ALCOHOL STATISTICS
• About 3 in 10 Americans will be involved in
an alcohol-related crash at sometime in their
lives
• 40% of all crimes are committed under the
influence
• In 2010, Nationally 13, 294 alcohol related
deaths
• In 2010, Illinois had 408 alcohol related
deaths
• 1 person dies every 30 minutes from an
alcohol-related accident
ALCOHOL
HOW ALCOHOL AFFECTS THE BODY
 Alcohol –
 Intoxication –
 Drug or not??
 1 beer = 1 shot or 1 glass of wine
 Proof- Twice the amount of alcohol present (Ex. 80
proof is ____% of alcohol?)
NO ALCOHOLIC DRINK IS SAFE
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
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Depends on several Factors:
* amount
* food present
* medicines/drugs
* gender and size
Effects on Body:
1. Irritates mouth, throat, esophagus, and stomach
2. Loss of body heat
3. Heart work harder
4. Liver work harder
5. Dehydration
ALCOHOL AND THE MIND
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Depressant effects –
Inhibitions are lost Lose ability to focus –
Coordination/judgment/speech/takes risks
BAC AND BINGE
DRINKING
 BAC – see chart
* DUI - .08
 Binge Drinking –
 Alcohol poisoning – alcohol overdose can be fatal
Symptoms of Alcohol poisoning?
 Symptoms: extreme vomiting/LOC/slowed breathing
 Worse if unconscious
 Seek medical help
MENS ESTIMATED B.A.C. CHART
Drinks
100
120
140
160
180
200
220
240
0
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
1
.04
.03
.03
.02
.02
.02
.02
.02
2
.08
.06
.05
.05
.04
.04
.03
.03
3
.11
.09
.08
.07
.06
.06
.05
.05
4
.15
.12
.11
.09
.08
.08
.07
.06
5
.19
.16
.13
.12
.11
.09
.09
.08
6
.23
.19
.16
.14
.13
.11
.10
.09
7
.26
.22
.19
.16
.15
.13
.12
.11
8
.30
.25
.21
.19
.17
.15
.14
.13
9
.34
.28
.24
.21
.19
.17
.15
.14
10
.38
.31
.27
.23
.21
.19
.17
.16
Only Safe
Driving Limit
Driving Skills
Impared
Legally
Intoxicated
Possible
Death
FEMALE BAC ESTIMATION CHART
Drinks
100
120
140
160
180
200
220
240
0
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
1
.05
.04
.03
.03
.03
.02
.02
.02
2
.09
.08
.07
.06
.05
.05
.04
.04
3
.14
.11
.10
.09
.08
.07
.06
.06
4
.18
.15
.13
.11
.10
.09
.08
.08
5
.23
.19
.16
.14
.13
.11
.10
.09
6
.27
.23
.19
.17
.15
.14
.12
.11
7
.32
.27
.23
.20
.18
.16
.14
.13
Only Safe Driving Limit
Driving Skills Impared
Legally Intoxicated
8
.36
.30
.26
.23
.20
.18
.17
.15
9
.41
.34
.29
.26
.23
.20
.19
.17
10
.45
.38
.32
.28
.25
.23
.21
.19
1 drink equals roughly 1 shot, 1 12oz. beer, or 1 5oz. glass wine.
Possible Death
• 1) If a girl weighs 120 pounds and has
three drinks in 1 hour, what will her BAC
be? What will her impairments be?
• 2) Plug in your own weight at five drinks
per hour, how would you be affected?
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
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3.
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5.
6.
Heart – irregular heartbeat, HBP, enlarged heart,
anemia
Brain – brain damage and dead brain cells
* Dementia –
Immune Sys. – weakened
Small Intestine – decreased ability to absorb
vitamins
Liver – Hepatitis (inflammation of liver), cirrhosis
(replacing healthy liver with scar tissue), cancer
Mouth/Esophagus/Stomach – ulcers/cancer
• http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=alc
ohol+stories&view=detail&mid=CB8F5E0B
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVQMX
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• http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section
=news/local&id=7468431
• http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=alc
ohol+stories+for+high+school+kids&view=
detail&mid=EC00034D15D2E9D15AF8EC
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ALCOHOLISM
 Alcohol Abuse –
 Alcoholism –
 Physically and Emotionally Addicted to Alcohol
STAGES OF ALCOHOLISM
1.
Problem Drinking – Starts with social drinkingsocial drinking has 3 rules
2.
Tolerance – develops after repeated drinking;
takes more alcohol to feel same effect
3.
Dependence – body begins to need alcohol to
function normally- called physical dependence
4.
Alcoholism – ADDICTED!- craves alcohol, puts the
alcohol before anything else
RISK FACTORS
 Age – teens who start drinking before age 15 are 4X
more likely than those who wait until they are 21
 Social Environment –
 Genetics – alcoholism runs in families
 Risk-taking personality –
 Warning Signs -
AFFECTS FAMILY
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Guilty feelings
Unpredictable behavior
Violence
Neglect/isolation
Protecting
enabling –
• Ignoring one’s own needs
codependency –
 Alcohol and Pregnancy –
FAS- a set of physical and mental defects that affect
a fetus that has been exposed to alcohol because of
the mothers consumption of alcohol
ALCOHOL AFFECTS SOCIETY
TREATMENT
 Treatment Programs –
 Al-Anon and Alateen -
TEENS AND ALCOHOL
DRINKING AND DRIVING
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Reaction time
Vision
Drowsy
Coordination
Judgment
513,000 injured alcohol related
3 in 10 sometime in life
7% involve alcohol ………39% involve alcohol
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 Zero tolerance
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GETTING HOME SAFE AND SOBER
Don’t drink
Plan ahead
Get picked up if need a safe ride
Cab it
YOUR FUTURE
 JAIL
 SEXUAL ACTIVITY
 DROWNING
 BRAINS
SAYING NO
 Buy yourself time
 Give good reasons
 Consequences
 Be firm
 Alternative activity
 Walk away
FIGHT AGAINST DRUNK
DRIVING
 MADD
 SADD