L.1: Why is Alcohol Harmful?
What is the legal drinking age?
What is 21?
What is the percent people are considered legally intoxicated?
What is 0.08 percent?
What is mouth or throat cancer?
Using alcohol repeatedly can lead to what?
What is addiction?
Name 1 of the steps to recovery.
Admission, Counseling, Detoxification, Resolution
What are some affects alcohol can have on how a person feels or behaves?
Some become relaxed and friendly. Others become depressed and angry.
Does alcohol have calories?
What is YES?
Many people that regularly drink alcohol have what?
What is Ongoing Heartburn?
Teens 15 and younger are how many times as likely to become addicted?
What is 4x?
True or False:
Recovery is a short and easy process.
What is false?
Recovery is a long and difficult process.
True or False?
Alcohol makes it hard to make bad decisions and think clearly.
What is False?
Alcohol makes it hard to make GOOD decisions and think clearly
What is one reason affects of alcohol varies?
Gender and body size, other drugs, food, general health, how fast you drink, and how much you drink.
What is a life-threatening problem that is caused from heavy alcohol use?
What is cirrhosis?
What are people with alcoholism called.
What is an alcoholic?
What is the person who was an alcoholic referred to once they have went through the step of resolution, or deciding to be alcohol-free?
What is recovering alcoholic?
A type of alcohol that is a beverage.
What is Ethanol Alcohol?
What is the fraction of domestic violence cases are related to alcohol abuse?
What is two-thirds?
True or False:
Brain Cells grow back.
What is false?
Drinking alcohol permanately kills brain cells.
How many americans are alcoholics?
What is 14 million?
What is a way to talk to a person who has a problem with alcohol?
Have an honest talk with the drinker.
Encourage the person to seek help.
Offer information.
What fraction of traffic accidents are caused from alcohol?
What is one-third?
How many seconds does it take for alcohol to reach the brain?
What is 30 seconds?
Name one danger of binge drinking.
Death due to falls, drowning, or drunk driving.
Being a victim of violent behavior
Death from alcohol poisoning
Name 1 of the 5 major symptoms.
Denial, Craving, Loss of Control, Tolerance, Physical dependence
What is a way you can choose to be alcohol-free?
Choose friends who don't drink and avoid situations that alcohol might be present.