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Alcohol

Alcoholism/ Choosing Not To Drink

  • Some people cannot control their drinking, and their only goal is to get drunk
  • People who have an addiction to alcohol have a disease called ______________________
  • Alcoholics consider drinking a regular, ______________________ part of coping with daily life
  • An alcoholic’s body needs alcohol to _____________________ and their drinking pattern controls _________________________ of their life
  • ______________________________________ is at risk of becoming an alcoholic
  • Alcoholism is hereditary, and the environment may play a role in becoming an alcoholic

Stages of Alcoholism

  • Alcoholics pass through _________________ that may last weeks, months, or years
  • Teenage alcoholics tend to pass through the stages _____________________ than adults do

Early Stage of Alcoholism

  • _______________________________ – people who consume small amounts of alcohol with meals and on special occasions – may consume alcohol to relieve stress
  • Social drinkers tend to drink more often, and becomes preoccupied with drinking, leading to drinking excessive amounts of alcohol – _________________________________
  • _________________________________ is when drinking alcohol becomes a person’s routine way of dealing with stress, or as an escape from problems
  • Problem drinkers use alcohol as a _______________________________________________ for their behavior caused by drinking
  • Problem drinkers are more likely to be involved in _____________________________________
  • More prone to unintentional injuries, such as falls, drowning, fires, and burns
  • Contributes to _______________________________________ such as fights, abuse, rape, suicide, and murder

 Middle Stage of Alcoholism

  • The alcoholics dependence on alcohol becomes ________________________________; the person cannot stop drinking
  • Alcoholics refuse to acknowledge their problem; some can hide the problem, others show symptoms of excessive drinking
  • Signs can include absences from school or work, strained family, social, and business life

Late Stage of Alcoholism

  • Alcoholics deteriorate ________________________________________________________________________
  • Their _______________________________ revolve around drinking
  • Experience _________________________________________________ – a condition in which less and less alcohol is needed for intoxication
  • Alcoholics become _______________________________________________ because of physical, mental, and emotional problems
  • _______________________________________, such as liver damage, malnutrition, brain damage, cancer, lung disease, and heart disease
  • When denied alcohol, may suffer from severe withdrawal symptoms
  • About 5% of alcoholics experience __________________________________________ – a reaction by the CNS to the absence of alcohol; can be fatal
  • Characterized by shaking, nightmares, seizures, fear of animals and people, and insomnia

Alcoholism and Others

  • Alcohol causes costly problems for ________________________________ and causes an ____________________________________for everyone involved – family, friends, and co-workers

Costs to Society

  • Alcohol is involved in about half of all fatal __________________________________
  • Other costs to society cost the US between $100 and $200 billion annually:

1.      Alcohol related crimes

2.      Medical expenses

3.      Injuries

4.      Lost productivity at work

5.      Alcohol treatment programs

  • Involved in about 150,000 premature birth deaths every year

Alcoholism and the Family

  • About _________________________________________Americans grow up in an alcoholic family
  • High stress from ________________________________ and uncertainty of alcoholics behavior
  • Suffer __________________________________________________________abuse
  • Needs of other family members are ignored, while most attention is paid to the alcoholic
  • Money intended for living expenses is _________________________________________
  • Family members live in ________________________ of the alcoholics actions and unpredictable ___________________________

Members of the Alcoholic/Drug Dependent Family

  1. ·        ____________________________

  2. ·        ____________________________ – a person who supports the harmful behavior of others

  3. ·        ____________________________ – a person who is blamed as the cause of problems in the family

  4. ·        ____________________________ – a family member who tried to do everything right

  5. ·        ____________________________ – a family member who relieves tension by acting in a funny or entertaining way

  6. ·        ____________________________ – a child who help the family maintain balance by not causing problems

Codependency

  • People who are close to the alcoholic may let the alcoholic’s actions change their own daily attitudes and attitudes
  • ________________________________ are people who assume responsibility for an alcoholics actions
  • Focus on taking care of others, losing the sense of their own identity
  • Do not acknowledge they have their own needs; are not able to take care of others, since they cannot take care of themselves
  • Are the primary ____________________________ – people who unintentionally protect the addict from the consequences of their actions/behavior

Treatment of Alcoholism

  • Alcoholic must acknowledge that there is a problem and ask for help
  • Treatment for alcoholism includes:

1.    _____________________________ – removing all the alcohol from a person’s body; usually experiences withdrawal symptoms that last 3-7 days

2.    _____________________________ – the process of learning to cope with the stress of everyday living without alcohol; usually receives counseling to understand disease and behavior

3.     _____________________________ – community, religious, and health organizations that offer support for alcoholics and their families

·        Alcoholics Anonymous – composed of recovering alcoholics who give encouragement and support to help others stop drinking

·        _________________________– helps adult friends and family members of alcoholics learn how they can contribute to the recovery process

·        ____________________________ – provides help for teenagers who live with alcoholics

Choosing Not To Drink 

  • Deciding not to drink is a healthy choice because it eliminates the chance that alcohol will become a problem

Refusing Alcohol

  • Alcohol use is always inappropriate when a person must stay alert and think clearly
  • Choosing not to drink means that you must be able to say no confidently in situations where other people are drinking
  • __________________________ – the skills needed to say no – involve refusing to do something that others may pressure you to do
  • Some questions you should ask yourself before saying yes to something you know you should say no to are:

1.      What are my reasons for not drinking alcohol at this time in my life?

2.      Are my friends pressuring me into drinking?

3.      Do I feel pressure to drink to impress others?

4.      What might happen if I get drunk?

  • You never should feel the need to apologize for saying no to drinking
  • If your friends do not accept your answer, then they do not really care about you as a person

Alcohol

Thinking and Decision Making / Alcohol and Violence

How Alcohol Affects Thinking and Decision Making

  • It can cause you to make ______________________________ – make affect your morals and values
  • It can give you a false sense of ____________________ and interfere with ____________________ - may cause you to say or do things you normally wouldn’t do
  • It can make you feel _____________________________ – may do something daring or dangerous
  • It can increase the likelihood that you will give in to __________________________________________________
  • It can intensify you _____________________________ and dull reasoning ability – many teens that have been sexually active were drinking before sex – consequences?
  • It slows down ________________________________ and reaction time
  • It can cause you to become _____________________________ – increases violent behavior leading to assault, rape, murder, and physical abuse
  • It intensifies _______________________ – may become extremely sad, depressed, desperate, jealous, or angry
  • ____________________________ – after effects of using alcohol; headache, nausea, vomiting, tiredness, and irritability
  • ____________________________ – periods of time in which drinker doesn’t recall what he or she did

Alcohol Advertising

  • The alcohol beverage industry is one of the leading industries spending money to advertise its products.
  • People of all ages see these advertisements, whose purpose is to convince people to buy a specific product.

Disposable income

  • Disposable income is money that is not needed to live on for everyday needs.
  • Young people see thousands of advertisements for alcohol before they reach the legal drinking age of 21.
  • Many teens have disposable income that alcohol advertisers would want spent on their products.

 Loyalty and Timing of Ads          

  • Many advertisers want to develop brand loyalty in young people. They believe that the earlier you see ads for a product, the more likely you are to use the product in the future.
  • Young people can be influenced by TV ads because of the time that these ads are shown.

Neighborhood and Internet

  • Billboards and other public alcohol signage put people in those neighborhoods at increased risk of developing irresponsible drinking habits.
  • There are numerous Web sites that promote alcohol use that people of all ages can access.

Attractive people

  • Alcohol advertisements tend to show attractive people drinking and having fun.
  • Teens may think that drinking is “cool” and that they need to drink to have fun like the people in the ads.