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Definitions
Facts
Warning signs
Effects
Behavior
100
What type of alcohol is found in alcoholic drinks?
What is ethyl alcohol?
100
This is the only thing that can cure a hangover
What is time
100
This is one of the signs of alcoholism. Alcoholics will drink when no one is around.
What is drinking alone?
100
This is when a person's pulse will beat more frequently in a minute after drinking alcohol
What is increased heart rate
100
loss of coordination, impaired speech, and delayed reactions
What are effects of alcohol on your brain
200
What is another term for a state of drunkenness?
What is intoxication
200
A person who thinks they need alcohol suffers from what type of dependence
What is psychological dependence
200
All races, all religions, all socioeconomic statuses, any age, any gender, describes this type of person
Who can be an alcoholic
200
This is when the blood flows at a less desirable pace
What is increased blood pressure
200
This is the condition of feeling terrible the day after drinking.
hangover
300
A disease where the drinker loses control of his/her drinking
What is alcoholism?
300
This is when a person consumes 5 or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting
What is binge drinking
300
In this situation, the drinker says he wants to drink because he had a bad day
What is making excuses to drink
300
This is what occurs when drinkers will go for periods of time without knowing what they are doing or what they did the night before
What are blackouts?
300
Depression, lack of self esteem, peer pressure, traumatic experiences, lack of coping components
What are reasons why people drink
400
Not enough nutrients for good health - alcoholics suffer from this
What is malnutrition?
400
This type of drug has an adverse effect on the body...like it is "slowing it down". Alcohol is classified as one of these
What is a depressant?
400
This is when people can drink a lot without showing the effects of alcohol
What is high tolerance
400
This number lets people know how much alcohol they have consumed. In Illinois, this number has to be lower than .08 for people to legally drive
What is blood-alcohol concentration
400
This person helps alcoholics continue on with their disease
What is an enabler
500
Alcohol leaves the stomach and goes directly to the blood stream
What is absorption?
500
This is the percentage of people who choose not to drink in America
What is 1 out of 3
500
The cabinet, under the sink, the laundry baskets are all common places for alcoholics to do this.
Hide their booze so no one knows they are drinking a lot.
500
Height, weight, age, gender are examples of this
determining factors of alcohol on your body
500
This person will forget all of their own needs in order to care for an alcoholic. This affects the non drinker
What is an individual with codependent behavior