Vocabulary 1
Alcohol is a _______ that slows the heart rate and breathing.
What is a depressant.
A ______ is a person who is below the age of adulthood.
What is a minor?
A person's ______ measures the amount of alcohol present in the blood stream.
What is blood alcohol concentration?
Drinking for relief from stress.
What is stage 1?
A strong feeling or need to consume alcohol.
What is a craving?
A driver with a blood alcohol level of 0.08% or high is considered _______.
Driving while under the influence (DUI)
Some teens use alcohol as a result of _____ peer pressure.
What is negative?
Alcohol use also slows a person's ______ time which makes alcohol use and driving dangerous.
What is reaction?
Tremors
What is stage 3?
What is physical dependence?
Alcohol use is especially dangerous for teens because the teen ________ is still developing?
What is brain?
______ is when a person will have several drinks in a short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
Alcohol affects a person's ________ by killing cells and blocking messages to it.
What is brain?
Making excuses for drinking.
Stage 2
The inability to limit alcohol consumption.
What is loss of control?
Alcohol use is dangerous for anyone who is driving, planning to drive, or engaging in any other activity that requires skill, _______, and alertness.
What is coordination?
A(n) _______ is a substance other than food that changes the structure or function of the body or mind.
What is a drug?
Over time alcohol can cause _______, a liver disease.
What is cirrhosis?
Hallucinations.
Stage 4
The body needs more and more to get the desired effect.
What is tolerance?
_______ is a drug created by a chemical reaction in some foods, especially fruits and grains.
What is alcohol?
Restraints on behaviors and actions that are conscious or unconsious are _______.
What are inhibitions?
Alcohol ______ is a dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short period of time.
What is poisoning?
Avoiding family and friends.
Stage 3
A belief that you don't have a problem, but in reality you do.
What is denial?