Body Effects
Alcohol is a depressant that slows down this part of the body.
What is the central nervous system?
The reason there are such differences in rates of binge drinking by age. (Long answer)
One factor is that younger adults are less able than older adults to recognize the health, social, and legal consequences of their actions.
Alcohol is this number in leading lifestyle-related causes of death in the U.S.
What is the third?
Also called social drinking, this is defined as no more than one drink per day for women, and no more than two drinks per day for men.
What is moderate drinking?
This is the meaning of detoxification.
What is a necessary step in defeating addiction that means complete withdrawal from a substance; may cause intense anxiety, tremors, and hallucinations?
Type of food that helps absorb alcohol the slowest.
What are high fat foods?
In this study, students whom had seen more alcohol ads reported this.
What is drinking?
Every year, this many people are arrested for this.
What is driving under the influence?
If one twin is drinking, the other is this likely to also drink.
What is fraternal twin?
In some states, it is illegal to sell alcohol at this time.
What is Sunday?
When alcohol reaches the brain, it causes the pituitary gland to stop producing this hormone.
What is vasopressin?
Out of 120 children participating in this study, this amount had bought alcohol in a pretend store. (Percentage)
What is 62%?
Cirrhosis is this leading cause of death in the U.S.
What is 15?
People who feel this way about alcohol may drink more alcohol and even possibly become addicted to alcohol.
What is less influenced?
This is the goal for alcoholics when using medications like Antabuse.
What is connecting unpleasant side affects to drinking alcohol?
Alcohol disrupts normal functioning in the cerebellum that controls this.
What is movement and balance?
These types of alcohol drinking people consume 11% of alcohol produced in the U.S.
What are underage drinkers?
In this one study, more than 6000 teens watched a movie, and what did they see that increased the chance of them drinking?
What is most use of alcohol use?
This is the first step to helping an alcoholic quit drinking.
What is getting the support you need?
When a person drinks alcohol, these parts of the body is affected.
What is every single cell in the body, including the cells in the muscles, the nervous system, and the brain?
Teenagers who drink alcohol are more likely to do these things. (3 answers)
What are other drug abuse, suicide, and homicide?
People who believe that their peers drink much more than they really do, may develop this type of thinking towards alcohol.
What are positive attitudes?
People do this to prevent other people from finding out a loved one drinks.
What is enabling?