Vocabulary
What is the word to describe a drink that contains a certain amount of ethanol?
Alcohol
True or False: When a person consumes alcohol while eating food, the effects of alcohol are felt quicker.
False
Using alcohol “just to try it” is an example of what stage of substance abuse?
Experimentation
A medical emergency is caused when a high BAC suppresses the central nervous system and can result in loss of consciousness, low blood pressure, and difficulty breathing:
Alcohol poison
Not remembering what happened the night of drinking because of too much consumption.
Blackout
People who are physically and psychologically addicted to alcohol:
Alcoholics
The legal maximum BAC, for people 21 years of age or older, is what?
0.08
Drinking 1-2 drinks daily is safe and poses no risk of addiction.
False
What is the name of one of the most well-known and effective support groups involving alcohol?
AA
Completely withdrawing from alcohol consumption is known as
Detoxification
Consuming large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time is known as:
Binge Drinking
Hangover feelings and side effects are the body’s way of ______________ from alcohol because of its addictive tendencies.
Withdrawal
Complete the sentence:
In regards to alcohol consumption; media, friends and environment....
What is has something to do with influence over these decisions and shapes attitudes beliefs and behaviors.
In the stages of change model, when a person is not thinking about their alcoholic addiction or changing their pattern, they are in which stage?
Precontemplation
What is the only factor that contributes to sobering up after drinking large quantities of alcohol?
Time
A buildup of scar tissue in the liver
Cirrhosis
List five factors that affect a person’s BAC:
Body weight
How much consumed
Gender/Ethnicity
Food consumption
Rate of consumption
Time
Having to drink more amounts of alcohol to feel its effects is an example of what stage of substance abuse?
Tolerance
True or False:
10 ounces of beer, 8 ounces of wine and 2 oz. of liquor is equivalent to one alcoholic drink.
False (12, 5, 1)
A group of serious physical and mental birth defects, caused by a women’s consumption of alcohol while pregnant, is known as
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Classify each drug:
Alcohol
Morphine
LSD
Nicotine
Alcohol- Depressant
Morphine- Opioid
LSD- Hal·lu·ci·no·gen
Nicotine- Stimulant
What are three long-term health consequences associated with excessive drinking?
Liver Damage
Heart Attack
High Blood Pressure
Cancer
Brain Damage
List the stages in the transtheoretical model:
Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintain
Graduation
(Relapse at any point)
Describe how short and long term alcohol use impacts sleep.
Does not allow for REM, walking around sleep deprived and delusional
List four birth defects that can be derived from drinking while pregnant?
Low birth weight
Premature birth
Facial defects
Heart issues
Brain impairment