Symptoms of this stage
Drinking to relax or get relief from stress and mental fatigue
Looking for opportunities to drink
A gradual increase in tolerance
Stage 1
True or False: Alcohol’s cost per year is more than the total cost of smoking or other drug-related problems.
True
How many symptoms of alcohol abuse are there?
Four
symptoms include:
Aggressive or resentful behavior
Making and failing to keep promises
Losing interest in anything but alcohol
Avoiding family and friends
Trouble with money, work, and the law
Tremors and the start of severe physical problems
True or False: Currently 7 million Americans are alcoholics or have an alcohol abuse problem.
False (14 million)
_________ is a pattern of drinking that results in one or more well-defined behaviors within a 12-month period.
Alcohol Abuse
symptoms include:
Saying or doing hurtful things
Sneaking extra drinks and feeling guilty
Making excuses for drinking
Stage 2
True or False: People with Alcoholism typically have six major symptoms
False (five)
True or False: Alcohol Abuse symptoms include being able to fulfill major work, school, or home responsibilities
False
Symptoms include:
Long periods of being intoxicated all the time
Strange or unreasonable fears
Faulty thinking or hallucinations
Malnutrition caused by not eating properly
Stage 4
True or False: Enablers are persons who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can not comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior.
False (they can)
Like other drugs, using alcohol repeatedly can lead to _____
addiction
There are four stages of _________
alcoholism
True or False: Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are not the same thing.
True
One of the biggest problems with alcohol is that it is ____-_______
habit-forming