Alcohol Alcohol depresses the brain and the nervous

Alcohol

Alcohol depresses the brain and the nervous system

Most Common Alcoholic Beverages Beer • Most are 4% alcohol • Fermented Wine • • Most around 12 -14% alcohol Fermented Liquor • Highest alcohol content • Most are 40% alcohol • Distillation

Proof- measure of amount of alcohol Percentage of alcohol is Half the proof Example= 40 proof is 20% alcohol

Myth or Fact? Cold Showers, Eating and Caffeine DO sober you up after consuming alcohol

Myth Cold Showers, Eating and Caffeine DO NOT sober you up after consuming alcohol • Time is the only way to sober up • Alcohol is a toxin • Liver breaks down one drink (one half ounce of alcohol per hour)

BAC- Blood Alcohol Concentration • Percentage of how much alcohol is in your blood • The higher your BAC, the greater the effects of alcohol on the body

Factors affecting BAC • Amount of alcohol consumed • Speed of consumption • Body weight, percentage of body fat • Gender, Age https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=41 pi. IDr 8 x. AE • Feelings, emotions(stress, anger, fear) • Amount of food eaten • Drinking carbonated alcoholic beverages

Myth or Fact? Alcohol is not as harmful as other drugs

Myth Alcohol affects all parts of the body Alcohol affects the: • Nervous System • Digestive System • Immune System • Cardiovascular System • Skeletal System • Urinary System • Reproductive System

How Alcohol affects my body • Each group (tables touching) has a slip of paper with a body system written on it • I want you to research (using your cell phones or a textbook) how alcohol affects your body system • List 3 ways alcohol affects your body system • You have 7 minutes and then I will go to each group and ask how. • GO

Effects of Alcohol on the Digestive System • Ulcers • Liver damage • 3 stages • Malnutrition

Drinking during pregnancy • Miscarriages & stillbirths • Low birth weight • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) • Severe birth defects • Leading cause of mental disability in the U. S.

Alcohol Affects Thinking and Decision Making • Cause poor decisions • False sense of self confidence, interfering with your judgement • Make you feel invincible • Increase Likelihood of you giving in to peer pressure

Alcohol Affects Thinking and Decision Making • Intensifies sexual feelings and dulls your reasoning • Slows your reaction time and affects coordination • Causes aggressive behavior • Intensifies emotions

Alcoholism A disease in which there is physical & psychological dependence (addiction)

Stage one: Abuse – Social drinking to relax – Over time, both phys & psych dependence develop to manage stress – drink & become intoxicated regularly – results in blackouts & memory loss – begins to lie & make excuses – tolerance develops; may be a problem drink

Stage two: Dependence – Cannot stop drinking; phys dependence – Central focus of life next drink – tries to hide but performance slips – makes excuses, blames others, defensive

Stage three: Addiction – Most important thing in life – Addicted life is out of control – may not realize or acknowledge this – less to be intoxicated; withdrawal

What did you learn today? • On the slip titled exit slip tell me – 2 factors that impact blood alcohol concentration – 2 ways alcohol affects your thinking or decision making