Alcohol slows down the body systems so it is a depressant alcohol changes a person’s physical & emotional

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis
• inflammation of liver
• Cirrhosis
• Scarring of the liver
• Liver cancer

• Brain Damage

• Shrinks the Brain

• Kills Brain Cells

• Memory Loss

• What is
• FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER?
• Alcohol use during pregnancy can lead to FASD. Because the brain and central nervous system are developing throughout the entire pregnancy, alcohol can adversely affect the fetus at any time, causing “hidden” birth defects.

• Brain on the left is brain without pre-natal alcohol exposure.

• The brain on the right is an infant’s brain that had
• pre-natal exposure to alcohol.

List the 4 stages of developing alcoholism:

• List the 4 stages of developing alcoholism:
• Problem Drinking
• Tolerance
• Dependence
• Alcoholism

Age – teens that start drinking before 15 are more likely to become alcoholics than those who wait to 21

• Age – teens that start drinking before 15 are more likely to become alcoholics than those who wait to 21
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• Social Environment – peer pressure, advertising
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• Genetics – 25% of males with an alcoholic parent become alcoholics. Teens with nonalcoholic parents have a 7-9% chance of becoming alcoholics
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• Risk Taking Personality – impulsive, novelty, enjoy taking risks

Unpredictable behavior

• Unpredictable behavior
• Financial problems
• Violence/abuse
• Neglect & Isolation

• Codependency
• Ignoring one’s own need
• Enabling
• Protecting the alcoholic

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) for alcoholics.

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) for alcoholics.
• Al-Anon for spouses of alcoholics
• Alateen for teenagers who have an alcoholic parent.
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