L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
What is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains?
Alcohol
What is it called when a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?
Intoxication
What is a disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver?
cirrhosis
What is a progressive, chronic disease involving and mental and physical need for alcohol?
Alcoholism
What is a gathering to which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help?
Intervention
What is the rate of teen traffic deaths related to alcohol?
one-third
How fast after being swallowed does alcohol take to enter the bloodstream and reach the brain?
30 Seconds
What does a person's BAC percent have to be to be considered intoxicated?
0.08%
How many stages of alcoholism are there?
Four
What is it called when the alcoholic must admit that he or she has an addiction and ask for help?
Admission
What are these things an example of?: learning new skills, discovering a new talent, playing sports, community theater
Alternatives to alcohol
The liver breaks down what percent of the alcohol consumed?
95%
What are sores, caused by alcohol damaging the stomach lining, that can cause bleeding in the stomach called?
Ulcers
What is something that a person who drinks regularly can develop? It can cause them to drink more.
Tolerance
Alcoholics may need outside help to recover. Who may they need help from?
Counselors and/or support groups.
What is the alcohol that can be consumed called?
ethanol alcohol
Long-term use of alcohol can lead to what?
Malnutrition
What is usually the most serious effect of alcohol?
damage to the liver
Teens __ and younger are four times more likely to become addicted than older individuals
15
What is the organization that is made up entirely of recovering alcoholics called?
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
What is the chemical reaction that ethanol alcohol is produced by called?
How much of all domestic violence cases are related to alcohol abuse?
two-thirds
What does the scarring from cirrhosis do?
reduces blood flow to the liver
How much does underage drinking cost a year?
more than 50 billion dollars
What is it called when the alcoholic has an addiction to alcohol but chooses to move forward and live without it?
a recovering alcoholic