L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits vegetables, and grains.
Alcohol
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
Cirrhosis
A type of addiction in which the body feels that it needs the drug.
Physical dependence
What is the physical process of feeling the body of an addictive substance?
Detoxication
What are depressants?
a drug that slows down the body's functions and reactions.
What is fatty liver?
a condition in which fats build up in the liver that cannot be broken down.
Blood alcohol content
What does it mean when someone has a tolerance?
Tolerance is when a person needs to take more of the drug to feel the same effect.
What happens when someone relapses?
Relapses are the return of the use of the drug after attempting to stop.
What does F.A.S. stand for?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
What does it mean when someone is craving something?
A person feels that they need that specific thing.
What are the steps to recovery?
admission, counseling, detoxification, resolution