Addiction
a Primary, chronic progressive, incurable and loss of control
Disease model of addiction
A person’s genetic predisposition to addiction or exposure to alcohol prenatally.
What is genetics
Can men drink more than women without feeling the same buzz? True or false
True. Men often weigh more, which means it takes longer for the alcohol to fully concentrate in the blood. Second, men carry more water in their bodies, which dilutes the alcohol more than it would in a women’s body. Putting gender aside, height, weight, fat to muscle ratio, ethnicity, your level of hydration, emotional state, illness and drug use all factor into how fast your blood alcohol content (BAC) will raise and lower.
Hangxiety
the anxiety that comes after heavy alcohol use that interfere with responsibilities or experiencing hang over anxiety
What does BAC stand for
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration
Considers addiction as a moral issue.
What is the Moral model of addiction
Traumatic events such as abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction.
What is childhood experiences/traumas
Is it beneficial to have a high alcohol tolerance? True or False
True and False. In the sense that you can drink more without feeling as drunk as the next person, yes, your high tolerance is beneficial. Alcohol tolerance is mostly about how you feel, not your actual level of drunkenness. Also, if you have a higher tolerance, it likely means that you drink more often than your counterparts, which could lead to alcoholism. The key is to be aware of how much you drink, when you drink and when you should shy away.
Name a characteristic of Gray area drinkers?
1.Can stop drinking for a period of time
2.They ricochet between ignoring that still-small voice inside telling them to stop drinking and deciding that they’re overthinking and just need to “live a little.”
3.
.08 BAC for a170 pound male is how many drinks with in 1 hour??
What is 4 drinks
Focuses on psychological and emotional factors contributing to substance abuse.
What is the psychological model of addiction
Living with abuse, neglect, care givers are in active use
What is enviroment
Marijuana is a “gateway” drug, leading to the use of harder drugs. True or False?
False: The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that the majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to use other harder substances, so marijuana use does not necessarily lead to the use of harder drugs. Some research, however, suggests that marijuana use is likely to precede the use of other legal and illegal drugs and the development of addiction to other substances.
Gray area risk factors
1. Anyone who consumes alcohol is at risk of gray area drinking, and those enduring prolonged bouts of stress are particularly vulnerable.
2. Women who are perimenopausal or menopausal—as well as those with histories of disordered eating and anxiety—may also be more susceptible to gray area drinking.
3.gray area drinking may stem from imbalances in your neurotransmitters, according to Park. In other words, gray area drinking actually starts in your head.
A BAC of .08 after 1 hour for a 140-pond female
What is 3 drinks
Emphasizes the role of social factors in addiction.
What is the Social Model of addiction
People who do drugs and alcohol around others
What is peer groups as a risk factor
Marijuana is not addictive. True or False?
False: While all studies indicate that marijuana is less addictive than alcohol, nicotine or other drugs such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, it is an addictive substance. Youth who use marijuana before the age of 18 are four to seven times more likely than adults to develop an addiction.
Low Gaba( anti anxiety Nerotransmitter)
People with low GABA often say they drink as a way to relax
12 oz of beer
what is 5% alcohol
DNA/hereditary
Family disease model
What is gray area drinking
gray area drinking as the space between the extremes of rock bottom and every-now-and-again drinking
True or False - Coffee sobers you up.
FALSE. Coffee cannot make you sober it takes at ;least one hour per drink for the alcohol to leave the body's stream. Coffee may make you feel more alert, but does not sober you up faster.
low serotonin (the natural antidepressant neurotransmitter)
People with low serotonin typically say they drink as a way to have fun.
Factors impacting BAC
The amount of alcohol you drink
Whether you have eaten before or while you are drinking(food slows absorption of alcohol into the blood stream)
Body weight and percentage of fat( fat does NOT absorb alcohol)
Length of time spent drinking