1. Alcohol Part 2

2. Being Alcohol Free A commitment to staying alcohol free helps you:
Maintain a healthy body
Make responsible decisions
Avoid risky behavior
Avoid illegal activities

3. Refusing Alcohol Be Assertive!!! Refuse to drink
Leave the situation quickly
Get to a safe spot that does not involve alcohol
Avoid environments where alchol will be
Practice refusal skills

5. Refusal Skills Say no in a firm voice Explain why you are refusing
Suggest alternatives to the proposed activity
Back up your words with body language
Leave if necessary

6. Short-term Effects of Drinking
Effects are different for each individual
Factors include:
-Body size and gender
-Food
-Amount and rate of intake

7. Alcohol and Drug Interactions
Having another drug in your body and adding alcohol to it can be very dangerous!!
Multiplier Effect: the medication has a greater or even a different effect when mixed than when taken alone

8. Alcohol and Drug Interactions
May slow down absorption increasing risk of harmful side effects
Can cause medication to be broken down faster thus reducing effectiveness
Alcohol can change the chemical makeup of the medication making it harmful to certain organs
Can increase the effects of some medications (increased drowsiness/dizziness)

10. Driving Under the Influence
DUI is the leading cause of death among teens
A person is intoxicated when their Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) exceeds the state’s legal limit
BAC- amount of alcohol in a person’s blood, expressed as a percentage

12. What’s Legal In NC the legal limit for drinking is a BAC of .08
However, you can begin to show signs of being intoxicated at a BAC as low as .02

13. Consequences of DUI Harm to the driver and others
Severely restricted driving privelages and/or immediate confiscation of a driver’s license
Alcohol-related injuries, property damage, and death
Living with regret
Loss of parental trust/respect
Arrest jail time, court appearance, and a heavy bail/fine
A police record and possible lawsuits
Higher insurance rates

14. Binge Drinking Drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting
A rapid binge of drinking is especially dangerous

15. Alcohol Poisoning
Severe and potentially fatal reaction to an alcoholic overdose
Alcohol can shut down involuntary actions such as gag reflexes and breathing
Likely to vomit and aspirate on that vomit

16. Effects of Alcohol Poisoning
Mental confusion, stupor, coma, inability to be roused, vomiting, and seizures
Slow respiration
Irregular heartbeat
Hypothermia or low body temperature  pale or bluish skin color
Severe dehydration from vomiting

17. Activity If you don’t have a computer, work with someone who does
Find an article (either a current scholarly article or a current newspaper article) about DUI, Binge Drinking, or Alcohol Poisoning involving teens
Write a summary with an analysis (your reaction) that is at least 1 whole typed page
Attach it to an and send it to