Transcript Alcohol - PVMSHHS

Alcohol
Consequences of Abuse
Warm-Up
Please take an index card from the stool by the entry door. Then,
get out sheet of notebook paper and do the following activity:
Write your name in cursive on the notebook paper.
After you have written your name in cursive on the index card, you must:
1. If you wrote your name with your right hand, hold your right foot out in front
of you.
2. If your wrote it with your left hand, hold your left foot out in front of you.
3. Turn the extended foot in a circular motion, clockwise (the direction a hand
on a clock moves). While you are doing this, write your name in cursive
directly under the place you wrote it before. Do NOT stop rotating your foot
while you are doing this!
4. NOW STOP the foot moving and write two to three sentences on how you felt
or what you experienced while doing the activity.
5. Be ready to share your experience with the class
Let’s discuss the Warm-Up
• How many of you felt confused or
uncoordinated?
• Could someone feel this way if they
were using alcohol or drugs?
• What impact could this have on your
ability to perform tasks in which you
need to be able to think clearly?
Index cards: If you chose a
colored index card, please
stand.
What do you think the colored index card
represents?
It is a health problem.
The percentage of families in the USA that are
affected by this problem.
The problem: alcoholism affects 1 in 4 families.
Questions to discuss:
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What is alcohol?
Is alcohol a drug?
Is alcohol a stimulant or a depressant?
How does it affect the body?
Let’s look at the green student guide
(workbook) for Lifeskills 1, page 37
So, let’s review that …
• Small doses of alcohol will…
– Slow down the ability to think clearly and
make decisions
– Make you feel a little more relaxed
– Make you feel more loose and daring than
you usually do
And …
• Larger doses of alcohol will….
– Slow down other areas of the brain and
nervous system
– Cause dizziness
– Decrease coordination
– Cause difficulty in speaking, walking, or
staying awake
– Cause emotional behavior
Some people may..
• Pass out or temporarily lose their
memory because of the drug’s action on
the brain
• Other behavioral effects include:
– fighting/arguing/violence
– Talking loudly or more than usual
– Obnoxious behavior
– Silliness/giggling
– giddiness
How many adults drink?
Actually only 70% of adults drink
alcohol (so how many do not?)
Of those who drink, 10% are heavy
drinkers ( 5 or more drinks per
occasion for at least 5 days during
the past month)
Many adults only drink at certain times.
What are some examples?
Why do people drink?
There are four basic types of
behaviors for drinking:
• Abstinence: no drinking due to religion, alcoholism,
allergies
• Ritual drinking: for a religious service or family rite as
weddings, church/sabbath service
• Social drinking: appropriate to time and place
• Compulsive or problem drinking: to cope with problems
or negative feelings - drink too much, too often
Let’s watch a short video
QuickTime™ and a
Sorenson Video decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
What are some reasons why…
Look at page 38 of the student guide
People do NOT drink?
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Dislike taste
Don’t like getting drunk
It’s fattening
Religious or family
restrictions
• Need to stay in shape
for sports
• It is illegal under age 21
Some Teenagers DO drink?
• Look grown up
• Be more popular
• Look cool
• Feel less nervous
socially
• Like the taste
• Get high - to have fun
• Peer pressure
• Boredom
Myths and realities
(page 39)
• Social Acceptance of Drinking
– You CAN be popular and well-liked without
drinking
• You CAN become less popular and well liked also
– Some forms of drinking are NOT socially
acceptable and cause negative attitudes to be
formed
• Underage drinking, intoxication, getting into trouble,
compulsive & excessive drinking
– BOTTOM LINE: Drinking is neither cool nor grown
up
Assignment:
My reasons for NOT drinking:
• Write the title : ”MY REASONS FOR
NOT DRINKING”
• Number 1-10
• Write ten complete sentences to answer
the statement.
Now let’s take a survey:
1. What percentage of adults in the USA
drink alcohol?
2. What percentage are heavy drinkers
(five or more drinks per occasion at least 5 days a
month?
3. What percentage of high school seniors drink
daily?
4. What percentage of high school seniors have
been drunk daily?