Truth or Consequences
This is consuming no more than one drink per day for adult women and no more than two drinks per day for adult men; also called social drinking.
What is moderate drinking?
Describe two ways alcohol can affect a fetus.
What is:
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
poor growth
decreased muscle tone and poor coordination
heart and facial conditions
delayed development
This is the process of completely stopping all alcohol use to remove the substance from the body.
What is detoxification?
What are the 6 influences on drinking as outlined in the textbook?
What are:
Your cool older classmates who you believe are drinking
Your parents or guardians who drink more than they should
Your older siblings who drink around you and with their friends
Your friends who want you to try it with them
People you see drinking and having fun on social media
Your favorite celebrity who makes drinking look fun or glamorous
This is a type of doctor who specializes in correcting misaligned teeth.
What is an orthodontist?
This is a percentage of alcohol that is in a person's blood.
What is blood alcohol concentration (BAC)?
What is one consequence of underage drinking?
What are:
physical problems
school problems
family and social problems
legal problems
This is a self-help program for people with alcohol-use disorders to help them change how they thing about drinking.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
What are the 3 Addiction Treatment Strategies as outline in the book?
What is:
detoxification
support groups
self-management strategies
What do you get when you cross a poodle with a snickerdoodle cookie?
What is a snickerpoodle?
This is self-control that keeps people from taking dangerous risks. When one is under the influence of alcohol they can lose this control.
What is inhibition?
Other than motor vehicle accidents, what are three other types of accidents often associated with drinking?
What are:
falls
burns
homicides
suicides
unintentional firearm injuries
electrical shocks
incidents of near drowning
accidental death while bicycling or swimming
This is a support group where young people who have loved ones with an alcohol-use disorder come together to share their experiences and learn ways to cope with problems.
What is Alateen?
What are 2 self-management strategies?
What are:
avoiding situations where alcohol is present
responding in new ways to these situations
learning new strategies for handling stress
developing strategies for refusing alcohol
who is the governor of Oregon?
Who is Kate Brown?
These are conditions that occur when the recurrent use of alcohol causes problems that interfere with a person's health and responsibilities at school, home, or work.
What are alcohol-use disorders?
What are two of the factors that impact the effects of alcohol?
What are:
ethnicity
gender
body weight
food consumption
how fast you drink
how much you drink
This means encouraging a person's unhealthy behaviors, either intentionally or unintentionally.
What is enabling?
Describe one way the government tries to control alcohol consumption.
What are:
setting the minimum legal drinking age at 21
limits on what hours alcohol can be sold
sales tax on alcohol
education materials to discourage alcohol use
advertisements
What is the hormone secreted by the adrenal glands? Also know as the "fight or flight" hormone.
What is adrenaline?
According to the textbook, about how many people die from alcohol-related causes each year?
What is 88,000 people?
What are:
difficulty concentrating, changes in mood, reduced inhibition (self-control)memory loss or blackout
low body temperature, frequent urination
drowsiness and slowed response rate
impaired vision
loss of balance and stumbling
What are the four stages of addiction?
What is:
experimentation
tolerance
regular use
dependence
What do the letters stand for in making IDEAL Decisions?
What are:
Identify the situation or problem
Describe all the possible solutions
Evaluate all those solutions
Act on the best solution
Learn from the experience
This is the toxic chemical in tobacco that makes it so addictive.
What is nicotine?