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Legal drinking age in the U.S.?
21
What does it mean when someone is intoxicated?
a person’s mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol
A condition in which fat builds up in the liver and cannot be broken down
Fatty Liver
A physical or psychological need for a drug
Addiction
The process of learning to live an alcohol free life
Recovery
Drugs that slow down the body’s functions and reactions
Depressants
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content
A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver
Cirrhosis
People with alcoholism are called what?
Alcoholics
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop
Relapse
Other ways of thinking or acting
Alternatives
What does malnutrition mean?
a condition in which the body doesn’t get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly
The consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time
Binge Drinking
Process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
Tolerance
A gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help
Intervention
Ethanol alcohol is produced by a chemical reaction called
Fermentation
What is alcohol poisoning?
a dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short time period
A group of alcohol related birth defects that include both physical and mental problems
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Persons who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue their unacceptable behavior
Enablers
The physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance
Withdrawal
What are ways alcohol can affect how a person feels and behaves?
1. Angry & depressed
2. Calm & friendly
What is reaction time?
the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations
A conscious or unconscious restraint of a person’s own behaviors or actions
Inhibition
A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug
Physical Dependence
The physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance
Detoxification