1. What do you know about alcohol?

2. Alcohol notes Essential question:
How does alcohol affect the human body, friends/family, and society as a whole?

3. Guess… Which drink below has the most amount of alcohol?

4. Alcohol IS A DRUG:
Alcohol is the drug in beer, wine, and liquor (causes intoxication)
It is categorized as a depressant
1 drink = 1oz. Hard alcohol, 5oz. Glass of wine, 12oz. Beer
Legal drinking age is 21

5. Short-term Effects of Alcohol:
Irritates the mouth, throat, esophagus, and stomach (digestive track)
Heart works harder
Lose body heat
Liver works harder
Dehydration

6. Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Amount of alcohol in a person’s blood
Legal limit for Driving Under the Influence 21+ is 0.08%
Legal limit for Driving Under the Influence minor is 0.00%

7. Binge Drinking:
Binge drinking = drinking 4/5 (female/male) or more drinks in one hour
Alcohol poisoning = alcohol overdose
Extreme vomiting, loss of consciousness & slowed breathing
Say this - tak eout

8. Long-term Effects of Alcohol
Brain: Shrunken brain, dead brain cells
Mouth, esophagus, and stomach:
Irritation, bleeding, cancer
Heart: Irregular beat or enlarged, high blood pressure
Immune System:
Poor functioning  hard to fight disease
Liver: (Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer)
Cirrhosis = a disease that replaces healthy liver tissue with scar tissue
Small Intestine:
Lowered ability to absorb vitamins
Kidneys: (strain  can’t filter blood to remove toxins)

9. Alcohol Abuse vs. Alcoholism?
drinking too much alcohol, too often, or at inappropriate times
Alcoholism
disease that causes a person to lose control of his or her drinking behavior

10. Pathway of Addiction: Use the drug (alcohol)
Tolerance – need more to feel “feeling”
Dependence – physically and/or psychologically “need” the drug
Addiction ( Alcoholism)

11. Risk factors for Alcoholism
Age
Social environment
Genetics
Risk-taking personality

12. Warning Signs for Alcoholism
Drinking to deal with emotions
Being defensive about drinking
Drinking alone
Drinking to get drunk
Experiencing memory lapses as a result of drinking alcohol

13. Alcoholism Affects the Family
Guilty feelings
Unpredictable behavior
Violence
Neglect and isolation
Protecting the alcoholic
Enabling = helping an addict avoid the negative consequences of his/her behavior
Ignoring one’s own needs
Codependency = person who sacrifices their own needs to meet the needs of the addict

14. Alcohol and Pregnancy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) = physical and mental defects of a fetus, due to a mother’s consumption of alcohol during pregnancy
Physical deformities, mental retardation, some babies are cared for forever
#1 preventable cause of mental retardation

17. Alcoholism Affects Society
Leads to car wrecks, drowning
kills/injures drinkers and non-drinkers
Murder, violence, child abuse, rape & assault

18. Treatment:
Inpatient care centers
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Al-Anon & Alateen

19. Drinking & Driving
Slows reaction time, affects vision, feel drowsy, reduces coordination, affects judgment
DUI
Zero Tolerance Law under age 21

20. SOCIAL HOST ORDINACE:
If a minor consumes alcohol or drugs (with or without your parents knowledge or permission) and is injured or injures someone else, either while on your parents property or after leaving, parents are fined and/or face a minimum of 6 months to 1 year in jail

21. REFUSING Alcohol
Best way: stay away from people and places where drugs are used
Practice saying NO:
Give reasons why not to drink
State consequences
Say NO firmly
Blame someone else
Suggest another activity
Walk away

23. Pros…

24. Cons…

25. Detromethorpham (DXM)
Over-the-counter (OTC) drug
Ingredient in cough medicine that helps decrease coughing
Appropriate dose: decreases cough
Excessive doses: hallucinations, feels spacey & may lose muscle control
Mixed with alcohol  dangerous to the liver and can be deadly
This is why they can’t buy Nyquil until they are 18
Appropriate dose (1 or 2 teaspoons) will decrease coughing and that’s about it.
Excessive doses (drinking the entire bottle) can experience mild dissociative state
*This is commonly substituted for MDMA in Ecstasy