Why is Alcohol Harmful
Is a drug that is produce by a chemicsl reaction in fruits, begetables, and gain.
Alcohol
Is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations.
Reaction time
Can develop
Fatty liver
This is a physical or psyjological need for a drug
Addiction
Is a gathering which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help.
Intervention
Are drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactionsn
Other ways of thinking or acting are availble to teens who choose not to drink.
Means a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol.
Intoxication
This is a disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver
Cirrhosis
Is a progressive chronic disease involving a menatal and physical need for alcohol.
Alcoholism
Is a return to the use of a drug after at tempting to stop.
Relapse
Orther wats of thinking or acting are available to teens who choose not to drink?
Alternatives
Is a dangerous condition thsat results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short time period.
Alcohol poisoning
Is the consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time
Binge drinking
Is a process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
Tolerance
Is the process of learing to live an alcohol-free life, and is usally long and difficult
Recovery
What teens may say
I'II look more grown-up with a drink in my hand
Is a measure as apercent in a persom's blood.
Blood alcohol content
Is a conscious or unconscious restraint of a person's own behaviors or actions
Inhibition
This is a type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug.
Physical dependence
Is the physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops ising an addicive substance
Withdrawal
Tyhe kind of alcohol we are talking about in the chapter is a veverage.
Its called ethanol alcohol
A condition in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow a function properly.
Malnutrition
Fas is a group of alcohol-related brith defects that include both physical and mental problems
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Are persoms who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can confortanly continue his or her unacceptable
Enablers
This is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance
Detoxification