Why is Alcohol Harmful
Teens who drink are most likely to fall behind in what?
School
Alcohol is a very ____ drug
fast- acting
This is a condition in which
fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down.
fatty liver
This is a physical or psychological need for a drug.
Addiction
is a return to the use of a drug after at-
tempting to stop.
relapse
Are drugs that slow down the bodys functions and reactions?
depressants
is the ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations
reaction time
Alcohol affects ___ of a persons life.
all
The person has a hard time believing they have a
problem. They are usually the last to admit they need help.
Denial
Recovery starts only after the alcoholic makes the____ to never drink again
commitment
Alcohol is the cause of hundreds of ____ ____ every year
Traffic accidents
The BAC right now is ____
0.08
Since alcohol is a depressant, it affects a person’s what health
emotional
True or false, many families dont think theres anything wrong with the alcoholic
true
true or false families of alcoholics need to recover from the effects of living with alcoholism as well.
true
_____ of all teen traffic deaths are
related to alcohol
1/3
If the amount of alcohol a person drinks is more than what his or her body can tolerate, the person becomes
intoxicated
Heavy drinking damages the heart muscle, causing the heart to become weakened and enlarged, and leads to ____
High blood pressure
Alcohol’s cost to the national economy is very ____
high
The best way to avoid risk as a teenager is to be ____
alcohol free
Most teens start drinking alcohol to blend in with their ____
peers
If a person continues to drink, his or her blood alcohol content will continue to ___
rise
On average someone is killed in a crash involving alcohol every ____ minutes.
31
Underage
drinking costs society more than 50 billion dollars a_ _ _ _
year
If you ever find yourself in a position where your getting forced to do something use ____ skills
Refusal