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Miscellaneous
Alcohol Poisoning
Defense Mechanisms
Stages of Change
Terminology
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The number one abused drug worldwide.
What is alcohol?
100
Stomach spasm
What is Vomitting
100
The emotional and psychological refusal to accept reality.
What is denial?
100
The drinker does not recognize that their drinking is a problem in any way.
What is pre-contemplation?
100
More of the drug must be used to get the same effect.
What is Tolerance?
200
Which years represent the peak heavy drinking years?
What is 18-25 years old?
200
Intoxicated person appears to be conscious and active,but the brain does not encode any memories.
What is a black out?
200
The alcoholic's venting anger and frustration on another person or object, neither of which deserves it.
What is displacement?
200
The drinker may start to have some thoughts about quitting.
What is contemplation?
200
When a person has stopped all alcohol or drug use.
What is abstinence?
300
When driving, blood alcohol concentration at or above this level is a criminal offence.
What is 0.08? (80mg. of alcohol per 100ml of blood.)
300
Alcohol poisoning is also know as...
What is overdose?
300
The alcoholic's tendency to make excuses and find reasons to support their drinking.
What is rationalization?
300
The person has made a decision to quit drinking in the near future.
What is determination / preparation?
300
A condition characterized by preoccupation with alcohol and loss of control over its consumption.
What is alcoholism?
400
Ten percent of those who drink, consume what percentage of alcohol produced?
What is 50%.
400
When a person is in a state of alcohol poisoning, two vital body functions begin to shut down.
What is the heart and lungs? (Cardio-vascular system)
400
Alcoholic's tendency to play down the seriousness of their situation.
What is minimizing?
400
The person starts to take active steps such as entering treatment or counselling.
What is Action?
400
A return to uncontrolled drinking after a period of sobriety.
What is a relapse?
500
The intake of a chemical substance into the body with the goal of altering one's state of consciousness.
What is Use?
500
When someone is unconscious from alcohol poisoning we use this technique.
What is the Bacchus manoeuver?
500
Temper tantrums, sulking and pouting are all common forms of...
What is regression?
500
The person has maintained sobriety for 6 months or more. The person continues to work on behaviour changes to prevent relapse.
What is Maintenance?
500
An episode of drinking, followed by an immediate return to abstinence.
What is a slip?