Why is Alcohol Harmful?
Drugs that slow down bodily functions and reactions.
What are depressants?
A measure of the amount of alcohol present in a person's blood
What is blood alcohol content (BAC)?
A condition where fat builds up in the liver and cannot be broken down.
What is fatty liver?
A physical or psychological need for a drug.
What is addiction?
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop it.
What is relapse?
Alcohol made from the process of fermentation.
What is ethanol?
Meaning that a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol.
What is intoxication?
A disease caused by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver.
What is cirrhosis?
A person that creates an atmosphere in which an alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior.
What is an enabler?
The process of freeing the body of an addictive substance.
What is detoxification?
The percentage of traffic deaths caused by alcohol.
33%
One of the effects of long-term usage of alcohol in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly.
What is malnutrition?
A group of alcohol related birth defects that include both physical and mental problems
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?
A process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
The body's reaction to discontinuing the use of an addictive substance.
What is withdrawal?
Popular alternatives to alcohol.
What are hobbies? (sports, learning new skills, finding a new talent, pursuing interests, etc.)
The amount of time it takes for alcohol to reach the brain.
30 seconds.
The amount of people killed in alcohol related crashes in 2005.
Over 16,000.
A series of one or more well-defined behaviors caused by long-term drinking.
What is alcohol abuse?
The last step in the road to recovery that involves someone with an alcohol addiction choosing to live without it.
What is resolution?
The name of a group that is against alcohol / drug use.
What are Students Against Destructive decisions (SADD), Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU), and Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES)?
The percentage of domestic violence cases caused by alcohol.
67%
Functions of the brain that alcohol destroys.
What are memory and problem solving capabilities?
The total cost of alcohol related problems per year.
175 billion dollars per year.
A non-profit group that teaches family and friends about alcoholism.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?