Why is alcohol harmful?
What does alcohol do to the body's functions?
it slows reaction time down
Drinking can cause this to be high
What is blood pressure?
What is this poisoning when you drink large amounts of alcohol?
alcohol poisoning
What group does alcohol belong to?
What is Depressants
This is a recovering center
Rehab
Why is alcohol harmful when driving?
It is harmful because you could crash and get you or another person killed
Drinking can cause this to be weak
What is immune system?
body's ability to respond quickly and appropriately to situations
what is reaction time
return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop
what is relapse
gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help
What is an intervention
Why is it important to not drink while pregnant?
It could cause FAS ( Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ) and cause birth effects on babies.
Drinking can cause confusion
What is memory loss?
is a measure of the amount of alcohol present in a person's blood
what is Blood alcohol content (BAC)
addiction
This is the physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance
What is detoxification
Why is it important to not drink so much near family?
Because it could cause a breakup or divorce if being drunk near family happens repeatedly.
This disease involves the liver
Fatty liver
dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short period of time
Alcohol poisoning
process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
tolerance
physical and physiological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance
Recovery
What is it called when you drink large amounts of alcohol in short amounts of time?
Binge Drinking.
a persons mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol
what is intoxication
condition in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly
Malnutrition
This is a type of addiction in which the body feels itself a direct need for a drug
Physical dependence