L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
other ways of thinking or acting
Alternatives
a dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts over a short period of time
Alcohol Poisoning
a conscious or unconscious restraint of a person's own behaviors and actions
Inhibition
a pattern of drinking that results in one or more well-defined behaviors within 12 -month period
Alcohol Abuse
a return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop
Relapse
Do most teens drink alcohol?
No
One of the greatest dangers of alcohol is that there is no way to tell how it will effect what?
his or her body.
Alcohol affects all areas of a persons what?
life
Alcohol does what to realtionships?
damages them
People that struggle with alcoholism need what?
help
What do to depressants do to the body?
Slows down the body's functions and reactions
What does BAC stand for?
Blood Alcohol Content
what part of the body does alcohol disrupts?
brain
T or F: Underage drinking cost society more than 50 billion dollars a year.
True
A recovering ___ is someone who has an addiction to alcohol but choose to live without alcohol.
alcoholic
What is alcohol made out a chemical reaction with...
Fruits, vegetables, and grains
T or F: 0.8 is the legal amount to be intoxicated
False
what does alcohol do to some messages sent to the brain?
blocks them
How many stages of alcoholism are there?
4
what is the best way to avoid being an alcoholic?
be alcohol free
What may teens say that alcohol does for their problems?
It helps them get trough there problems.
T or F: The remaining alcohol that doesn't pass through the liver goes out of the tongue.
False
When using alcohol people are much more likely to say and do thing they normally...
wouldn't
What do you call people that have alcoholism?
Alcoholic
What strategy can help you get out of unwanted situations?
S.T.O.P