why is alcohol harmful
a group of alcohol related birth defects that include both physical and mental problems
fetal alcohol syndrome
when you drink it slows down this
reaction time
a disease that characterized by scaring and eventually destroying the liver
cirrhosis
consumptions of large quantity of alcohol in a short period of time
binge drinking
a gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help
intervention
what is a drug that slows down the body functions
depressant
a measurement of the amount of alcohol present in a person blood
blood alcohol content
physical or psychological need for a drug
addiction
addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug
physical dependent
people who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unxeptible behavior
enablers
condition in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it need to grow and function properly
malnutrition
a person mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol
intoxication
you get this when fat builds up on the liver
fatty liver
a dangers condition were a person drinks to much alcohol in a short period of time
alcohol poison
the process of learning to live an alcohol free life
recovery
conscious or unconscious restraint of a person own behavior or action
inhibition
a conscious or unconscious restraint of a person own behavior in a very short period of time
inhalation
process in witch your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect
tolerance
a pattern of drinking that result in one or more well defined behavior within a 12 month period
alcohol abuse
the physical press of freeing the body of an alcohol substance
detoxification
the physical and psychological
withdraw
a substance that is made of grain that when you drink at first you get short term effects
beer
condition in which the body docent get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly
malnutrition
a progressive chorine disease invoking a mental and physical need for alcohol
alcoholism
other ways of thinking or acting
alternative