ALCOHOL A DEPRESSANT

ETHANOL ALCOHOL PEOPLE DRINK ISOPROPYL RUBBING ALCOHOL METHANOL USED AS A GAS

FERMENTATION TAKE A SUGAR SOURCE, ADD YEAST AND OXYGEN. THE YEAST FEEDS ON THE SUGAR AND CONVERTS IT INTO ETHANOL. YEAST CAN ONLY CONVERT SO MUCH…FERMENTATION RARELY YIELDS MORE THAN 10-15% ALCOHOL

DISTILLATION HEAT THE FERMENTED MIXTURE TO SEPARATE ALCOHOL FROM THE H2O BY PRODUCT… THIS PROCESS CAN YIELD UP TO 99.99% PURE ALCOHOL. YOU CAN’T DRINK ALCOHOL THIS PURE.

PROOF AND PERCENT THESE ARE 2 DIFFERENT WAYS OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE STRENGTH OF ALCOHOL MUST BE ON ALL ‘HARD LIQUOR’ PROOF= % x 2 PERCENT= PROOF / 2

100 PROOF=______________% 30%=________________PROOF

DRINKS All drinks have ½ oz of pure alcohol in them. One 12oz can of beer = 5oz glass of wine = 1.5 oz shot (40% alc. or 80 proof)

BE CAREFUL SOME SHOTS OF LIQUOR MAY BE STRONGER DEPENDING ON THE PROOF OR PERCENT. SHOTS WITH 80 PROOF ARE 40% ALCOHOL=1/2oz 151 PROOF RUM HAS 75% LIQUOR… 2 TIMES STRONGER! IT HAS ABOUT 1oz OF PURE ALCOHOL.

RATE OF OXIDATION ONE DRINK PER HOUR EX) You start drinking at 12 midnight, you drink 8 drinks… it would be 8am before all the alcohol is oxidized out of your body. If you got behind the wheel at 6am, you would still have 2 drinks in your body… not able to drive legally.

ALCOHOLISM A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY UNCONTROLLED DRINKING.

STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM EARLY STAGE AKA: THE SOCIAL DRINKER NO INTENT TO GET DRUNK. IF ALCOHOL IS PRESENT THEY WILL DRINK AND WON’T STOP DRINKING

STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM MIDDLE STAGE INTENT TO GET DRUNK MAY HIDE DRINKS FROM OTHERS. CHANGE OF FRIENDS IS POSSIBLE. BEHAVIOR CHANGE

STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM LATE STAGE DRINKING IS ALWAYS ON THE MIND, DRINKING MOST OF THE TIME. FAMILY, JOB, SOCIAL, OR LEGAL PROBLEMS MAY BE PRESENT OR EVIDENT

STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM FINAL STAGE ALCOHOL IS THE PRIORITY, MOST IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE NO CONTROL OVER DRINKING. ALCOHOL IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IN LIFE.

BINGE DRINKING FIVE OR MORE DRINKS… WITH THE INTENT TO GET DRUNK

INTOXICATION THE NEGATIVE EFFECT THAT ALCOHOL HAS ON THE BODY AND THE MIND

SIGNS OF INTOXICATION OVERLY FRIENDLY (HUGGING, TOUCHING, TRYING TO KISS) TALKING EXTREMELY LOUD ANNOYING OR ARGUMENTATIVE SLURRED/SLOW SPEECH STAGGERING OR UNABLE TO WALK SPILL DRINKS/MISS MOUTH

SIGNS OF INTOXICATION UNEXPLAINED RISKS (STEALING, TAKE CLOTHES OFF IN PUBLIC, DRIVE DRUNK... MOOD CHANGES

ALWAYS STAY WITH THE INTOXICATED PERSON!! STAY CALM. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR THE UNEXPECTED

ALCOHOL POISONING ALCOHOL IN EXCESS THE LIVER IS NOT ABLE TO OXIDIZE THE ALCOHOL FAST ENOUGH

SIGNS OF ALCOHOL POISONING SLOWED BREATHING UNCONSCIOUS/CANNOT WAKE PERSON UP PALE SKIN, SWEATY GOING IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS

HOW TO GIVE CARE TO SOMEONE WITH ALCOHOL POISONING NEVER EVER LEAVE THE PERSON ALONE! IF A PERSON IS UNCONSCIOUS, TRY TO WAKE THEM UP IF THEY DON’T WAKE UP… CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY! ROLL PERSON TO THEIR SIDE… KEEP THEM THERE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES WE DON’T WANT THEM TO CHOKE ON THEIR OWN VOMIT!

HOW TO GIVE CARE TO SOMEONE WITH ALCOHOL POISONING STAY WITH THE PERSON AND TRY TO KEEP THEM AWAKE. JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS SLEEPING DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE ALCOHOL STILL CAN’T AFFECT THEIR BRAIN ALCOHOL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL THE RECEIVE MEDICAL HELP. SHOCKS OF COLD WATER MAY CAUSE PERSON TO GO UNCONSCIOUS… NO SHOWERS!

THE ONLY WAY TO SOBER UP IS…

TIME!!!