This document discusses alcohol and its effects on the body. It covers topics like blood alcohol concentration, factors that influence how alcohol affects the body like body size and gender, the process of metabolizing alcohol in the liver, short and long term health effects of alcohol like fatty liver and cirrhosis, and risks of binge drinking and alcohol poisoning.

1. Alcohol

2.  Blood Alcohol Concentration-the
amount of alcohol in a person’s blood
 Legal amount?
 Alcohol stays in the person’s system until
the liver can metabolize it.
 Metabolize means to break down
 Liver activity 5 boys, 5 girls
 What are some things that affect alcohol’s
influence on the body?

3.  Body size
 Gender
 Food
 Rate of intake
 Amount
 medicine
Factors that influence Alcohols’
Effects

4.  Ethanol: type of alcohol in an alcoholic
beverage.
 Fermentation: the chemical action of yeast
on sugars
 Depressant: a drug that slows the central
nervous system
 Intoxication: the state in which the body is
poisoned by alcohol or another substance
and the persons physical and mental control
is significantly reduced.
Alcohol is an addictive drug

5.  Liver:
◦ Fatty liver: fat build up in the liver and cannot
be broken down.
◦ Cirrhosis: scarring of the liver and poor liver
function as a result of chronic liver disease
◦ Hepatitis: inflammation of the liver
◦ Liver activity-5 boys, 5 girls
Long Term Effects

6. 50 deaths a day in US b/c of DUI
 1/3-2/3 of sexual assault involves alcohol
 25% of sexually active teens use alcohol
before engaging in sexual activities
 25% of teenagers live with family
members who abuse alcohol
 Teens are 5 times more likely to be an
alcoholic if they start drinking by age 21
Facts

7.  Binge drinking: drinking five ore more
alcoholic drinks at one sitting.
 Alcohol poisoning: a severe and
potentially fatal physical reaction to an
alcohol overdose.
Binge Drinking/ Alcohol Poisoning

8.  Mental confusion
 Coma
 Vomiting/seizures
 Slow respiration
 Irregular heartbeat
 Hypothermia or low body temperature
Effects of Alcohol Poisoning

9.  What are some of the effects on the
body?
Effects of alcohol?

10.  Psychological dependence-a person
believes the drug is needed in order to
function normally
 Physiological dependence-a person
has a chemical need for the drug
 Blood Alcohol Concentration-the
amount of alcohol in a person’s blood
 Legal amount?

11.  You?
 Friends?
 Family?
 Community?
 Society?
Who does alcohol affect?

12.  Write ½ page paper on who would be
affected if you started drinking alcohol
 How would your future be affected?
Assignment