Why is Alcohol Harmful
The age that you are legally allowed to consume alcohol
What is 21 years old?
The ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations
What is reaction time?
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver
What is cirrhosis?
A physical or psychological need for a drug
What is addiction?
The type of alcohol that is a beverage
What is ethanol alcohol?
The blood alcohol content of someone considered legally intoxicated
What is 0.08 percent?
One of main organs affected by alcohol
What is the liver?
The name of someone who is addicted to alcohol
What is an alcoholic?
Symptoms of withdrawal
What are headaches, tiredness, strong mood swings, and nausea?
The amount of teen traffic deaths that are related to alcohol
The percentage of alcohol consumed that the liver breaks down
What is 95 percent?
The effect heavy drinking has on the heart
What is a weakened and enlarged heart?
The amount of money that underage drinking costs society
What is 50 billion dollars a year?
Families of alcoholics in denial can form this to get the drinker to agree to get help
What is intervention?
The effect alcohol use has on your body
What slows down your body's functions and reactions?
The amount (in ounces) of wine someone can drink to equal a 12 oz. beer
What is 5 ounces?
How often (on average) someone is killed in a crash involving alcohol
What is every 31 minutes?
The estimated amount of Americans who are alcoholics or have an alcohol abuse problem
What is 14 million?
The third step of recovery that is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive drug
What is detoxification?
The consequences of being caught buying or drinking alcohol underage
What is arrested, fined, or sent to a youth detention center?
Ways alcohol affects the brain and nervous system
What is impaired memory, speech, judgement, vision, and hearing?
Symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome
What is smaller body size and weight, development problems, and learning disabilities?
The 5 major symptoms of alcoholism
What is denial, craving, loss of control, tolerance, and physical dependence?
The four steps of recovery
What are admission, counseling, detoxification, and resolution?