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Standard Drink
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What is the connection?

• How does alcohol use impact our physical,
  mental/emotional and social health?
• Physical Mental/
• Emotional
• Social

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What is the main idea with alcohol?

• Answer Alcohol use can harm the body and the
  brain and can cause a person to make poor
  decisions.
• Alcohol is a depressant, which is a drug that
  slows the functioning of the central nervous
  system.
• Intoxication- The state in which the body is
  poisoned by alcohol, and the persons physical
  and mental control is significantly reduced.

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Vocabulary

• Alcohol is made by the process of fermentation.
• Tolerance- The body becomes used to the effects
  of the alcohol or drug.
• Ethanol is the type of alcohol in alcoholic
  beverages.
• Scientific evidence suggests that even modest
  alcohol consumption in late childhood and
  adolescence can result in permanent brain damage.
  
• American Medical Association

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Vocabulary

• Binge drinking is the act of consuming five or
  more drinks in one sitting.
• A potentially fatal, physical reaction to an
  alcohol overdose is alcohol poisoning.
• Symptoms of alcohol poisoning include
• Mental confusion, stupor, coma, inability to be
  aroused, vomiting/seizures
• Slow respiration, irregular heartbeat,
  hypothermia, and severe dehydration

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Short Term Effects of Alcohol

• Central Nervous System
• Brain- The brain becomes less able to control the
  body. Movement, speech and vision may be
  affected.
• Memory- Thought processes are disorganized and
  memory and concentration are dulled.
• Judgment- Judgment is altered and coordination is
  impaired.

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Short Term Effects of Alcohol

• Cardiovascular System
• Heart- With low intake, alcohol causes an
  increase in heart rate and BP. At higher intake
  levels, heart rate and BP decrease and heart
  rhythm becomes irregular. Risk of cardiac arrest
  increases.
• Blood Vessels- Alcohol causes the blood vessels
  to expand. The increased surface area of the
  blood vessels allows body heat to escape and the
  bodys temperature to drop.

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Short Term Effects

• Liver-Toxic chemicals are released as the liver
  metabolizes alcohol. Chemicals cause inflammation
  and damage to the organ.
• Kidneys- Alcohol acts a diuretic on the kidneys
  and increases urine output. Increased risk of
  dehydration.
• Lungs- Carbon dioxide formed by liver depresses
  nerves that control breathing and other
  involuntary actions.

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Long Term Effects of Alcohol

• Liver Inflammation, Cirrhosis, Cancer,
  Hemorrhage, Liver failure
• Gastrointestinal Stomach lining inflamed,
  ulcers, and cancer
• Intestines Cancer of intestines and colon

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Long Term Effects

• Circulatory
• high blood pressure,
• irregular heart beat
• damage to heart muscle
• increase risk of heart disease and stroke.

• Central Nervous System
• Impaired senses (vision, hearing, smell, pain
  perception)
• hallucinations
• blackouts
• loss of sensation in hands/feet
• early on-set of dementia,
• mood and personality changes anxiety.

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Long Term Effects of Alcohol

• Reproductive System

• Body

• Reduced fertility
• Impaired sexual performance
• Impotence and decreased sperm count
• Increased risk of breast cancer (women)
• Early onset of menopause
• Irregular menstrual cycle.

• Weight gain
• Headaches
• Muscle Weakness

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• A group of alcohol-related birth defects that
  include physical and mental problems.
• Baby born with small head and deformities of the
  face, hands, or feet.
• Heart, liver, kidney, vision, and hearing
  problems.
• FAS leading cause of mental retardation in the
  U.S.

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Blood Alcohol Concentration

• The amount of alcohol in a persons blood
  expressed as a percentage
• Depends on the following factors
• Quantity of alcohol
• Rate of consumption
• Body size
• Gender

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Dependence Alcoholism

• Psychological Dependence person believes a drug
  is needed in order to feel good or to function
  normally
• Physical Dependence person has a chemical need
  for the drug
• Alcoholism disease in which a person has a
  physical or psychological dependence on drinks
  that contain alcohol

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Symptoms of Alcoholism

• Craving need for alcohol, cannot manage without
  it (stress, work, family,etc)
• Loss of control no limit. Preoccupied with
  alcohol
• Physical Dependence withdrawal (nausea,
  sweating, shakes, anxiety)
• Tolerance increase amounts to feel effects
• Health, family, legal problems

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Stages of Alcoholism

• Stage 1 ABUSE
• Individual drink socially and experiences memory
  loss, blackouts and may begin to lie or make
  excuses to justify drinking
• Stage 2 DEPENDENCE
• Individual cannot stop drinking, dependent on
  alcohol. Tries to hide the drinking but it
  becomes a problem at home and school
• Stage 3 ADDICTION
• Most important thing in persons life. Liver may
  be damaged and if the person stops drinking
  he/she would experience sever withdrawal symptoms