Why is Alcohol Harmful
________ is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits,
vegetables, and grains.
What is Alcohol?
___________ _____________ is a dangerous condition that results when
a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short time period.
What is Alcohol poisoning?
This is a condition when fat builds up in the liver and cannont be broken down
What is a fatty liver
_________ is a physical or psychological need for a drug.
Addiction
__________ is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help
intervention
___________ are drugs that slow
down the body’s functions and reactions.
What is are Depressants?
___________ ________ is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately
to situations
What is Reaction time?
Is a diease were scarring and destruction of the liver
What is Cirrhosis
_________ is a progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol
Alcoholism
_________ is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance.
Detoxification
___________ are other ways of thinking or act-
ing
What is a alternative?
_________ means a person’s mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol.
What is
Intoxication
Over_______ people were killed in alcohol related crashes
what is 16,000
________ is a process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
Tolerance
__________ is the physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance
Withdrawal
__ is the legal drinking age for people living in the united states
What is 21
_________ is a measure
of the amount of alcohol present in a person’s blood.
What is Blood alcohol content (BAC)?
_________ is drinking alot in a short period of time
Binge Drinking
________ is a type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug
• Physical dependence
_________ is the process of learning to live an alcohol-free life
. Recovery
________ alcohol is produced by a chemical reaction called fermentation
What is Ethanol
________in the stomach slows down alcohol absorption.
What is Food
_______ is a conscious or unconscious restraint of a person’s own behaviors or actions.
inhibition
_________ are persons who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior
Enablers
_______ is a return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
relapse