Why alcohol is harmful
What is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains?
Alcohol
What is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations?
Reaction time
What is a condition in which fat builds up in the liver and can not be broken down?
Fatty liver
What is a physical or psychological need for a drug?
Addiction
A gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help.
Intervention
What are drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions.
Depressants
What is it called when a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?
Intoxication
What disease characterized by scaring and eventual destruction of the liver?
Cirrhosis
What is a progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
Alcoholism
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
Relapse
What are other ways of thinking or acting?
Alternatives
Process of alcohol through the body
Mouth, into the liver, Stomach, Heart, and then the brain
What is the large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time?
Binge drinking
The process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
Tolerance
The process of learning to live an alcohol-free life.
Recovery
What are three reasons not to drink alcohol?
1. risking your health.
2. against the law.
3. make decisions that will help you become a strong person.
What is a dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short period of time?
Alcohol poisoning
What is a conscious or unconscjious retraint of a person's own behaviors or actions?
Inhibition
A type od addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug.
Physical dependence
The physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using and addictive substance.
Withdrawal
Why do teens drink?
Drinking may help them with their problems, grow-up more, and/or peer pressure.
What is a condition in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly?
Malnutrition
What is a group of alcohol-related birthday birth defects that include both physical and metal problems?
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
People who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior.
Enablers
The physical process of freeing he body of an addictive substance.
Detoxification