How Does Alcohol Impact Your Body.
Alcohol is a _____, which means that it is a type of drug that slows down the nervous system.
What is Depressant?
Alcohol causes a lack of blood flow and due to that lack of blood flow ______, which comes from build up of scar tissue in the liver.
What is Cirrhosis?
________ __________ is defined as no more than one drink per day on average for women, and mo more than two drinks on average for men.
What is Moderate Drinking?
The most obvious and effective approach for reducing alcohol abuse is setting the minimum legal drinking at age 21.
What is Government Approaches?
________ or the psychological restraint that keeps people from taking dangerous risks.
What is Inhibitation?
_________________ is a term for a group of serious physical and mental birth defects caused by a woman's consumption of alcohol while pregnant.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?
People who engage in this experience negative consequences as a result of their alcohol use.
What is Problem Drinking?
One of the first steps in recovery for all alcoholics is
What is Detoxification?
The _______ controls the automatic functions in the body, such as breathing and consciousness.
What is Medulla?
_____ _______ is a medical emergency that occurs when a high BAC suppresses the central nervous system.
What is Alcohol Poisoning?
What is Experimentation?
Groups of people with a common problem who share struggles and examples of getting through that problem.
What is Support Groups?
_________ is the percentage of alcohol that is present in a persons blood.
What is Blood Alcohol concentration (BAC)
_________ _______ is the consumption of large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time.
What is Binge Drinking?
This is a very common reason that most teens drink.
What is Peer Pressure?
Encouraging an addict's unhealthy behaviors, either intentionally or unintentionally is called.
What is Enabling?
What is Cerebellum?
Adults who drive under the influence of alcohol with a BAC level of 0.008 or higher are at risk for being charged with?
What is a DUI?
One huge role in teens drinking is _____, it shows it on TV shows, movies, and advertisements.
What is Media?
These work in various ways to help people who are addicted to alcohol. One example of this is Antabuse.
What is Medications?