Alcohol

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Alcohol Drugs
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Who drinks?

• Children from wealthy families
• at greater risk than middle class
• College graduates
• Less likely to drink heavily
• (Compared to H.S. dropouts)
• High school dropouts
• Heavy problem drinkers

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Why do people drink?

• Environment
• Genetics
• Particularly in men

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What Determines Effects?

• Body weight is a factor
• (Higher weight less effect)
• Womens stomachs absorb alcohol more efficiently
  higher blood alcohol levels with less drinking

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Problems with alcohol

• Tolerance
• Dependence
• Withdrawal
• Addiction

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Tolerance

• More drug to get same effect

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Dependence

• Body becomes dependent on drug for normal
  functioning
• Removal withdrawal symptoms

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Withdrawal

• The shakes
• DTs Delirium tremens
• Hallucinations
• Disorientation
• Convulsions

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Alcohol pregnancy

• Decrease in fertility infertility
• Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
• Stillbirths
• Miscarriage
• Even with light to moderate drinking

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Indirect hazards

• Accidents
• Aggressive behavior
• Suicidal ideas and attempts
• Unprotected sex
• Forced sexual experience

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Alcohol dependency syndrome

• Impaired control
• Drink-seeking behavior
• Awareness of the compulsion to drink
• Withdrawal symptoms
• Drink to avoid withdrawal symptoms
• Negative reinforcement

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Change without therapy

• Spontaneous remission
• Quitting without a formal cessation program

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Relapse

• About Smoking, opiate (drug) use

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Opiate drugs (e.g. Heroin)

• Tolerance and dependence quickly
• As little as 24 hours

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