What is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains?
Alcohol
What is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations?
Reaction time
what is a condition in which fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down?
Fatty liver
What is a progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alochol?
Alcoholism
What is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help?
intervention
What kind of drug is alcohol?
Depressant
True or False: Does alcohol affects the body's ability to use nutrients?
True
What is the person called when they both physically and emotional need alcohol?
Addicted, Addict, Addiction
True or false: Physical dependence is one of the 5 major symptoms.
True
How does the treatment for alcoholism began?
The alcoholic understanding that he or she has a problem.
Are all the types of alcohol just for people to drink?
No alcohol is also in medicines, cleaners, and fuels if a human happened to drink them it could be fatal.
What is the BAC limit that makes you legally drunk under the law?
.08 percent
Alcohol disrupts what parts of the brain?
Memory and problem solving
What is the first of the 5 major symptoms of risky drinking?
Denial
What is the last step to recovery?
Resolution
What is the alcohol that humans drink called?
Ethanol alcohol
The breakdown of sugars in alcohol makes alcohol have what?
Calories
What are ulcers?
Sores that cause bleeding.
How much money does underage drinking cost society?
50 billion dollars a year
If you feel pressured to use alcohol what should you do?
Refusal skills (S.T.O.P.)
What does SADD stand for?
Student's Against Destructive Decisions
How much alcohol does the liver break down?
95% of all alcohol.
How is alcohol digested?
Absorbed by tissues lining the mouth and stomach.
An estimated amount of how many Americans are alcoholics?
An estimated 14 million.
What does the organization Al-Anon?
The recovery of alcoholics families.