This is the organ of the body which is responsible for metabolizing alcohol.
What is the liver.
100
The result of when a person is both physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol or other psychoactive substance.
What is addiction.
100
Many years of heavy alcohol consumption can lead to scarring in the liver known as this.
What is cirrhosis.
100
In most states this is the cut-off for the blood alcohol level for a person to drive.
What is 0.08%
100
People, places and things that are associated with alcohol or drug use.
What are triggers.
200
The effects of alcohol on the human body depend the amount of alcohol in the blood, known as this.
What is Blood alcohol concentration
200
The second phase to the addictive process where a person will increase their drinking to weekly or monthly and thoughts of drinking occur more frequently.
What is the maintenance phase.
200
A condition affecting children born to alcohol-consuming mothers while they are pregnant which is characterized by facial deformities, growth deficiency, and mental disabilities.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome.
200
Having five or more drinks during one occasion on a least one day in the past month is know as what?
What is binge drinking.
200
A response that is activated by thoughts or external triggers which can lead to drinking or using.
What is cravings.
300
The symptoms that occur many hours after drinking which include fatigue, nausea, upset stomach, headache and sensitivity to sounds.
What is the hangover.
300
This is the part of the brain that is responsible for rational thinking and decision making.
What is the prefrontal cortex.
300
This disease can result when heavy alcohol consumption causes an imbalance between the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate a person's blood sugar levels.
What is diabetes.
300
Uncontrollable drinking that leads to alcohol craving, loss of control and physical dependence but with less prominent characteristics than found in alcohol addiction is know as what?
What is alcohol abuse
300
A process in a person's mind where they invent excuses to drink or use again or move towards relapse.
What is justifications/justifying.
400
The process in which people drink alcohol frequently and steadily and their brains adapt over time to the presence of alcohol.
What is adaptation or tolerance.
400
This is the pleasure and reward system of the brain where survival mechanisms come from.
What is limbic system.
400
In the digestive system, this is the passageway to the stomach in which excessive drinking can cause inflammation.
What is the esophagus.
400
A pattern of behavior that is associated with alcohol use that involves violence or abuse by another person.
What is domestic violence.
400
Behavior that interrupts the usual process that can lead to relapse which can include relaxation, visualization or rubber band snapping.
What is Thought Stopping.
500
Instead of acting as a stimulant in the central nervous system of the brain, alcohol does this.
What is depresses.
500
The Russian scientist who conducted experiments testing conditioning and physical processes with triggers.
Who is Pavlov.
500
This syndrome is the result of severely affected memory from alcohol, preventing new memory from taking place.
What is Korsakoff's syndrome.
500
The behavior displayed by either the addicted person or non addicted family member who cover-up the excessive drinking behavior or allow it to continue.
What is codependency or enabling.
500
A process which can lead a person back to drinking or using substances after attempting to stop or after a period of sobriety.