L.1 Why Alcohol is Harmful
What age do you have to be in order to legally consume alcohol?
21 years old.
What is Blood alcohol content (BAC)?
A measure of the amount of alcohol present in a person's blood.
Name one liver issue assosiated with heavy alcohol use.
Fatty liver, cirrhosis.
What is tolerance?
a process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect.
True or false: Families of alcoholics don't need to recover from the effects of living with the alcoholsim.
False.
What kind of alcohol are we talking about in this chapter?
Ethanol alcohol.
What BAC must a person have to be considered legally intoxicated?
True or false: When a female is pregnant, everything she eats and drinks affects her unborn baby.
True.
True or flase: Alcoholsim only affects the alcoholic.
False; it affects their family, friends, and others.
Why would an alcoholic be in denial?
They refuse to admit that they have an issue.
What kind of drug is alcohol?
A depressant.
What happens once alcohol reaches someones brain?
It slows his/her reaction time.
How does alcohol transfer from the mother to the baby?
The alcohol is passed from the mother into the babys blood.
True or false: teens 15 and younger are four times more likely to become addicted than older idividuals.
True.
What is the definition of relapse?
A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop.
True or false: Most teens are drinking alcohol.
False.
Name two things that determine the effect alcohol has on someone.
1. Gender/ body size
2. Other drugs
3. Food
4. General health
5. How fast someone drinks
6. How much someone drinks
What is one kind of cancer alcoholics are more likely to develop?
Throat cancer, mouth cancer.
What is one of the five major symptoms people with an alcohol abuse problem have?
Denial, craving, loss of control, tolerance, physical dependence.
Give one reason why you should choose friends who are alcohol free.
So they don't try to peer presure you, so that they won't try to drive with you while intoxicated, so its easier to avoid risks, so that they will support your decision to stay alcohol free.
What fraction of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol?
1/3.
How long does it take for alcohol to reach the brain after being swallowed?
30 seconds.
How is alcohol absorbed into the body?
It is absorbed by tissue linings in the mouth and stomach, and goes directly into the blood.
Describe what happens to a person once they reach the second stage of alcoholism.
When someone reaches the second stage, they begin having short-term memory loss as well as blackouts. These are periods of time the alcoholic cannot remember.
What is one of the steps it takes to become totally clean from alcohol abuse?
Admission, counseling, detoxification, resolution.