A drug created by a chemical reaction in some foods
What is a alcohol?
100
The first stage of alcoholism
What is abuse?
100
The number of people in the U.S. that have a drinking problem
What is a 17 million?
100
Alcohol slows down _____
What is heart rate?
100
A condition in which fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down
What is a fatty liver?
200
The BAC (blood alcohol concentration) legal limit to drive
What is 0.08.
200
The stage of alcoholism where a person who drinks might experience hallucinations?
What is stage 3, or addiction?
200
Using alcohol in ways that are unhealthy or illegal is
What is alcohol abuse?
200
Alcohol increases the flow of ______ in the digestive system.
What is acid?
200
Heavy drinking makes the heart____
What is weak?
300
Alcohol is what type of drug.
What is a depressant?
300
When your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
What is tolerance?
300
Having several drinks in a short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
300
A dangerous condition that results when a person drinks too much in a little amount of time.
What is alcohol poisoning?
300
Alcohol affects the parts of the brain which control________ and ______________.
What is memory and problem solving?
400
A group of alcohol-related birth defects
What is a fetal alcohol syndrome?
400
Stage in which the alcoholic loses control and cannot stop drinking
What is stage 2, dependence?
400
Using illegal or harmful drugs, including alcohol under the legal drinking age
What is substance abuse?
400
Alcohol affects the brain _______ after it is consumed.
What is 30 seconds?
400
Alcohol also destroys ________
What is brain cells?
500
Alcohol use can cause people to lose their ______________--their conscious or unconscious restraint on their behavior or actions.
What is inhibitions?
500
Children might do what when they have an alcoholic parent/guardian?
What is blame themselves for the problem?
500
A person who is addicted to alcohol may
What is: use it alone, drink to become intoxicated, lose friends or family, does poorly at school/work, lose their job, need it to function, stop eating or taking care of oneself?
500
One drink is considered a 12 oz beer, 5 oz and a 1.5oz liquor. All three three drinks contain this much pure alcohol.
What is 0.5oz?
500
Scarring and destruction of liver tissue_____ due to drinking