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Alcohol Background
Alcohol - intoxicating constituent of fermented beverages Beer 4% Alcohol; 8 Proof Wine - an alcoholic beverage made from fermented fruits 12-14%; 24-28 Proof Hard Liquor - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled 40 %; Proof Fermentation - uses yeast/bacteria to change sugars in food Distillation - purifying a liquid by heating and cooling
Wine
Sutter Home Riunite Gallo Yellow Tail Ma La Sun Jacobs Creek Arbor Mist
Hard Liquor
Baccardi Jack Daniels Crown Royal Jgermeister Smirnoff Seagram 7 Grey Goose
In Adults:
Stress, relaxation, addiction from childhood*, curiosity
*In 78% of the cases, adult drinkers are because of they became addicted from before the age of 18.
Types of Drinkers
Alcohol Abuser - Someone who has episodes of going too far with drinking; it can be frequent (binge drinking) or just occasionally; not dependent on alcohol. Alcohol Dependent - High level of alcohol use; dependent on alcohol, showing psychological and physical dependence (inability to control or set limits). Social Drinker - Drinks occasionally, and when they do, no negative consequences follow.
Police officers issue BAC testing by checking: breath urine blood If failed (over legal limit), you will be put under arrest
Intoxication - a state of being poisoned** Delirium - a state of mental confusion with hallucinations and continual movement *See slide #10 for specific BAC effects **Lungs excrete some toxic ethanol into the bloodstream as an exhaled gas
Facts on Drinking
Thanksgiving is the holiday with the most alcohol deaths The prime time for alcohol deaths is 8:00-11:59 PM The average age for a teenager to start is 13 years old of all suicides are related to alcohol It takes the body a half an hour to recognize the alcohol The highest BAC ever recorded is 1.542 Approx. 1 person is killed per minute in an alcohol related accident 60% of emergency rooms visits are alcohol related 80% of teen pregnancies are alcohol related Men are 5 times more likely to become addicted