L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
Alcohol belongs to a group of drugs known
as?
depressants
A common short-term effect of drinking that involves loss of memory.
What is a blackout?
The name for a group of birth defects caused by a mother drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?
The disease characterized by a physical or psychological dependence on alcohol.
What is alcoholism?
The first step a person must take when seeking help for alcoholism.
What is admitting they have a problem?
Alcohol is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in?
fruits,
vegetables, and grains
This is the involuntary movement of the eyes, which can be a sign of acute intoxication.
What is nystagmus?
This condition involves **liver damage** caused by long-term heavy drinking, replacing healthy tissue with scar tissue.
What is cirrhosis?
A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol on a single occasion is known as engaging in this activity.
What is binge drinking?
This national organization was originally founded as Students Against Drunk Driving and now focuses on all destructive decisions.
What is SADD?
What is the acronym Students
Against Destructive Decisions?
SADD
A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose.
What is alcohol poisoning?
A long-term effect of alcohol abuse that weakens the heart muscle.
What is cardiomyopathy?
This is the state of needing more and more alcohol to feel the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This support group provides help to family members of alcoholics.
What is Al-Anon?
Depressants do what to the body?
slow down the body’s functions and reactions
This is the only thing that can sober up an intoxicated person.
What is time?
This organ is responsible for filtering out poisons, and is the organ most damaged by chronic alcohol use.
What is the liver?
This is the term for when a person physically needs alcohol to function and suffers withdrawal symptoms if they stop.
What is dependence?
A common method for refusing alcohol that involves suggesting a different, alcohol-free activity.
What is offering an alternative (or a refusal skill)?
The legal driving limit for **BAC** in most states for adults aged 21 and over.
What is 0.08%?
The two main body systems that are immediately slowed down by alcohol, which is classified as a depressant.
What are the central nervous system and the respiratory system?
This is the term for the permanent changes in the structure and function of the brain due to alcohol exposure.
What is brain damage?
The stage of alcoholism where the drinker cannot set limits on drinking and may begin to hide their use.
What is the middle stage (or increased dependence)?
The process of removing all alcohol from a person's body to begin recovery.
What is detoxification (or detox)?