Use
What is the symptoms of intoxication?
Lowered inhibitions
Euphoria, excitability
Slurred speech/loss of motor functions
Impaired coordination/difficulty concentrating
Confusion/trouble remembering things
Vomiting/unconsciousness
What are the mild symptoms of alcohol use?
Symptoms can start 8 hours after last consumption
Anxiety
Headache
Insomnia
Tremor
Gastrointestinal disturbance
Define binge drinking.
"A pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.8% or higher"
What are the symptoms of hangovers?
Fatigue/weakness
Thirst
Headache
Muscle aches
Nausea/stomach pain
Light/sound sensitivity
Anxiety
Increase blood pressure
What is a blackout?
Gaps in memory of what occurred while intoxicated due to drinking enough alcohol to temporarily block conversion of memories from short term memory to long term storage
What is the oz of each standard drink?
12oz of beer
8oz malt liquor
5oz wine
1.5oz (shot) hard liquor
True or False: Is alcohol a depressant? If so why?
True
It slows down the way the brain relays information to the rest of the body
What is the ratio for females and males for binge drinking?
Females: 4 or more drinks in about 2 hours
Males: 5 or more drinks in about 2 hours
Myth or Fact: drinking coffee or taking a shower can prevent or cure a hangover?
Myth
What is fragmentary blackout?
Spotty memories of events with missing periods of time in-between
How many people in America have alcohol use disorder?
In 2018 there was 14.8 million people increase to roughly 29.5 million people as of 2023
How long does alcohol stay in your body?
Blood: up to 6 hours
Breath: 12-24 hours
Saliva: 12-24 hours
Urine: 12-24 hours
Hair: 90 days
How does binge drinking impacts adolescents?
Lingering deficits in...
Social
Attention
Memory
Other cognitive functions
Myth or Fact: the more alcohol a person drinks, the worse the hangover will be?
Fact
What is an En Bloc?
Complete amnesia, often spanning hours, as memories are not formed and typically cannot be recovered
What are the percent of child living with a parent with alcohol problem?
More than 10%
What are moderate symptoms?
Hyperthermia: elevated body temperature
Diaphoresis: sweating
Tachycardia: rapid heartbeat
Increase in blood pressure
What are the external risk if behavior increase?
Unsafe sexual behaviors
STDs
Unintentional pregnancy
Falls
Burns
Drowning
Car crashes
Myth or Fact: there is no cure for a hangover other than time?
Fact
When a blackout occurs, what is the BAC level around?
0.16%
Can occur much lower in people who take sleep and anti-anxiety medications
What is the name of people who lose their lives from alcohol related causes?
88,000
Third leading preventable cause of death behind tobacco and poor diet/physical inactivity
What are the severe symptoms?
Disoriented
Impaired attention
Visual and/or auditory hallucinations
Seizures
What are the internal risk if behavior increase?
Pancreatitis
Liver disease
Cancer
Compromised immune system
Other chronic diseases
Myth or Fact: having an alcoholic drink in the morning after a night of drinking will help with a hangover?
Myth
What is the different from passing out and a black out?
Passing out is falling asleep/losing consciousness
Blackout is a person awake and not forming memories