Blood Alcohol Content
Feeling relaxed, warm, with minor impairment
What effects are experienced in BAC .02-.04%?
An illness or dysfunction present in the body and mind.
What is a disease?
The way a person acts.
What is behavior?
When a person's nose turns purple.
What is drinker's nose?
Become defensive when confronted about their addiction and have no plan to take action to quit.
What is the pre-contemplation in the stages of change?
Feeling buzzed, euphoric, more social, and minor impairment.
What effects are experienced in BAC .05-.07%?
Takes more and more to get the same high.
What is tolerance?
Anyone who must repeat a behavior over and over.
What is compulsive behavior?
Lumps inside of the throat and mouth.
What is cancer?
People in this stage are thinking about quitting their addiction.
What is the contemplation stage of addiction?
Gross motor impairment, judgment, and perception are severely impaired, and mental health concerns appear.
What effects are experienced in BAC .11-.15%?
Spending increased time thinking about and using the substance.
What is addiction?
Turning to addictive substances because life does not seem manageable.
What is the inability to handle stress?
Long-term alcohol use can cause the heart muscles to stretch and enlarge.
What is cardiomyopathy?
Are ready to take action and they begin to do so.
What is the preparation stage of addiction?
All mental, physical, and sensory functions are severely impaired, and there is little comprehension.
What effects are experienced in BAC .25-.30%?
Efforts to cover up, minimize, rationalize, and ignore the addiction.
What is denial in addiction?
Unplanned and spontaneous behavior.
What is impulsive behavior?
Hypertension
What is high blood pressure?
People at this stage have recently changed their behavior and want to keep moving forward.
What is the action stage of change?
BAC .08-.10%
What is considered legally impaired?
Physically ill, irritable, insomnia, emotional, anxiety, and poor concentration.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
What are grandiose feelings?
Severe shaking, confusion, and hallucinations.
What is delirium tremens?
The person makes a continuous effort and remains sober.
What is the maintenance stage of change?