By the Numbers
The amount of Americans who are current alcohol users.
What is 138.5 million?
These are 3 long term effects of alcohol?
What are cancer of the mouth, depression, and impacts on the brain?
The length of time it takes alcohol to enter the blood stream.
What is 5-10 minutes?
These are 3 signs of an alcohol overdose
What are vomiting, blacking out, passing out, cold skin, death, slurring of speech, lack of muscle coordination?
This step asks us to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of our pasts.
What is Step Four?
The number of Americans who are classified as binge drinkers?
What is 61.6 million?
These are diseases that people who inject drugs are most at risk of contracting?
What are AIDS and hepatitis?
This is the most abused perscription drug.
What is oxycontin?
What is September?
The number of Americans who use illicit drugs.
What is million?
Binge drinkers account for this percentage of the total cost of alcohol misuse?
What is 75%?
This part of the body absorbs alcohol the fastest.
What are muscles?
This is the most commonly used illicit drug.
What is marijuna?
The mutual support program for those impacted by alcohol.
What is Al-Anon?
The addictive drug found in tobacco.
What is nicotine?
This is the amount of blood alcohol concentration that makes it illegal to operate a vehicle.
What is .08%?
The leading cause of death for American under 50.
What is drug overdose?
This chemical is released by the brain when drinking alcohol.
What is dopamine?
The number of Americans over the age of 12 who have a SUD.
What is over 20 million?
The leading cause of preventable death.
What is tobacco?
For the best chance of staying sober, it is recommended people should stay in treatment for this amoutn of time.
What is 90 days?
Cirrhosis of the liver.
What is liver cells becoming engorged with fat and protein?
These two substances account for the majority of deaths in the western world.
What are alchol and tobacco?
Amphetamines were originally developed to treat this.
What is asthma?
Men are this more likely to be addicted to alcohol compared to women.