Definitions
Alcohol
A drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
How can abstaining from drinking alcohol improve your health triangle?
A teen's body and mind are still developing.
A kind of alcohol made from yeast fermented malt flavored with hops.
Beer
How can alcohol affect school?
It can make your grades fall.
how does drinking affect balance?
it makes you uncoordinated
Fatty Liver
A condition in which fat builds up in the liver and cannot be broken down.
Why is drinking and driving so dangerous?
Drinking alcohol slows reaction time.
An alcoholic drink that is made from the fermented juice of a fruit or plant.
Wine
How does alcohol affect a teenager's brain?
By interfering with long and short term growth.
How can alcohol affect motor skills?
It can slow reaction time so you cannot move fast enough.
Binge Drinking
The consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time.
What are some ways that alcohol leaves your body?
Through sweat, breath, and urine.
An alcoholic spirit of Russian origin made by distillation of rye, wheat, or potatoes.
Vodka
What can drinking alcohol do to your social life?
destroy it.
What happens if you get addicted to alcohol?
You will not be able to go a day without at least one drink.
Alcoholism
A progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
How can alcohol make you less smart?
It impairs your decision making.
An alcohol liquor distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses.
Rum
What can being caught drinking alcohol underage do?
Get you in trouble with the law.
How can alcohol affect families?
By tearing them apart.
Cirrhosis
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
How does alcohol get you drunk?
It passes through the body through the blood stream and reaches the brain.
A clear alcoholic spirit distilled from grain or malt and flavored with juniper berries.
Gin
What can alcohol do to your relationship with your parents?
It can make them not trust you.
What can alcohol do to your memory?
It can make it difficult to remember things that you need to know.