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Alcohol Section Assignment
Alcohol Is a Drug
Facts About Alcohol
1. List five depressant effects of alcohol on the brain and body.
Confusion
a. _______________________________________________________________
decreased alertness
b. _______________________________________________________________
poor coordination
c. _______________________________________________________________
blurred vision
d. _______________________________________________________________
drowsiness
e. _______________________________________________________________
Section 15-4
Choosing Not to Drink

Abstaining From Alcohol
1. What are refusal skills?
Its when you resist peer pressure to do things
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2. How can you prepare to resist being pressured to drink?

Say no!
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
3. What if others do not accept your decision not to drink?
You can stand your ground and still refuse
.
Long-Term Risks of Alcohol Damage to the Body
1. Complete the table about the effects of alcohol use on the body.
Organ or Body
System Effect of Alcohol Use
Brain
a. destroys nerve cells
Sensations and perceptions become unclear.
b. ______________________________________________
Liver Can lead to a build up fats

c. ______________________________________________
Fatty liver disease
d. ______________________________________________
Heart Heart rate and blood pressure increase

e. ______________________________________________
More blood flows to the skins surface
f. ______________________________________________
Digestive system Vomiting

g. ______________________________________________
Temperature increases
h. ______________________________________________
complete the graphic organizer about the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome
Increases the risk of miscarriage

_________________________________
Premature birth
_________________________________
Your'e baby having a low birth weight

_________________________________
Alcoholism
3. Complete the concept map about alcoholism.
_____________ _____________
_____________
_____________ _____________
_____________
_____________ _____________
____ _________ _____________
4. List five possible effects of alcoholism on families.

Unpredictable behavior
a. _______________________________________________________________
Violence
b. _______________________________________________________________
Neglect
c. _______________________________________________________________
Money problems
d. _______________________________________________________________
Divorce
e. _______________________________________________________________
5. Describe three of the costs of alcohol abuse and alcoholism to society.

Legal problems
a. _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Public embarrassment
b. _______________________________________________________________
.
_______________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Treating Alcoholism
7. Complete the flowchart about the stages in treating alcoholism.
Knowing or realizing how much you intake

_______________________________
_______________________________
Removing all alcohol from your life

_______________________________
_______________________________
Learning to cope
_______________________________
_______________________________
8. Complete the table about three support groups that address problems of alcoholism.
Support Group Purpose
offers encouragement and support to

Alcoholics anonymous
a. _______________________________ help alcoholics stop drinking
AI-Anon helps adult friends and family members
b. _______________________________
learn to help alcoholics recover
provides help for teenagers living with

Alateen
c. _______________________________ alcoholics
.
Alcohol’s Effects on the Body
Physical and Behavioral Effects
1. Complete the concept map about the effects of intoxication on body systems and
behavior.
Memory loss
intoxication
______________
______________
nervous system
______________
digestive
______________
______________
system
______________
excretory system
______________
______________
Blood Alcohol Concentration
2. Complete the table about the factors that affect a drinker’s blood alcohol
concentration.
Factor Why It Affects BAC
Rate of
people who have fewer drinks have more BAC
consumption a. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Gender
males usually have a lower BAC than females
b. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Body size
Smaller people fell the effects more than bigger people
c. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Amount of food in
increases the rate of absorption
the stomach d. _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Life-Threatening Effects
3. Complete the graphic organizer about the life-threatening effects of
intoxication.
Effect: Increased risk of death from
_________________________________
_________________________________
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Alcohol Section Assignment

Choosing Not to Drink

2. How can you prepare to resist being pressured to drink?

3. What if others do not accept your decision not to drink?

You can stand your ground and still refuse

Liver Can lead to a build up fats

Heart Heart rate and blood pressure increase

Digestive system Vomiting

Increases the risk of miscarriage

Your'e baby having a low birth weight

4. List five possible effects of alcoholism on families.

5. Describe three of the costs of alcohol abuse and alcoholism to society.

Knowing or realizing how much you intake

Removing all alcohol from your life

Support Group Purpose

offers encouragement and support to

provides help for teenagers living with

Effect: Increased risk of death from

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