Alcoholism
Long Term Effects
Short Term Effects
DUI or DWI
What is Alcohol?
100
Craving alcohol, loss of control while drinking, health problems, and family problems.
What are symptoms of alcoholism?
100
Fat building up in the liver, blocking the flow of blood to liver cells.
What is a fatty liver?
100
A short term symptom of drinking alcohol in which you do not make the best choices.
What is impaired desition making
100
The leading cause of death among teens.
What is a DUI or DWI
100
Type of alcohol in alcoholic beverages.
What is ethanol?
200
Abuse, dependance, addiction.
What are the stages of alcoholism?
200
Liver tissue is replaced with useless scar tissue, leading to liver failure.
What is cirrhosis of the liver?
200
Effect of drinking that causes dizziness and light headedness.
What is brain cell death?
200
The amount of alcohol in a persons blood, expressed as a percent.
What is blood alcohol concentration?
200
The chemical action of yeast and sugar in fruits and vegetables used to create ethanol.
What is fermentation
300
Admission, detoxification, counseling, recovery
What are the alcohol recovery steps?
300
A possible symptom of alcohol abuse, in which your cardiac muscles are effected.
What is heart disease?
300
Alcohol effect when your body cannot handle the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream?
What is alcohol poisoning?
300
Driving while having a BAC of .08 or above.
What is a DUI in New Jersey
300
A drug that slows the central nervous system.
What is a depressant?
400
An addict who is dependent on alcohol.
What is an alcoholic?
400
An effect of alcohol abuse, in which your nervous system starts to become less reactive.
What is slow reaction time?
400
An effect of alcohol causing you to take in less oxygen.
What is slowed breathing?
400
Harm to yourself and others, loss of license, arrest, jail time, and a large fine.
What are consequences of a DUI?
400
The state at which the body is poisoned by alcohol.
What is intoxication?
500
Number of US citizens suffering from alcoholism.
What is 14 million?
500
An extreme case of alcohol abuse in which you bodily organs stop working.
What is total organ shutdown?
500
An effect of drinking alcohol that causes headaches and possible vomiting or unconsciousness.
What is dehydration?
500
What is the acceptable BAC in a person under 21?
.0 or no tolerance
500
Drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting.
What is binge drinking?
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