L.1 Why Alcohol is Harmful
Alcohol can harm the brain's ability to what?
Learn and remember
What part of the body is alcohol broken down?
Liver
Ulcers are sores that cause....
bleeding
True or False:
Teens 16 and younger are four times more likely to become addicted than older individuals.
False
Teens 15 and younger
What are available to teens with an alcoholic in their family?
Support groups
True or False: If a teen is caught buying alcohol, they arrested, fined, or sent to a youth dentition center?
True
A person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol.
Intoxication
Teens long-term goals could be stoped by
a) Binge drinking
b) Intoxication
c) Alcohol
d) Addiction
a) Binge drinking
Name two of the five major symptoms of Alcoholism
Denial
Craving
Loss of control
Physical dependence
Tolerance
Name one of the steps of recovery
Admission
Counseling
Detoxification
Resolution
Other ways of thinking or acting
Alternatives
Which of the following is not a way alcohol affects your body?
a) General Health
b) Gender and body size
c) Your speaking
d) Food
c) Your speaking
True or False:
Sober drivers are more likely to die in a fatal crash than people with DWI
False
How many stages of Alcoholism is there?
4 stages
However, many of them may be in____
a) anger
b) sadness
c) depression
d) denial
d) denial
__ Who stay drug-free are better able to handle the challenges of everyday life.
Teens
__ is the percent he or she is considered legally intoxicated
0.08
A conscious or unconscious restraint of a person's ow behaviors or actions
Inhibition
Underage drinking costs society more than
a) 12 million
b) 50 billion
c) 3.62 million
d) 45 billion
b) 50 billion
a return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop
relapse
Alcohol is one of the biggest factors in what?
Teen traffic deaths
Most of the alcohol passes into the small intestine, but....
Some can be pushed into the blood stream.
FAS stands for
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Persons who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior
Enablers
True or False:
The families of alcoholics need ti recover from the effects of living with alcoholism as well
True