Why is Alcohol harmful
Alcohol can harm the brain’s ability to...
Learn and remember
The liver breaks down approximately this amount of all alcohol consumed.
What is 95%?
alcohol accounts for this percentage of all traffic deaths 2005.
What is 39%?
Underage drinking costs society more than this amount a year.
What is $50 billion?
A Group to help alcoholic listed in the book is...
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?
drugs that slow down the body’s functions and reactions
What are depressants?
Those who drink are more likely to behave in this way.
What is Violence?
This is a result of drinking while pregnant
fetal alcohol syndrome
teens under this age are more likey to become adicted to alcohol.
What is 15?
A group to help the family after the alcoholic gets help is...
What is Al-Anon? OR What is Alateen?
The legal age for drinking is...
21
This slows down alcohol absorption
What is food?
a conscious or unconscious restraint of a person’s own behaviors or actions.
What is inhibition?
this is a pattern of drinking that results in one or more well-defined behaviors within a 12-month period.
what is alcohol abuse?
this is the physical and psychological reactions that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance.
What is a Withdrawal?
a drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
What is Alcohol
the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations.
What is reaction time?
this is the consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time
What is binge drinking?
this is a progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
What is Alcoholism?
this is a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help
What is an intervention?
Alcohol is the cause of hundreds of traffic accidents every year. This number of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol.
What is 1/3?
this body type and this gender are affected by alcohol more than others.
What are Smaller and Women?
female teens with unplanned pregnancies found that this many had been using alcohol.
What is 1/3
these 5 things are symtoms of alcoholism.
what are denial, craving, loss of control, tolerance, and physical dependence?
these are the four steps to recovery.
What are admission, counciling, detoxification, and resolution?