Why is Alcohol Harmful
Can you risk your health by drinking
Yes and it can do permanent damage
Alcohol absorption can be delayed how
If someone has eaten a heavy meal
What can alcohol do to your emotions long term
It gives that person more problems, mood swings, feeling worse while drinking, etc.
Can drinking lead to addiction
What is an intervention
a gathering in which family and friends get the drinker to get help
Can alcohol harm the brain
Yes, it can effect the brains ability to learn, and remember
can you get sick off of alcohol
Yes mostly first time drinkers are effected
A condition in which fat builds up in the liver and can't be broken down
Fatty liver
a progressive chronic disease involving mental and physical need
Alcoholism
What is a reaction without the substance
Withdraw
How can alcohol effect your brain
It can make it hard to think clearly and make right decisions
measure of the amount of alcohol present in the blood
Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
What is the life threatening problem in the liver
Cirrhosis
How many stages of alcoholism are there
4
What is one way to avoid drinking
What group of drugs does alcohol belong to
Depressants
People who are heavily intoxicated are at risk of what
Alcohol poisoning
What is it called when you experiment with alcohol
Binge drinking
What are the five symptoms of alcohol abuse
Denial, Craving, Loss of control, Tolerance, Physical dependance
What is the strategy called that is suggest to practice
S.T.O.P.
What is teens most used excuse to drink
Fit in with peers/ it helps me relax
What effect can happen if the body cant get nutrients
Malnutrition
What is one reason pregnancy and alcohol do not mix
Unplanned pregnancies
How many Americans are estimated to be alcoholics
14 million
What is a return to use of the substance
Relapse