1. ALCOHOL Awareness Training
Trainer: Becky Doyle

2. Aims of Session To increase knowledge of alcohol; the effects,
Understand Units
Driving After drinking
the health risks and
impact on decision making including sexual health

3. Booze Bingo Been sick after drinking too much alcohol
Regretted something they have done whilst drunk
Been too ill to do anything the day after a heavy night out
Had an argument whilst drunk
Travelled home alone after drinking
Injured themselves whilst drunk
Regretted something they have said whilst drunk
Experienced memory lapses due to drink
Fallen asleep due to drinking
Travelled in a car with an over the limit driver
Drunk something without knowing what the contents were
Had an alcoholic drink without knowing how many units were in it
Suffered from a hangover
Not liked a friends behaviour when they have been drinking
Been sober and bored when friends have been drinking
Lost possessions whilst out drinking

4. Alcohol

5. Alcohol risks
In groups list the main risks to your health and behaviour associated with drinking alcohol short term & long term

6. Alcohol risks Alcohol Poisoning Impaired decision making
Sexual behaviour
Criminal Record
Driving
Taking drugs
Accidents
Arguments – relationship breakdowns
Mood Changes
Texting/facebook
Anti-social behaviour
Loss of personal possessions
Vulnerability
Health problems

7. THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
LUNGS
More likely to get infections.
High amounts of alcohol can stop breathing and cause death.
HEART
Weakens heart muscle and ability to pump blood.
High blood pressure.
Irregular heart beat.
Higher risk of stroke and heart attack.
Enlarges the heart.
LIVER
Inflames & destructs cells (Hepatitis).
Scarring and lesions (Cirrhosis).
Yellowing of skin & eyes (Jaundice).
Uncontrollable bleeding.
Liver failure, leading to coma and death.
STOMACH
Ulcers.
Bleeding.
Stomach cancer.
Vomiting from stomach irritations.
Can lead to throat cancer.
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Impotence.
Infertility.
Higher risk of breast cancer in women.
During pregnancy, chance of baby having developmental problems.
INTESTINE
Inability to process vitamins and minerals.
Colonic and intestinal cancer.
Inflammation.

8. THE HARMFUL EFFECTS EYES BRAIN EARS BONES MOUTH THROAT
Distorted vision.
Red eyes.
Double vision.
BRAIN
Slows the central nervous system causing drowsiness.
Dulls ability to respond.
Permanent brain damage.
Addiction.
Poor concentration.
Extreme mood swings and emotional outbursts
EARS
Inability to detect sound or where sound is coming from.
Inner ears: inability to detect up from down.
BONES
Inability to absorb calcium.
Weak and brittle bones (Osteoporosis).
MOUTH
Dulled sense of smell and taste.
Slurred speech.
Lack of appetite.
THROAT
Pain from vomiting.
Cancer.

9. Health
Alcohol is linked to 60 different illnesses. 9,000 people in the U.K. die from alcohol related causes every year.

10. Young People and Alcohol
1:5 teenagers admitted to drink driving
1:3 teenagers admitted to being the passenger in a car with a drunk driver
5000 teenagers are admitted to hospital a year for alcohol related reasons
11% of young people engaged in unprotected sex

11. Young People and Alcohol
More than 1:3 teenagers who drink alcohol at least once a week have committed violent offences such as robbery or assault.
4:10 secondary school-age children have been involved in some form of violence because of alcohol. This could mean they have been beaten up or robbed after they’ve been drinking, or have assaulted someone themselves.
Figures taken from direct.gov.uk website

12. What is a Unit?

14. Drink driving
Are you still over the limit ?

15. Alcohol and the Law In the UK it is illegal to
Give any alcohol to a child under 5 yrs.
Enter a pub under the age of 14 yrs unless there is a designated family area/garden
Drink or buy alcohol in a pub if aged 14 or 15 yrs.
Drink or buy alcohol in a pub aged 16 or 17 yrs unless to drink with a meal in a designated eating area
To purchase alcohol under the age of 18 from a pub or shop or to buy it for anyone under the age of 18.

17. Reality...

18. Alcohol & Sex
1:5 girls aged 14 to 15 go further than they want to in a sexual experience after drinking alcohol.
Almost 1:10 boys and around 1:8 girls aged 15 to 16 have unsafe sex after drinking alcohol.
Research shows a girl who drinks alcohol is more than twice as likely to have an unwanted pregnancy as a girl who doesn’t drink.

19. Drink Spiking Awareness

24. Results of Inquest
5 times over the drink driving limit (80mg per 100ml)
416mg of alcohol, 350mg = fatal amount
3 empty vodka bottles next to her
A build up of alcohol over a number of days.
She had started drinking again after a period of abstinence
Her G.P. had given her advice about the
risks of continuing to drink
Oct 2011

26. Any Questions

27. Lifeline Young Persons Service
Contact
Branching Out
Lifeline Young Persons Service
11 Wards End
Halifax
HX1 1BX