L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
Depressant
How fast can alcohol reach the brain on an empty stomach
What happens to destroy brain cells
They do not grow back
Progressive, chronic disease needing alcohol
Alcoholism
What is a meeting where family and friends confront a drinker
An Intervention
What is one reason most teens drinking choices or legal risks
Percentage of alcohol broken down by the liver
95 Percent
What can extra stomach acid caused by long term drinking create
Number of Americans with an alcohol problem
What is the very first step an alcoholic must take on the road to recovery
Admission, or admitting that they have a addiction
What is the legal drinking age in the US
21
What is the legal BAC limit for driving intoxicated
0.08
Life threatening disease scarring liver tissue
Cirrhosis
What symptom occurs when drinker has short term memory loss and cannot remember periods of time
Blackouts
What organization is made up entirely of recovering alcoholics who help others break addiction
Alcoholics Anonymous
Fractions of teen traffic deaths involving alcohol
One-third
Alcohol poisoning can occur when a person consumes excessive amounts of alcohol in short period of time
True
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can lead to a group of birth defects known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Underage drinking cost society more than how many dollars a year
More than 50 billion dollars
How should you speak when using refusal skills to let people know you are serious
Assertively
True or false. SADD stands for Student Against Drunk Driving
False. Stands for Students Against Destructive Decision
Name two factors that determine how quickly alcohol affects a person
Gender, body size, food in stomach, or speed
Driving While intoxicated accounts for what percentage of traffic death in 2005
Number of progressive stages of alcoholism
4 stages
What are the physical and psychological reactions like tiredness, and headaches, that happens when some some stops drinking
Withdrawal symptons