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class of 2015 (you only live once.) Created by: Bluegrass Prevention Center, Lexington KY (www.kyprevention.com)
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real life is full of stories
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(secretly dating)
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Most Likely To: be really rich be really happy
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Most Likely To: have a dozen kids have a dozen cats
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real life is full of stories
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like these: people think I’m more fun when I’m drunk I like myself better when I’m wasted I drink a lot to escape my life
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15%
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of high school students
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get drunk
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regularly
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some are
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athletes
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She could win regional finals with a 3 at the buzzer this year He could beat the school scoring record in a game this year but she won’t but he won’t
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why not?
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one time drunk = 14 days of training erased
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athletes who get drunk are twice as likely to have an injury
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why?
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brain recovery. 1. reaction time 2. hand/eye coordination 3. accurate visual tracking IMPAIRED WHILE CELLS RECOVER
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muscle recovery. 1. endurance 2. temperature regulation 3. strength IMPAIRED WHILE MUSCLE FIBERS RECOVER
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getting wasted
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does not build
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an elite
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athlete
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a little quiz: define Binge Drinking
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10 drinks? until I pass out? depends on the day? define Binge Drinking
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brain science says: females: 4 drinks males: 5 drinks
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brain science says: that’s the level when alcohol becomes toxic to brain cells
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(whether or not a person feels drunk yet)
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real life is full of stories
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some are
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dating She doesn’t know she’s five weeks pregnant and her baby already has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder He doesn’t know he’s about to become a dad and his baby already has Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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what?
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alcohol can affect an unborn baby before a woman knows she’s pregnant
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a 5-week old unborn baby
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is the size of
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a raspberry
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how much alcohol do you think is safe?
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there is no safe amount of alcohol for an unborn baby
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not beer
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not wine
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not a drop
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of anything
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if she could get pregnant
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real life is full of stories
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some are
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currently updating
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the teenage brain is scheduled for random, regular updates august 19, 2014? next saturday? may 2, 2015? two weeks next fall?
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two brain regions become mature during the teenage years
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prefrontal cortex = increases motivation amygdala = increases emotional regulation
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what happens if the brain is drunk during an update? X X X X
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nothing
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it doesn’t happen
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that’s all it takes… 4+ drinks.
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…to have a teenage brain forever
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real life is full of stories
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some are
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unknowing… …unknowing he doesn’t know that he has 4 months left to live
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why?
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alcohol will poison him
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by overwhelming his brain stem
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(which reminds his lungs to breathe)
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he will not vomit
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he will die in his sleep
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on a couch
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right now he is alive and he feels safe because:
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he thinks everybody drinks like he does.
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he thinks this makes him safe. he thinks everybody drinks like he does.
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he doesn’t believe that people really die from alcohol. he thinks this makes him safe. he thinks everybody drinks like he does.
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only 15%
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of high school students
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get drunk regularly
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(really)
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real life is full of stories
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some are
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addicted he wants to just drink one beer at a party but he can’t stop himself once he starts she doesn’t want to think about alcohol all the time but she can’t stop her body from craving it
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if someone is
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strong enough
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they won’t get
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addicted
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right?
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anyone can become addicted
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and it happens faster to some
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why?
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addiction risk. 1. family history (biological) 2. high tolerance 3. how much/how often alcohol is used + +
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addiction risk. 1. family history (biological) 2. high tolerance Two risk factors are set by biology and can’t be changed.
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addiction risk. 3. how much/how often alcohol is used There is one risk factor that is completely dependent on CHOICES.
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addiction means
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intense physical cravings
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and intense physical withdrawal
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addiction is… …a disease
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addiction is… …(scary)
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addiction is… …treatable
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believe it or not
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there is someone out there
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who wants you
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to get wasted
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they only get rich if people get drunk
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the consequences do not belong to them only the money
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real life is full of stories
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6 out of 7
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don’t include
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getting drunk
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in theirs
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(you only live once.) (make it count.) Created by: Bluegrass Prevention Center, Lexington KY (www.kyprevention.com)
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