Why is alcohol harmful
The legal drinking age in the United States is
The BAC of an intoxicated person that can not drive in the United States.
0.08
If you drink large amounts of alcohol you are more likely to get what type of cancer.
Mouth and or throat cancer
Is a physical or physiological need for a drug.
Addiction
To help a person with alcohol problems you and other friends can hold a what?
Intervention
What type of drug is alcohol?
Depressant
Is a measure of amount of alcohol present in a person's body
Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
When alcohol is in the blood a lot you can develop what?
Fatty liver
The total cost for alcohol related problems is what?
175.9 Billion dollars
Treating alcoholism begins with the drinker realizing they have a ________?
Addiction
Or other ways of thinking or acting are available to teens who choose not to drink.
Alternatives
Once alcohol reaches the brain, it slows what
Is the consumption of large quantities and amounts of alcohol in a very short time period.
Binge Drinking
This disease effects all part of an alcoholics life, physical, mental, social, and emotional.
Alcoholism
This is a physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance.
Detoxification
the alcohol we are talking about in this chapter is a beverage, it is called
Ethanol
Are males or females affected by alcohol more quickly?
Females
Acid
One of the 5 major symptoms for alcohol: The person has a strong need to drink
Craving
The recovery process with alcoholism starts with the person never ________ again.
drinking
Alcohol is the cause of hundreds of traffic accidents every year. ________ of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol.
1/3
If you have food in your stomach it will slow down what?
Alcohol absorption.
The scarring from Cirrhosis reduces blood flow in what part of the body?
Liver
How many symptoms is there of alcohol abuse
4
One step on the road to recovery is what?
Counseling