L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
A drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
Alcohol
When a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol
Intoxication
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
Cirrhosis
A progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
Alcoholism
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
Relapse
The kind of alcohol that is being talked about in Ch. 12
Ethanol alcohol
What is the BAC of someone legally intoxicated?
0.08
Unlike many of the other kinds of cells in your body, what kind of cells do not grow back?
Brain cells
True or False: Family members often neglect their own needs to focus on helping the alcoholic
True
True
Are more teens drinking or not drinking alcohol?
Are males or females more affected by alcohol?
Females
When the valve that separates the stomach from the esophagus is weak, acid flows back into the esophagus and causes what?
Heartburn
When your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect, you have a what?
Tolerance
True or False: If an alcoholic is recovering, its ok for them to have one drink.
False
1/3
How much alcohol does the liver break down?
95% of alcohol consumed
What are ulcers?
Sores that cause bleeding
How many Americans are alcoholics or have an alcohol abuse problem?
Do the families of alcoholics need to recover from living with an alcoholic?
Yes
The areas of the body that alcohol affects
The brain and central nervous system
How fast does alcohol reach the brain after being swallowed?
30 seconds
When a female is pregnant, everything she eats and drinks affects what?
Her unborn baby
Teens 15 and younger are how many times more likely to become addicted than older individuals?
4X
Recovery is the process of learning to live a what free life?
Alcohol