Alcohol : Pleasures and Problems

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Alcohol Pleasures and Problems
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Alcohol

• What are some reasons why people choose to drink?
• Curious Peer Pressure Addicted
• Like the taste Celebrations Relax
• Relieve stress Religion
• Like the effects Escape problems
• To socialize more easily

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Alcohol

• What are some reasons why people choose to
  abstain from drinking?
• Religion Underage Sports
• Dont like taste Past Experience
• Family history of alcoholism
• Dont like the effects Expense DD
• Dont need artificial means to have fun
• Medical conditions (pregnancy or medication
  conflict )

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Alcohol

• True or False Alcohol passes through the body
  the same way every time?

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True-Alcohol passes the same.

• 1) Swallowed through the mouth
• 2) Stomach-small amount of alcohol is absorbed
  into the blood stream through the stomach wall.

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True-Alcohol passes the same

• 3) Small Intestine- Most of the alcohol passes
  into the bloodstream through the small intestine.
• 4) Bloodstream-takes blood and alcohol all over
  the body.

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True-Alcohol passes the same

• 5) Liver-organ where alcohol is oxidized-turned
  into water, carbon dioxide, and energy at a rate
  of ½ oz. of alcohol per hour for adults.
• 6) Brain-affects the brain by depressing (or
  slowing down the its function.

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4 Factors that influence how alcohol affects
people

• 1)Body weight- more body weight-more alcohol to
  get the same effects.
• 2) If one has had anything to eat before or
  during drinking

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4 Factors that influence how alcohol affects
people

• 3) Amount of alcohol consumed
• 4) Thoughts Expectations Often what you think
  alcohol will do for you is what it actually does
  for you.

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Define Psychological tolerance

• Learning what the effects of alcohol are and then
  compensating for those effects so that a person
  does not appear to be as affected by alcohol as
  they really are.

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Alcohols Most Common Effects

• 1) Pleasure
• 2) Inhibitions loosened Life of the Party
• 3) Thinking skills impaired
• 4)Physical performance impaired
• 5)Diseases and Bodily Damage
• Cirrhosis of liver
• Brain function
• Delirium Tremens
• Death

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Alcohols Most Common Effects

• 6) Physical Tolerance body gets used to having
  the alcohol in the system-need more alcohol to
  get the same effects with smaller amounts
  previously.
• 7)Body Temperature-generates more heat as it
  cools off the body lowering body temp.

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Alcohols Most Common Effects

• 8) Energizer makes person seem like they have
  more energy. Example run a lot faster-all a
  myth.
• 9) Hangovers happens after all alcohol has left
  body. There is no cure or short cut for getting
  rid of hangover, except time.

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Most People who die from cirrhosis of the liver
are heavy drinkers? T or F

• True- There are other causes of cirrhosis, but by
  far the most common cause is heavy alcohol
  drinking.

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Alcohol seems to permanently destroy brain cells.
T or F

• True- alcohol does destroy brain cells every time
  it is consumed. Over time and use it may cause a
  person to lose certain functions of the brain.
  The earlier one starts drinking and the more a
  person uses the faster the brain function is lost.

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Define Delirium Tremens

• Hallucinations suffered by an alcoholic when they
  do not have alcohol in their system. In other
  words, when someone who is addicted to alcohol is
  going through withdrawal.

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3 People die in the US from alcohol poisoning
everyday. T or F

• True- over 1,095 people die in a year simply from
  drinking too much too fast!

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Define Physical Tolerance

• When one needs more and more of a substance to
  get the same effects they used to get with
  smaller amounts.

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What are 3 reasons alcohol has a stronger effect
on Teens than adults?

• 1) Usually smaller body weight
• 2) Less psychological tolerance for teens
• 3) More stress in teen lives
• 4) Liver does not completely mature until early
  20s-cant oxidize alcohol as fast as a result.

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Define BAC

• Blood Alcohol Concentration/Content How much
  alcohol is in your system compared to how much
  total blood volume you have.
• .08 is the illegal driving limit in MN.

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Factors Influencing BAC

• If you have eaten before or during your drinking.
• How much a person weighs.
• How much the person has had to drink.
• How much time has elapsed between drinks.

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Levels of Intoxication

• .08-Illegal limit for most states in US
• .2-Inhibitions loosened. Do things you would
  never do sober. Life of the Party syndrome
• .3-Senses severely impaired. Slurred speech,
  staggering when walking.
• .4-Pass out. Become unconscious-looks like you
  are sleeping.
• .5-Fatal dose for most people.

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Define a Social Drinker

• A social drinker is a person who can control
  their drinking.
• They rarely if ever drink to excess.

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Define a Problem Drinker

• A person who can control their drinking.
• Do not have to drink very often but when they do
  drink they cause problems for themselves or
  others
• Abuse spouse or children
• Drive under the influence
• Drinking aggravates other medical conditions.

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Define alcoholism

• A person who can not control their drinking at
  all or only for a short period of time.
• When an alcoholic starts drinking they will
  continue to drink until they run out of alcohol
  or they pass out.
• Most important reason alcoholics wont admit they
  have a problem is that it means they wont be
  able to continue to drink.

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Drinking Stats

• More teens have problem with alcohol than any
  other chemical.
• More men than women have problems with
  alcohol-there are probably more women than we are
  aware of-easier for them to hide.

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Why do People continue to drink despite problems?

• Psychological Something in their thoughts and
  feelings causes them to drink.
• Social How people drink is a result from what is
  going on in their society. Whether they are
  taught that drunkenness is acceptable or not.
• Biological There is some evidence that
  alcoholism may be genetic.

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Treatments

• Drugs Antabuse is most common. Makes a person
  ill if they drink with this in their system.
• Talking Cures psychologists, trained counselors.
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) World-wide
  organization where alcoholics talk about what
  their drinking did to them and their families.