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8 th Grade Heath Chapter 12 Alcohol

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Drug that is made from a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables and grains There are many types of alcohol The beverage is ethanol and is produced from fermentation Is a drug Causes changes in behaviors Affects the brain and nervous system Is a depressant Slows body function and reactions Causes mood changes Causes thing to not be clear and have issues making good decisions

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What Is Alcohol? Alcohol is a drug. Drugs affect the brain and central nervous system. Drugs cause changes in behavior.

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What does Alcohol do to the body? Alcohol causes mood changes. Alcohol affects the ability to make good decisions. Alcohol causes many people to do and say things they regret.

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Alcohol Use and Teens Risks of Alcohol Use to Teens Alcohol interferes with long- and short-term growth. Alcohol harms the brains ability to learn, causing teens to fall behind in school. Alcohol increases the risk of social problems. Alcohol increases the risk of depression, suicide, and thoughts of violence. Teens who drink risk getting into trouble with the law. One third of all teen traffic deaths are related to alcohol.

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Why Some Teens Drink Alcohol Drinking will help me forget about my problems. Ill look more grown-up with a drink in my hand. Movies make drinking look cool. What Teens SayWhat Teens Should Know The problems will still be there when the effects of alcohol wear off. You wont look mature getting in trouble for illegal underage drinking. Filmmakers want you to spend money to see their movies.

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Why Some Teens Drink Alcohol Cont. My friends keep pressuring me to try alcohol. Im stressed out about school. A drink will help me relax. What Teens SayWhat Teens Should Know Real friends wont pressure you do to something that you dont want to do. Alcohol interferes with sleep and performance in school and other activities, creating more stress.

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Just say no When it comes to drinking, JUST SAY NO!! Recent reports from the Center for Disease control shows that most teens are not drinking.

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Reasons Not to Drink Alcohol You are taking health risks when you drink alcohol. Using alcohol is against the law for teens. You want to make decisions that help you become a strong person. If you dont use alcohol, you will be better able to handle the challenges of everyday life.

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When Teens Drink Alcohol is one of the biggest factors in teen traffic deaths.

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Alternatives to Drinking Alcohol Alternative Other ways of thinking and acting Alternatives to drinking alcohol include: Sports Challenging your body Being part of a team Learning a new skill Discovering a new talent Pursuing interests in theater or the arts

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Alternatives to Drinking Alcohol Becoming an advocate gives you a chance to make a difference in the lives of others. Examples of Advocacy Groups Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U.) Youth for Environmental Sanity

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Assignment 1 1.How can positive alternatives help a teen avoid using alcohol? 2.You are at an amusement park with several friends. When it is time to leave, a friends brother offers to give you a ride. You believe you smell alcohol on his breath. What should you do and why?

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Alcohol and The Body Terms Intoxication A persons mental and physical abilities have been impaired by alcohol Blood alcohol content (BAC) A measure of the amount of alcohol present in a persons blood Alcohol poisoning A dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short time period Reaction time The ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations

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Alcohol and the Body Short Term Effects If there is no food in the stomach, alcohol can reach the brain in under a minute and slow reaction time. Drinking and driving is deadly because of what alcohol does to a persons reaction time. The liver can only process about half an ounce of alcohol per hour. Anything more stays in the blood causing intoxication.

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Intoxication A blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.02% is enough to make most people feel light-headed. A BAC of 0.08% is enough to make it dangerous for a person to drive a car. People who are heavily intoxicated are at risk of alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning can kill you

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Alcohol Use and Violence Two-thirds of all domestic violence cases are related to alcohol abuse. Violence increases at sporting events where alcohol is served. What happened when teens are drinking?

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How Alcohol Affects the Individual Gender and body size Other drugs Food Females and smaller people are affected more quickly than males and larger people. Alcohol mixed with other drugs or medicines can be deadly. Each drug can make the effects of the others stronger. Food in the stomach slows down alcohol absorption.

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How Alcohol Affects the Individual General health How fast your drink How much you drink Someone who is over tired or sick will be affected by alcohol more quickly. The faster a person drinks, the more he or she will be affected by alcohol. Drinking a lot or very quickly overworks the liver and causes intoxication.

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How Alcohol Affects the Individual

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Alcohol and Nutrition Alcohol can cause unwanted weight gain, especially when combined with other high-calorie beverages like soda and fruit juice. Long-term use of alcohol can lead to malnutrition Malnutrition A condition in which the body doesnt get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly Alcohol comes from the breakdown of sugar. Alcohol has calories because of the sugar. These calories have no nutritional value.

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Assignment 2 1.Review alcohols journey through the body in Figure 12.1. Explain why people who have been drinking might smell like alcohol, other than their breath. 2.Allie is at a party at a friends house. She has had trouble sleeping lately because of worries over a big exam. Someone at the party suggests everyone have a beer. What are at least two good reasons Allie should say no?

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Long-term Physical Effects of Alcohol Use Damage to organs like the stomach, liver, pancreas, and heart Worsening of existing health problems Long-lasting learning and memory problems Damage to a persons emotional health Physical and emotional addiction

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Alcohol and the Body Systems Alcohol and the Mouth Studies show that people who drink large amounts of alcohol are six times more likely to develop mouth or throat cancer. Alcohol and the Stomach Alcohol irritates the stomach lining and increase the amount of acid there, which can lead to ulcerations. Alcohol also weakens the valve that separates the stomach from the esophagus, causing heartburn.

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Alcohol and the Body Systems Cont. Alcohol and the Liver Fatty liver can develop when alcohol is frequently in the blood The increased amount of fat prevents the liver from working normally and from repairing itself Fatty liver A condition in which fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down Cirrhosis is a life-threatening problem associated with heavy alcohol use. Cirrhosis A disease characterized by scarring and eventual destruction of the liver Brain damage can result when the damaged liver cannot remove poisons from the blood.

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Alcohol and the Liver Normal liverLiver damaged by alcohol

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Alcohol and the Body Systems Cont. Alcohol and the Brain Alcohol disrupts the parts of the brain responsible for memory and problem solving. Alcohol use can cause shrinkage of the brain. Alcohol can block messages that are sent to the brain, causing problems with movement, vision, and hearing.

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Alcohol and the Body Systems Cont. Alcohol and the Heart AAlcohol damages heart muscle, causing the heart to become enlarged. AAlcohol leads to high blood pressure. AAlcohol increases the amount of fat cells in the blood, putting a strain on blood vessels. AAll these conditions put a drinker at risk of heart failure or stroke.

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Driving While Intoxicated In 2004, over 19,000 people were killed in alcohol-related car crashes, accounting for 39 percent of all traffic deaths. A devastating long-term consequence of driving while intoxicated is causing your own death or the death of another. !

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Driving While Intoxicated BAC 11.1 48 380 Likelihood of Fatal Crash Times

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Binge Drinking Binge drinking The consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time Since teens frequently combine high-risk activities with binge drinking, their potential for death or serious injury is very high.

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Binge Drinking Risks of Binge Drinking Death due to falls, drowning, or drunk driving Pregnancy or contraction of sexually transmitted diseases due to unprotected sex Being a victim of violent behavior Death from alcohol poisoning

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Alcohol Use and Teen Pregnancy Using alcohol can lower inhibition. Inhibition A conscious or unconscious restraint of a persons own behaviors or actions One study of female teens with unplanned pregnancies found that one-third had be been using alcohol. Unplanned pregnancy disrupts long-term plans and goals, such as going to college. Most teens are not prepared emotionally or financially to be parents.

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Assignment 3 1.Hypothesize: What are some ways in which experimenting with alcohol can interfere with a teens future? 2.Describe how drinking alcohol before you are 21 could effect you personally.

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Alcohols Addictive Power Teens 15 and younger and four times more likely to develop an addiction than older individuals. Addiction A physical or psychological need for a drug An addiction takes the focus off of healthy goals and damages relationships with family and friends. People who are addicted to alcohol suffer from alcoholism. Alcoholism A progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol People with alcoholism are called alcoholics

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The Disease of Alcoholism DenialCravingLoss of control Tolerance Physical dependence Tolerance A process in which your body needs more and more of a drug to get the same effect Physical dependence A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug Five Major Symptoms of Alcoholism

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Costs to the Family Families and friends also suffer from denial. Family members often neglect their own needs to focus on helping the alcoholic. Enablers often make excuses or lie on behalf of the alcoholic. Enablers Persons who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior

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Costs to Society The nation spends about $148 billion on alcohol abuse every year, half of which is paid by the American taxpayer. Alcohol abusers often miss work, which costs businesses about $80.9 billion in lost productivity.

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Alcohol Abuse Four Symptoms of Alcohol Abuse Failure to fulfill major work, school, or home responsibilities Drinking in situations that are physically dangerous Having ongoing alcohol-related legal problems Continuing to drink even when relationships have been negatively affected by the persons use of alcohol There is a difference between alcoholism and alcohol abuse. People who abuse alcohol are not physically dependent on alcohol. Alcohol abuse A pattern of drinking that results in one or more well-defined behaviors in a twelve-month period

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Assignment 4 1.Analyze Over the past year, Andrew has secretly been drinking alcohol. He has missed a lot of school and has been in trouble with the law. Would you say Andrew is an alcoholic? Explain your answer. 2.Your are at a friends house. You overhear your friends father say, I do not have a drinking problem. Your friend looks uncomfortable, then says, He really doesnt have a problem you know. What kind of behavior is your friend demonstrating?

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Starting Down the Road to Recovery An intervention can help overcome an alcoholics denial that he or she has a problem. Intervention A gathering in which family and friends get the problem drinker to agree to seek help During treatment for alcoholism, the alcoholic must understand that he or she can never use alcohol again. One drink would mean he or she is having a relapse. Relapse A return to the use of a drug after attempting to stop

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Steps Along the Road Steps along the road to recovery are: Admission Counseling Detoxification The physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance Resolution

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Help for the Family Al-Anon teaches family and friends about alcoholism and helps them understand how they have been affected. Alateen exists within Al-Anon and is designed to help teens deal with alcoholic parents

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Ways to Stay Alcohol Free Avoid situations where alcohol is present. Choose friends who are alcohol free. Use refusal skills. Practice the S.T.O.P. strategy If the pressure continues, walk away Get help from a trusted adult if needed.

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Assignment 5 1.What community organizations are available to help alcoholics and their families and where can you find them? 2.Evaluate: What is the one fact about alcohol addiction you think a problem drinker needs to know the most? 3. Imagine that a friend admits to having a drinking problem. The way he plans to handle the problem is to gradually cut down on his drinking. Is this a wise plan? Why or why not?