Transcript What long term effects might alcohol have on the brain?

What is alcohol and why is it
considered a drug?
Alcohol is a depressant.
It is a drug because it
changes a person’s physical
and emotional state.
List 5 effects that alcohol has
on the body:
a. Irritates the mouth,
throat, esophagus &
stomach
b. makes the heart
work harder
c. makes the body lose
heat
d. causes the liver to
work harder
e. causes dehydration
3. At what BAC will your
reaction time be slowed?
.02
4. At what BAC will blackouts,
memory loss and vomiting
occur?
.20
How can binge drinking
be dangerous?
Binge drinking is drinking 5 or more drinks in one
sitting. A person can drink a fatal amount of
alcohol before the effects set in
What long term effects might
alcohol have on the liver?
Hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer
What long term effects might
alcohol have on the brain?
Brain damage, shrink the brain,
kills brain cells
8. What does alcoholism begin
with?
Experimentation
9. List the 4 stages that develop
alcoholism:
a. Problem drinking
b. tolerance
c. dependence
d. alcoholism
10. What are some of the risk factors for becoming an alcoholic?
a. Age – teens that start drinking before 15 are more likely
to become alcoholics than those who wait to 21
b.
social environment – peer pressure, advertising
c.
genetics – 25% of males with an alcoholic
parent become alcoholics. Teens with nonalcoholic
parents have a 7-9% chance of becoming alcoholics
d.
risk taking personality – impulsive, novelty,
enjoy taking risks
11. Alcoholism not only affects the alcoholic, but
their family as well. List some of the ways a
family can be affected by alcoholism:
• Guilty feelings
• unpredictable behavior
• violence
• neglect & isolation
• protecting the alcoholic
(enabling)
• ignoring one’s own need
(codependency)
12. Many alcoholics feel their drinking does not effect on others,
but it can have a great affect society, how?
Many cases of murder, family, violence, child abuse, rape
and assault are attributed to alcohol use.
What type of help is there for alcoholics and
people close to them?
• AA for alcoholics.
• Al-Anon for spouses of
alcoholics and
• Alateen for teenagers who
have an alcoholic parent.
The #1 cause of death among teenagers is
motor vehicle accidents.
A majority of these accidents are alcohol related.
What skills needed for driving are impaired by alcohol?
a. slows reaction time
b. affects your vision
c. makes you drowsy
d. reduces your
coordination
e. affects your judgment
How can drinking affect your future?
a. JAIL – going to jail/probation will go on
your record. Could make it difficult to get
a job or get into college
b. SEXUAL ACTIVITY –alcohol can cause
you to make poor decisions. Unprotected
sex can lead to STD’s and pregnancy
c. DIVING –38% drowning are related to
alcohol use
d. TEEN BRAINS –alcohol affects
development of the brain. The changes
that alcohol causes in young brains
increases the risk of alcoholism.
Peer pressure is the most common reason why teens begin
drinking. What are some ways you can resist this pressure?
a. Buy yourself time
b.give good reasons
c. state the consequences
d. say no firmly
e. if needed say no again
f. walk away
What are the 2 most common groups
who fight against
drunk driving?
Chapter 10
Section 1 Alcohol Affects the Body
Chapter 10
Section 1 Alcohol Affects the Body
Chapter 10
Section 3 Teens and Alcohol