This system includes the brain and the spinal cord and it's affected when someone drinks alcohol.
What is CNS (central nervous system)
100
The uncomfortable physical effects caused by alcohol use including headache, dizziness, stomach upset, and vomiting.
What is a hangover
100
A condition in which a person needs more of a drug to feel the original effects of a drug
What is tolerance
100
Mental or psychological process that restrains your actions, emotions, and thoughts
What is inhibitions
100
This is a disease in which a person is physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol.
What is alcoholism
200
A drug that slows down body functions.
What is a depressant
200
Alcohol can cause _____ _______ making someone happy one minute and angry the next.
What is mood swings
200
This deadly disease replaces healthy liver tissue with useless scar tissue.
What is cirrhosis
200
The amount of time from the instant your brain detects an external stimulus until the moment you respond.
What is reaction time
200
The body's chemical need for a drug.
What is physical dependence
300
Within 10-15 heartbeats alcohol in the bloodstream reaches the _______
What is the brain
300
The physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol
What is intoxication
300
This group of birth defects affect an unborn baby that has been exposed to alcohol in the womb.
What is FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome)
300
This can influence people to drink by showing young attractive people having fun- not showing the negative effects
What is media
300
A person's emotional or mental need for a drug.
What is psychological dependence
400
The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream, it is measured in percentages.
What is blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level
(BAC or BAL)
400
The damage to physical health caused by drinking too much alcohol. It is a drug overdose and can be fatal.
What is alcohol poisoning
400
The inability to drink in moderation or at appropriate times
What is alcohol abuse
400
This type of pressure to drink comes from within
What is internal pressure
400
Learning to live without alcohol, it is a lifelong effort.
What is recovery
500
Alcohol's effect on the body are influenced by several factors, these are called: individual _________ to alcohol and are things like gender, weight, and tolerance
What are reactions
500
As your BAC rises, you become less likely to see risks or predict possible harmful ___________
What is consequences
500
Alcohol destroys ________ _______ and once they are destroyed the body does not produce more
What is brain cells
500
This group was forced by a mother to educate others about the dangers of drunk driving
What is MADD (Mothers against drunk driving)
500
This group provides support to a person who is recovering from alcohol.