Why is Alcohol Harmful
What type of drug is alcohol?
Depressant
Legal intoxication in Indiana
0.08 percent
What does it mean to be addictive?
To need alcohol both physically and emotionally
True or False: Teens 15 and younger are four times more likely to become addicted to alcohol than older individuals
True
To help a person with alcohol problems, family and friends can hold a what?
Intervention
What type of alcohol do we drink?
Ethanol alcohol
Alcohol slows what?
Reaction time
Research has shown that drinking alcohol as a teen can lead to what?
Long-lasting learning and memory problems
How many Americans estimated are alcoholics or have an abusive problem?
14 million
Recovery is usually what?
Long and difficult
True or False: Most teens are not drinking alcohol.
True
True or False: Males are affected by alcohol more quickly than females.
False
Do brain cells grow back?
No
Having ongoing alcohol-related legal problems is a symptom of what?
Alcohol abuse
What are examples of withdrawal symptoms?
Headaches, tiredness, strong mood swings, and nausea
How many teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol?
What does food in the stomach do to alcohol assumption?
It slows it down
An unborn baby can develop what when exposed to alcohol?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Which stage of alcoholism do people start to have short-term memory loss and blackouts?
Stage two
Recovery starts only after what?
The alcoholic makes the commitment
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U.), and Youth for Environment Sanity are all what?
Advocacy groups
Like soda and fruit juice, alcohol can cause what?
Unwanted weight gain
Teen pregnancy is a long-lasting result of what?
Lowered inhibitions
What are the 5 major symptoms of alcoholism?
Denial, Craving, Loss of control, Tolerance, and Physical dependence
What are the steps to recovery?
Admission, Counseling, Detoxification, Resolution