1. DO NOW
In your journal section, make a list of the effects alcohol can have on a person.
When completed, compare your list with the person next to you. Are they the same?

2. * LIST SUPPORT GROUPS FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION
OBJECTIVES
* TO LIST THE SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE BODY
* LIST SUPPORT GROUPS FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION

3. GATEWAY DRUGS
DEFINE THE TERM:
GATEWAY DRUGS

4. GATEWAY DRUGS
GATEWAY DRUGS- drugs that could lead to other drug use.

5. THREE GATEWAY DRUGS
Tobacco
Alcohol
Marijuana

6. WHAT IS ALCOHOL?
IT IS A DEPRESSANT DRUG THAT ENTERS THE BLOODSTREAM AND SLOWS DOWN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

7. LIST REASONS WHY PEOPLE USE ALCOHOL

8. REASONS WHY PEOPLE USE ALCOHOL
CELEBRATE
SOCIALIZE
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
PEER PRESSURE
TO FORGET PROBLEMS
ADDICTION
TASTE

9. *DULLING SENSATION *VOMIT *IMPAIRS COORDINATION & JUDGEMENT
EFFECTS ON THE BODY
*DULLING SENSATION
*VOMIT
*IMPAIRS COORDINATION & JUDGEMENT

10. EFFECTS CONTINUED *LOWERS BODY TEMP *BLACKOUTS/MEMORY LOSS
*AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
*CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER(LONG TERM)

11. WHAT IS ALCOHOLISM?
A DISEASE IN WHICH THE DRINKER HAS AN INABILITY TO NOT KNOW WHEN TO STOP OR WHEN THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH TO DRINK

12. Blood Alcohol Concentration(BAC)
BAC- the amount of alcohol in a person’s blood.
Alcohol- enters the bloodstream minutes after drinking it.
The higher the BAC, the greater effect alcohol has on the body.

13. Factors That Affect Drinking
Age
Experience
Size
Food
Rate of Consumption
Mood
Gender

14. Binge Drinking
Binge drinking is defined as drinking five drinks in a row for males and four drinks in a row for females.

15. SUPPORT GROUPS AA- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ALANON- FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS
ALATEEN- CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS