Why is Alcohol Harmful?
Do you risk getting arrested when you drink underage?
Yes.
(T/F) Drinking slows down reaction time.
Depressant.
What organ breaks down alchohol?
The liver.
On the road to recovery, the first step is?
Admission.
What are two negative ways that one may react to alcohol?
Depressed/Angry.
When a person's mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol it is called ____________?
It is called Intoxication.
Alcohol irritates the stomach lining and produces sores that cause bleeding which are called?
Ulcers.
What is it called when your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect?
Tolerance.
What is intervention?
A gathering of family and friends to get the drinker to want to get help.
How will alcohol affect a teen brain?
It will interfere with long and short term growth.
What does BAC stand for?
Blood Alcohol Content.
The life threatening disease of the liver is _________.
Cirrhosis.
People who abuse alcohol are not __________ dependent.
What is the third step along the road to recovery?
Detoxification.
What is the name of the alcohol in the beverage alcohol?
Ethanol.
How fast is alcohol absorbed within the blood stream.
It will be absorbed within 30 seconds.
What is binge drinking?
When you drink a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time.
An unhealthy cycle of dependency can develop between the alcoholic and the what?
Enabler.
A group that exsits within a Al-Anon is _______.
Alateen.
What is one advocacy group that can help teens make smart decisions with drinking?
SADD or T.A.T.U.
What percent of BAC is considered legal intoxication?
0.08 or more.
(T/F) Alcohol can lower a person's inhibition.
True.
Which stage of alcoholism is when the alcoholic loses control and cannot predict what will happen?
Whe pressured to try alcohol what strategy can be used to refuse?
S.T.O.P.