Vocabulary
The drug found in alcohol
What is ethanol?
You have had had how many servings if you have had three 5 ounce servings of wine?
A serving of beer
You decide to give coffee to someone to sober them up
Mixing a stimulant (caffeine) with a depressant (ethanol). Now you have an alert drunk
This organ filters the alcohol out of your bloodstream
What is the liver?
You have had had how many servings if you have had two 12 ounce cans of beer and two 1.5 ounce shots of vodka
Which is stronger 12 ounces of beer or 12 ounces of wine
You tell your friend to take a shower to sober himself up
Nothing speeds the liver's processing of alcohol. Now you have a clean drunk!
Another way to say a person is intoxicated
What is under the influence
The length of time it will take the liver to process 5 drinks and remove it from your bloodstream
Serving size 1.5 ounces (shot glass)
What are spirits or hard liquor like vodka, rum or whiskey
Beer is safer to drink than hard liquor
False: its all about the servings. 6 beers equals 6 shots if the servings are measured correctly!
A substances reduce arousal and stimulation
Depressant drug
3 servings in one hour. It will take the body three hours to remove the ethanol from the bloodstream.
A standard serving of Wine
You give your friend bread to "soak up" the alcohol in their stomach so they won't be as drunk
You actually may slow the absorption slightly but congratulations! You now have a well fed drunk!
The state of being awake and aware of one's surrounding
Consciousness
Tolerance
When a person has experience with alcohol and may not physically be aware of their impairment but will have slowed reactions.
What is six beers?
You are fine to drive if you are not feeling the effects of alcohol
NO! You could be under the influence and fail a sobriety test even if you feel fine. Don't confuse being sober with having experience/tolerance with alcohol.
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