Transcript Alcohol

Alcohol
(Chapter 21)
Alcohol is a depressant that slows down the CNS and
affects every part of your body. The damage it does now
can impact the rest of your life.
What is it?
Alcohol is derived from the natural fermentation (is the
chemical action of yeast on sugar) of fruits, vegetables and grains.
These are brewed and distilled into a wide range of
beverages with various alcohol contents.
You may hear that it will loosen you up and help you
relax…
What you may not hear is that… it can damage the part of
your brain that controls
SHORT TERM EFFECTS
• coordination
• memory
• judgment/decision-making
• reactions become slower
• Slurs your speech
Straight up, drinking makes you
DUMBER
Facts About Alcohol
Alcohol goes directly to the bloodstream, which is
why it effects every system in the body.
The peak Blood Alcohol Level occurs 60 to 90
minutes after ingestion when the stomach is
empty.
The presence of food in the stomach slows the
rate of alcohol absorption… However the amount
of alcohol absorbed remains unchanged.
Factors that Influence Alcohol's Effects
Body Size
Gender
Food
Amount
Rate of Intake
Medicine
Long Term Effects
Alcohol travels through
your bloodstream and
damages your brain,
stomach, liver, kidneys and
muscles.
As a teenager, your body is
still developing, so damage
done to it now will affect
the rest of your life.
Over time, drinking
destroys your body and
your looks, so all that work
you've done to look good,
keep strong and stay fit
goes down the drain fast.
Standard
Alcoholic Drink
• These alcoholic
beverages contain the
same amount of
alcohol, total liquid
volume is different.
• Why is doing shots of
hard liquor (distilled
spirits more
dangerous?
What is proof when referring to hard liquor?
The % of pure alcohol in the hard liquor = ½ the proof
EX: 100-proof liquor is about 50% pure alcohol. Thus, the higher the proof,
the more pure alcohol the hard liquor contains
Alcohol Vocabulary
Intoxication – the state in which the body is poisoned by
alcohol &physical and mental control is reduced
Binge Drinking – drinking a large amount of alcohol in a
short amount of time (fast)
Five or more drinks at one sitting
• Usually bets, dares, & games
Alcohol Poisoning – a severe and potentially fatal
physical reaction to alcohol overdose
Slows down body organs functioning; Involuntary suppresses breathing & gag
reflex that prevents choking; coma; seizures
Hangover - describes the sum of unpleasant
physiological effects following heavy consumption
Alcohol abuse – excessive use
Psychological dependence – condition in which
the person believes that the drug is needed to
function and feel normal
Physiological dependence – body now has a
chemical need
Alcoholism – disease in which a person has
physical and psychological dependence
Factors that contribute to becoming an Alcoholic:
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5.
Family (children of alcoholics are 4x more likely to become one)
Friends
Culture
Peers
6. Stress
Availability
*7. Age at which a person starts drinking
Blood Alcohol
Concentration(BAC)
–amount of alcohol
in the blood
(expressed as a
percentage)
Adult > 0.08 percent
(8% of total blood
volume is alcohol)
• A standard alcoholic drink = approx 0.6 oz alcohol (ethanol)
• A healthy liver can metabolize approx. 0.4 oz and hour
• How long would it take the body to rid the alcohol from one
drink?
1 ½ hours
Now, you are out drinking…had 6 drinks…how long to rid the
alcohol?…do the math!
0.6 x 6 = 3.6 ounces of alcohol
3.6 0.4 =
9 hours
No wonder there is a hangover!!!
Can you cure a hangover?
Yes….
TIME
Effects of Alcohol within the
Environment
Violence
Sex
Family
More fights
Lowers
inhibitions
Economic
hardship
Discipline
(school and
police)
Become more
Neglect, abuse
sexually active
at an earlier age
Victim of rape,
assault, &
robbery
Unprotected
sex
(more hook
ups)
Twice as likely
to contract an
STD
Personal use
themselves
(25%)
Mental illness
or physical
problems
School
Pregnancy
Ineligible for
school activities
FAS
Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome
Suspension/exp -Small head
elled
-facial
deformities
-Vision/Hearing
Alternative
-CNS;
education
ADD/ADHD
programs
developmental
disabilities
Drop out
-Difficulties
learning, -
Treatment for Alcohol Abuse
• Al-Anon/Alateen- helps family and friends learn
to deal with the effects of living with and alcoholic
• AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)-helps alcoholics
• MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) –
provides education to prevent underage drinking
• SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) –
provides peer led education about avoiding alcohol