Why alcohol is harmful
Short term effects
Long term effects
Alcoholism and Alcohol abuse
Getting help for alcohol abuse
100

What is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains?

Alcohol

100

What is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations?

Reaction time

100

What is a condition in which fat builds up in the liver and can not be broken down?

Fatty liver

100

What is a physical or psychological need for a drug?

Addiction

100

A gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help.

Intervention

200

What are drugs that slow down the body's functions and reactions.

Depressants

200

What is it called when a person's mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol?

Intoxication

200

What disease characterized by scaring and eventual destruction of the liver?

Cirrhosis

200

What is a progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.

Alcoholism

200

A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.

Relapse

300

What are other ways of thinking or acting?

Alternatives

300

Process of alcohol through the body

Mouth, into the liver, Stomach, Heart, and then the brain

300

What is the large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time?

Binge drinking

300

The process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.

Tolerance

300

The process of learning to live an alcohol-free life.

Recovery

400

What are three reasons not to drink alcohol?

1. risking your health.

2. against the law.

3. make decisions that will help you become a strong person.

400

What is a dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short period of time?

Alcohol poisoning

400

What is a conscious or unconscjious retraint of a person's own behaviors or actions?

Inhibition

400

A type od addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug.

Physical dependence  

400

The physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using and addictive substance.

Withdrawal

500

Why do teens drink?

Drinking may help them with their problems, grow-up more, and/or peer pressure.


500

What is a condition in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly?

Malnutrition

500

What is a group of alcohol-related birthday birth defects that include both physical and metal problems?

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

500

People who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior.

Enablers

500

The physical process of freeing he body of an addictive substance.

Detoxification