Why is Alcohol Harmful
Alcohol affects the brain and central...
Nervous system
Once alcohol reaches the brain...
It slows reaction time
Drinking regularly can cause damage to these major organs...
Stomach, Liver, Pancreas, and Heart.
Teens___ and younger are four times more likely to become addicted then older individuals...
15
Withdrawal symptoms my include...
Headaches, Tiredness, Strong mood swings, and Nausea
When drinking alcohol a person can become depressed or...
Angry
The liver breaks down___ percent of all alcohol consumed...
95
Since alcohol is a depressant it affects a persons...
Emotional health.
Addiction takes focus off of friends and...
Family
If an alcoholic takes even one drink there is the chance that he or she will have a...
Relapse
Drinking may cause people to do or say...
Things they regret
A person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol...
Intoxication
For some, alcohol can become addictive which means that the person needs alcohol both...
Physically and emotionally
T or F: alcoholism and alcohol abuse are the same thing...
F
Alcoholics need outside help from counselors or____to recover...
Support groups
Alcohol can affect the the brain's ability to...
Learn and remember things
Legal intoxication percentage...
0.08
Alcohol is not digested like other things it's absorbed by...
Tissues lining the mouth, stomach and goes straight to the blood
A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug...
Physical dependence
Recovery starts only after the alcoholic makes the____never to drink again...
Commitment
Drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions...
Depressants
As with any drug overdose, alcohol poisoning can...
Kill you
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver...
Cirrhosis.
An estimated____Americans are alcoholics...
14 million
The physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance...
Detoxification