Lesson 1
What is a drug that slows down the bodys function and reactions.
Depressant
The ability of the body to respond
Reaction Time
What is a group of alcohol related birth defects that include both physical and mental problems
FAS or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
persons who create atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior
Enablers
the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance
Detoxification
What is the legal age to drink
21
What is the legal BAC
0.08
True or false: alcohol is digested like other foods.
False: alcohol is absorbed.
True or false: Teens 15 or younger are 4 time less likely to become addicted.
False. Teens are 4 time more likely to become addicted.
What does denial mean.
refusing to admit a problem with alcohol.
What is the percentage of all teen traffic deaths.
One-third
How much alcohol does the liver break down.
95 percent.
True or false: when a lady s preganate, everything she eat and drinks goes to the baby.
True.
What is a type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for drugs
Physical Dependence
What does intervention mean.
a gathering in family to help the problem drinking to agree to get help.
True or False: Teens who drink are more likely to fall in school.
True
How long does it take alcohol to get to the brain
30 second
What does FAS stand for
Fetal Alcohol syndrome
True or false: Under age drinking costs society more than 50 billion dollars a year.
True
What does recovery mean.
the procces of learning how to live an alcohol free life.
There are several kinds of alcohol.
list a few ways alcohol can be use in a good way.
Some are used to killl germs, medicine, clcleaners and fuels.
What is the percent of all domestic violence cases caused by alcohol
two-thirds.
What disease can be cause in the throat when drinking large amounts of alcohol at a time.
Cancer
True or false: Alcoholism affects others apart from the alcoholic.
True.
What does relapse mean
a return to the use of the use of the drug after attempting to stop.