Why is Alcohol Harmful
It is illegal for anyone under the age of __ to consume alcohol.
What is 21?
A BAC of ____ is considered legally intoxicated.
What is 0.08 BAC?
Alcohol ____ inhibition.
What is lowers?
Addiction is the _____ and _______ need for a drug.
What is physical and psychological?
People who are struggling from addiction may be in _____ and refuse the fact that they have a problem.
What is denial?
If you are caught with alcohol..
What is arrested, fined, or sent to juvy?
List 3 things that could affect the way alcohol makes you react.
What is gender, age, weight, food, other drugs, how fast you drink, or how much you drink?
A group of alcohol-related birth defects.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
An enabler is
What is a person who creates an atmosphere where an alcoholic can comfortably drink and continue the bad behavior?
Symptoms of withdrawal could be..
What are headaches, tiredness, strong mood swings, and nausea?
An example why teens might drink
What is peer pressure, looking more grown-up, it looks cool, or it will help with problems?
How much beer is considered a standard drink?
What is 12 oz.?
The difference between fatty liver and cirrhosis.
What is.. Fat builds up in the liver in fatty liver, and cirrhosis is the scarring and destruction of liver?
List 2 of the 5 major symptoms of alcoholism.
What are denial, craving, loss of control, tolerance, and physical dependence?
What happens in an intervention?
What is family and friends gather to get the problem drinker to agree to seek help?
Most teens are/are not drinking alcohol
Alcohol reaches the brain within ____ of being swallowed
What is 30 seconds?
What are ulcers?
Teens 15 and younger are ___ times more likely to become addicted than older individuals.
What is four?
Once recovery begins and the alcoholic resolves to accept responsibility for their actions, they are known as a _________
What is a recovering alcoholic?
____ of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol.
What is 1/3?
Alcohol absorption can be delayed if the person has ________
What is eaten a heavy meal?
Alcohol is not digested like other foods. It is absorbed by ________ in the mouth and stomach, and goes directly into the _____.
What is tissue lining, and blood?
Choose one of the four stages of alcoholism and describe how it affects a person.
Stage One: Drinking to relax or get relief from stress and mental fatigue, looking for opportunities to drink, and a gradual increase in tolerance.
Stage Two: Saying or doing hurtful things, sneaking extra drinks and feeling guilty, making excuses for drinking.
Stage Three: Aggressive or resentful behavior, making and failing to keep promises, losing interest in anything but alcohol, avoiding family and friends, trouble with money, work, and the law, and tremors and the start of severe physical problems.
Stage Four: Long periods of being intoxicated all the time, strange or unreasonable fears, faulty thinking or hallucinations, and malnutrition caused by not eating properly.
Name the steps to recovery in order.
What are admission, counseling, detoxification, and resolution?