Alcohol

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Alcohol

• Presented By
• Philip Buell
• Ellen Ganey
• Angela Garmon
• Jessica Jones
• Yangtse Machin

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Presentation Information

• Chapter 25
• Title (Content Area) Alcohol
• Lesson 1-2
• Title (Topic)
• Alcohol Use A High Risk Behavior
• What Alcohol Does to the Body
• Grade Level Ninth Grade

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Icebreaking Story
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Alcohol

• Defined as A colorless flammable liquid that is
  the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled
  liquors.
• Ethanol is the type of alcohol found in
  alcoholic beverages and is a powerful drug.

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How is Alcohol made?

• Synthetically
• Naturally
• - By fermentation of fruits, vegetables, or
  grains
• Fermentation the chemical action of yeasts and
  sugars

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Intoxication

• Defined as the physical and mental impairment
  resulting from the use of alcohol and can range
  from an inability to walk to unconsciousness.
• At some point in the consumption of alcohol, a
  state of intoxication sets in.

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Blood Alcohol Concentration
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Why do teens choose to drink?
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Reasons Why Teens Choose to Drink

• escape pressures or problems
• feel better or get over being sad or lonely
• deal with stress and relax
• feel more self-confident in social situations
• for excitement
• because their friends are doing it
• deal with boredom
• get away with something they are not supposed to
  do
• to fit in

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Factors that Affect Teen Alcohol Use

• Friends
• Family
• Advertisements

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Activity Regarding Alcohol Use

• Identify individuals attitudes surrounding
  alcohol use.

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Confidence without Pressure

• Refuse politely but firmly (No, thanks. Ive
  already got a drink)
• Give a personal reason. (Im watching my weight)
• Explain that you have goals (It affects my
  schoolwork)
• State your values and responsibilities (Its
  against the law for people my age)

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Driving Under the Influence

• When a persons blood alcohol concentration
  exceeds the limit allowed by law in their state
• 17,419 alcohol related crashes in the U.S. in
  2001
• Factor in at least 41 percent of all fatal
  crashes.
• Linked to 85 of crashes involving teens 

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Pull-OverOther Costs of DWI

• Confiscation of DL
• Arrest, trip to jail, court appearance fine
• Possible suspension of DL
• Possible jail sentence
• Bail money
• Increase in insurance rates
• Possible lawsuits

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Protect YourselfDont Drive if you are

• Drinking or with someone that has been drinking
• Not wearing your seatbelt
• Near rural roads
• In a car without airbags
• Fatigued

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Designated Who?

• Designated Driverspeople in social settings who
  choose not to drink so that they can safely drive
  themselves and others
• Is becoming a popular trend in a drinking society
• They recognize the importance of never riding
  with anyone who has had any alcohol to drink

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What does alcohol do in the body?

• Path of Alcohol
• Long-term Effects
• Short-term Effects
• Absorption of Alcohol

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Path of Alcohol in the Body

1. Mouth
2. Stomach
3. Small Intestine
4. Heart
5. Brain
6. Liver

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Short-term Effects

• Short-term effects depend on
• Amount consumed
• Persons gender
• Persons size
• Presence or absence of food in persons stomach

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Short-term Effects

• Brain
• Central Nervous System
• Decision-Making Skills
• Though Processes
• Memory
• Concentration

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Short-term Effects

• Liver
• Oxidation
• Alcohol ? water carbon dioxide energy
• Set Reaction Speed
• Blood Vessels
• Increased flow of blood
• Increased risk of hypothermia

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Short-term Effects

• Heart
• High Blood Pressure
• Fast Heart Rate or Abnormal Heart Rate
• Kidneys
• Increase in urine production
• Dehydration
• Stomach
• Enters the blood stream
• Irritates stomach lining

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Long-term Effects

• Brain Damage
• Decrease in brain size
• Destroys brain cells
• Loss of Intellectual activities
• i.e. memory and problem solving

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Long-term Effects

• Chronic Liver Problems
• Fatty Liver
• Defined as a condition in which fats build up in
  the liver and cannot be broken down.
• Results in reduced oxygen and eventually cell
  death
• Can be reversed if drinking stops

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Long-term Effects

• Chronic Liver Problems
• Cirrhosis
• Inflammation or infection
• Can cause weakness, jaundice, fever, death
• Hepatitis
• Defined as a condition in which liver tissue is
  destroyed and then replaced with useless scar
  tissue.

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Chronic Liver Problems
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Alcohol Absorption

• No way to stop absorption of alcohol
• Can be slowed by food
• Full meal 6 hours to reach brain
• Fatty foods are best

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Alcoholism

• Continued excessive or compulsive use of
  alcoholic drinks
• If you have alcoholism you experience
• Loss of control
• Physical dependence
• Tolerance

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Genetic Roles Alcoholism

• Genetics play a large role in alcoholism
• Children of alcoholics are about four times more
  likely than the general population to develop
  alcohol problems

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Tolerance Withdrawal

• Tolerance is the capacity of the body to endure
  or become less responsive to a substance (as a
  drug) or a physiological insult with repeated use
  or exposure
• Withdrawal is the syndrome of often painful
  physical and psychological symptoms that follows
  discontinuance of an addicting drug

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The End!