This is the physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol.
What is intoxication?
100
This is the inability to drink in moderation or at appropriate times.
What is alcohol abuse?
100
This is the most common type of pressure for teens to drink because of curiosity.
What is internal pressure?
100
This is a disease in which a person is physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol.
What is alcoholism?
200
This consists of the brain and spinal cord.
What is the central nervous system?
200
This is the damage to physical health caused by drinking too much alcohol. It is a drug overdose, and can be fatal.
What is alcohol-poisoning?
200
This is a condition in which a person needs more of a drug to feel the original effects of the drug, so the more alcohol you drink, the more alcohol you need to get the same effects.
What is tolerance?
200
This type of pressure comes from TV, movies, magazines, websites, and advertisements.
What is external pressure?
200
This is learning to live without alcohol to allow a person to lead a healthier, normal life.
What is recovery?
300
This is a drug that slows the body functioning.
What is a depressant?
300
This is the uncomfortable use physical effects caused by alcohol use, including headache, dizziness, stomach upset, nausea, and vomiting.
What is a hangover?
300
This is a group of birth defects that affect an unborn baby that has been exposed to alcohol such as mental retardation, organ abnormalities, and learning and behavioral problems.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
300
These are beliefs that are of great importance to a person.
What are values?
300
This is the body's chemical need for a drug which happens over time.
What is physical dependence?
400
Most alcohol comes from plants that have had this done to them.
What is fermented?
400
This is the amount of time from the instant your brain detects an external stimulus until the moment you respond.
What is reaction time?
400
This is a deadly disease that replaces liver tissue with useless scar tissue.
What is cirrhosis?
400
This type of pressure can be caused because teens think that drinking will impress others, make them happier, and make them more successful.
What is internal pressure?
400
This is a person's emotional or mental need for a drug which causes their life to revolve around alcohol.
What is psychological dependence?
500
Name 3 factors affecting individual reactions to alcohol.
What is how much and how fast a person drinks, body weight, food in the stomach, genetic vulnerability, alcohol tolerance, gender
500
Alcohol can change your mood quickly. Name three things that these mood swings can cause.
What is arguments, injuries, violence, fights, assaults, car crashes, robberies, abuse, damaging property.
500
This happens to a teen who drinks regularly before the brain is fully mature.
What is changes the brain physically?
500
This type of pressure to drink can come from seeing people drinking at parties, family gatherings, sporting events, and restaurants.
What is external pressure?
500
Name five warning signs of teen alcohol abuse.
What is loss of interest in school, sports, or other activities that were important 2. Withdrawal from family and friends, 3. Heightened secrecy about actions or possessions 4. Association with new group of friends who drink 5. Smell on breath of alcohol or breath mints 6. Association with older crowd 7. Getting upset easily and experiencing frequent changes of emotions 8. defiance toward parents and other adults 9. Skipped classes or days of school 10. Getting in trouble in school 11. Change in appearance or hygiene