Why is Alcohol so Harmful?
Drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions.
What is Depressants
A measure of the amount of alcohol present in a person's blood.
What is Blood Alcohol Content(BAC)
A condition in which fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down.
What is fatty liver
A process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
What is tolerance
The process of learning to live an alcohol-free life.
The type of alcohol that we are learning about in this chapter.
What is ethanol
The legal blood alcohol limit for you to be able to drive.
What is .08
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
What is Cirrhosis
The number of stages for alcoholism.
What is 4 stages.
The age that you can legally buy alcohol.
What is 21.
The percent of traffic deaths among teens from alcohol.
What is 1/3
A condition in which the body doesn't get enough nutrients it needs to grow and function properly.
What is malnutrituion.
While driving when intoxicated you receive this.
What is a DWI.
The 5 symptoms of alcoholism.
What is Denial, craving, loss of control, tolerance, and physical dependence.
The most common symptom of alcoholism.
What is denial.
Things to do other than drink.
What is sports, different hobbies, crafts
Amount on time that it takes alcohol to reach the brain.
What is 30 seconds.
The number of teen pregnancies that were not planned caused by alcohol.
What is 1/3
Takes 50 billion dollars away from society.
What is underage drinking.
True or false relapse is when you stopped using alcohol.
False, relapse is when you go back to drinking alcohol.
What should Kim do when her friend laughs at her concerns and continues to offer her a drink?
Tell them that you don't want a drink because you know it's not right and then ask a parent to pick you up, or just leave.
What are the reasons on how alcohol would affect people differently?
It would change by someone's height, weight, gender, general health, how fast you drank, and even what you've eaten throughout the day.
Some effects on babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Smaller body, lower weight, problems with heart and kidneys, learning disabilities, and many more.
True or false alcohol costs more for the community than drugs.
True
The number of steps needed to recover from being an alcoholic.
What is 4 steps.