Alcohol Warm-Up Quiz True or False

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Alcohol Warm-Up Quiz True or False

• Alcohol can travel freely in the blood, but mixes
  only with water.
• F
• Alcohol does not need to be digested in the small
  intestine.
• T
• The liver can process only 1 oz. of alcohol per
  hour (1/2 oz pure alcohol)
• T
• Alcohol is a stimulant.
• F
• Alcohol makes you think you are warm, but you are
  really losing body heat.
• T

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Warm-Up Quiz True or False

• Alcohol affects the deeper brain centers that
  control emotions.
• T
• Alcohol is a toxin that affects the liver first.
• F
• Formaldehyde forms when the body breaks down
  alcohol.
• T
• FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) is the longest-term
  damage done to the fetus by alcohol.
• T

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The Problems of Alcohol

• Estimated 14 million alcoholics in the United
  States.
• And about 2 million are teenagers.
• Definition of an alcoholic
• one who cannot not drink.

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Alcohol and Teens

• Alcohol related car crashes are the 1 killer of
  teens
• 80 of high school teens have used alcohol
• 50 one drink in the last month
• 33 been drunk in the last month
• Linked to suicide, fights, drop outs, family
  problems

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What is Alcohol?

• A liquid drug known as ethanol
• It is a central nervous system depressant
• It first acts as a stimulant (a buzz) and then
  slows the body down
• This buzz can be seductive.

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Alcohol Percents

• Light beer
• 2.5 3.5
• Beer
• 3 6
• Wine coolers
• 5 6
• Wine
• 10 14
• Champagne
• 10 14
• Hard liquor
• 40 60

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Alcohol Proof

• Proof is double the percent.
• 86-proof would be 43 alcohol.

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Comparing Types of Alcohol

• One beer
• One glass of wine
• One shot of whiskey

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How Alcohol Enters the Body

• It is drunk as a beverage
• Directly absorbed from the stomach to the
  bloodstream
• 20 from the stomach
• 80 from the small intestine

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How Alcohol Exits the Body

• 5 is excreted through the urine and lungs
• 95 must be oxidized by the liver
• Oxidation rate ½ oz. pure alcohol per hour

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Sobering Attempts

• Coffee
• Cold showers
• Walk in the night air
• The only thing that really works is time
  (sleeping it off)
• It takes 2 hours per drink to oxidize the alcohol
• Wait one hour per drink before driving

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Influences on Alcohols Effects

• Type of drink
• Amount of alcohol consumed
• Time between drinks
• Body weight

• Empty or full stomach
• Mental or emotional state
• Previous experience with alcohol
• Being a female

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Alcohol and the Body

• Brain shows scalloping (pickling effect), brain
  damage, memory loss
• Lungs slows respiration, OD.
• Liver- can develop cirrhosis of the liver. A
  deadly disease.

• Stomach and small intestine lining damage and
  ulcers
• Kidneys dehydration
• Reproductive organs inhibitions relax, desire
  stimulated, performance diminished.

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WITHDRAWL

• ALCOHOL IS THE ONLY DRUG THAT CAN CAUSE DEATH DUE
  TO WITHRAWL EFFECTS.