L. 1: Why is Alcohol Harmful
is a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains
Alcohol
Is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations
Reaction Time
this is a condition that fast build up in the liver and cannot be broken down
Fatty Liver
Is a process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
Tolerance
What type of drug is alcohol?
What is Depressants
What is the precent of all alcohol broken down
95%
A life threatening problem also associated with heavy alcohol use is...
Cirrhosis
What is one of five effects of alcoholism
Denial, Craving, Loss of control, tolerance, and physical dependence
What is one of the four steps on the road to recovery
Admission, counseling, detoxification, and resolution
What is the legal age to start drinking
what is 21
What does the acronym BAC stand for
Blood Alcohol content
The heart
What happens when you reach the mosts ever level of alcoholism (stage four)
Long periods of being intoxicates all the time, strange or unreasonable fears, faulty thinking of hallucinations, Malnutrition caused by not eating properly
Recovery starts only after what
The alcoholic makes the commitment to never drink again
What is the fraction amount of traffic deaths related to alcohol? (example: two-fourths)
What is one-third
What are some factors about how much you can drink before you gte drunk
Gender, Body type, if your on other drugs, food, general health, how fast you drink, and how much you drink
Teens who experiment with alcohol are at risk for what?
Binge Drinking
In some families, members who try to help the alcoholic may become what
Enablers
Name the group that helps the family and friends of an alcoholic
AL-Anon
name one advocate groups
Students against destructive decisions (SADD), Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U.), and Youth for environmental sanity
How many oz. of beer equals the same amount of wine and liquor
Beer=12 oz. wine=3 oz. liquor= 1.5 oz
Drinking alcohol separates the stomach and the what?
Esophagus
How much money does underage drinking cost society
50 billion dollars a year
What is a meeting intervention
when the family or friends hold a meeting to talk about a persons drinking habits