was under control and so she got released from the rehab hospital under the stipulation that she would return for a refresher course once every three months for the next twelve months. Jenny agreed and followed through on her “word.”

Jenny Finally Determines to Abstain From Any and All Drinking Circumstances and Discovers That Her Positive Attitude About Herself Grows

After she went through her rehab Jenny reasoned that she would be able to drink in moderation. After thinking about things more completely, nevertheless, she arrived at a decision that she would completely refrain from any and all drinking circumstances.

When Jenny made this decision, she found out that her self esteem became more augmented the more she was in command of her life. And as her self-worth became more established, it appeared that she became more extroverted and began attending more community events such as rib roasts, flower festivals, carnivals, strawberry festivals, Christmas tree lighting ceremonies, local high school basketball and football games, and music festivals.

Jenny Addresses Her Excessive and Irresponsible Drinking, Comes to a Decision To Do Something Affirmative About It, and Reaffirms Her Faith

As the years went by, the people in the town manifested more fondness for Jenny because she was involving herself with them more regularly and also because she faced her excessive and abusive drinking and made up her mind to do something beneficial about it. It may have been her imagination, but it also appeared that her Sunday school students displayed more affection and respect for her.

Jenny is a living illustration of someone who had a serious problem and who did something productive about it. She is also an individual who learned that her religious faith is not only something that is intrinsic, but that it is also something that affects the way in which an individual cooperates and works with other people.