Transcript Alcohol Power Point alcohol_addiction_21

Alcoholism your
body and your life
How do your body systems react to
alcohol and what are the bodies
defense mechanisms?
What is Alcohol
 Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) – type used in
drinks
 Made synthetically or fermentation of fruit
 Mixed with water/flavoring
 Little taste with EMPTY calories
 12 oz beer = 5 oz. wine = 1 ½ oz. liquor
What is Alcoholism vs.
Alcohol Abuse?
 Alcoholism (alcohol dependence) and alcohol abuse
are two different forms of problem drinking.
 Alcoholism is when you have signs of physical
addiction to alcohol and continues to drink, despite
problems with physical health, mental health, and
social, family, or job responsibilities. Alcohol may
control your life and relationships.
 Alcohol abuse is when your drinking leads to problems,
but not physical addiction.
 In your journal summarize the difference between
abuse and alcoholism.
The Bodies Defenses
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Throat Stings
Choking Reflex
Vomiting
Sweating
Urinating
 In your journal respond to the following: Why
do you think your body responds to alcohol
with the above. Use the five “responses” in
your answer
Alcohols Effects On The
Body
 20% passes directly
into blood stream
 Remainder passes
into small intestines
& then into the blood
 Write the above in
your journal the click
in the link and write
the different effects
on the body.
Alcohol and the Body
Looking at some of the effects of long
term drinking on the body.
Heart
• Raises blood pressure,
blood fats and the risk
of stroke and heart
disease in heavy
drinkers.
• Heart disease is
generally lower in light
to moderate drinkers.
Central Nervous System
• Chronic drinking can lead to
dependence and addiction
to alcohol and to additional
neurological problems.
Typical symptoms of
withholding alcohol from
someone who is addicted to
it are shaking (tremors),
sleep problems and nausea.
More severe withdrawal
symptoms include
hallucinations and even
seizures.
Liver
Kidney
• Drinking alcohol can
cause the kidneys to
increase urinary output.
This can lead to
dehydration.
• It can also impair fluid
handling and may cause
acute kidney failure
• Enlarges the kidneys,
alters hormone
functions
Beer Belly
• Beer Gut is the
storing of excess
calories in the
abdomen
creating excess
fat around the
organs.
Oral
• Irritation to the mouth
and esophagus can lead
to various forms of
cancer in the mouth.
Osteoporosis
• Alcohol interferes
with the body’s
ability to absorb
calcium, resulting in
bones being weak,
soft, brittle and
thinner
(Osteoporosis).
Sexual functioning can be impaired and cause
impotence and infertility, that is sometimes
irreversible.
• Females also have a high
risk of developing breast
cancer.
In men it may lead to
sterility, shrinking of the
testis and breast tissue
growth
Blood System
• Alcohol in the blood
stream interferers
with absorption and
can cause anemia
(low iron)
Nose
• The increased blood
flow rushing to the
surface causes
capillaries to burst
creating spiderlike lines
in the face and nose
Review
Sources
• http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/alcoholconsumption/
• http://www.healthchecksystems.com/alcohol.htm
• http://www.montana.edu/wwwai/imsd/alcohol/Vanes
sa/vwgitract.htm
• http://www.dazeinfo.com/2010/06/21/alcohol-andyou/
• http://www.cancer.org
• http://www.genericlook.com/diseases/Osteoporosis/
• http://www.alcoholaddictionservices.com/facts.html
Multiplier Effect
 Never mix alcohol with any other type of
medications
Drinking does hurt others
Costs to the family
 Causes of the four most leading causes of
accidental death (car crash, falls, drowning,
and burns caused by fire)
 They factor into 20-35% of all suicides and play
a major roll in domestic violence
 Young people who begin drinking before age
15 are four times more likely to develop
alcoholism than those who begin drinking at
21.5 In your journal write the three costs to the
family
Cost to society
 Alcohol is a major factor in the 3 leading
causes of death for 16-24 year olds (traffic
accidents, homicides and suicides) Alcohol is
by far the most used and abused drug among
America’s teenagers. According to a national
survey, nearly one third (31.5%) of all high
school students reported hazardous drinking
(5+ drinks in one setting) during the 30 days
preceding the survey.3
 In your journal write the two major costs to
society
Alcohol Addictions
In your journal summarize the
following three stages of addictions
and write a descriptive example for
each stage
Stage One
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Social drinking
Often to relax or relieve stress
May develop memory loss and blackouts
Often make excuses for their drinking
behavior
 Tolerance increases
Stage Two
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Cannot stop drinking
Drink alone
Drink everyday
The body has developed a tolerance
Drinking becomes a central event
Stage Three
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Final and worse stage
Problems can no longer be denied
Alcohol is a constant companion
Aggressive and or isolated from friends and
family
 The body is addicted
 Reverse tolerance
 When they stop drinking, there will be
withdrawals
Sources:
 http://unclesagainstdrunkdrivers.blogspot
.com/2008/05/repeat-offender-kills-18year-old-3.html
 Taken from EWHS created by Ms. Seals
 Modified by Sukraw 2011
 http://www.marininstitute.org/Youth/alcoh
ol_youth.htm
 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/
02/health/main6258459.shtml
Who’s to Blame? Number the
below people from best to worse.
Justify your choices.
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Adam had the party
Bart came with beer
Clint bought beer
Darcy did not tell
Ethan drove & drank
Fawn told David to drink
Ginger called for ride
Hank pulled wires