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Alcohol Part 2
Being Alcohol Free
• A commitment to staying alcohol free helps you: – Maintain a healthy body– Make responsible decisions– Avoid risky behavior– Avoid illegal activities
Refusing Alcohol
• Be Assertive!!!• Refuse to drink• Leave the situation quickly• Get to a safe spot that does not involve
alcohol• Avoid environments where alchol will be• Practice refusal skills
Refusal Skills
• Say no in a firm voice• Explain why you are refusing• Suggest alternatives to the proposed activity• Back up your words with body language• Leave if necessary
Short-term Effects of Drinking
• Effects are different for each individualFactors include:
-Body size and gender-Food-Amount and rate of intake
Alcohol and Drug Interactions
• Having another drug in your body and adding alcohol to it can be very dangerous!!
• Multiplier Effect: the medication has a greater or even a different effect when mixed than when taken alone
Alcohol and Drug Interactions
• May slow down absorption increasing risk of harmful side effects
• Can cause medication to be broken down faster thus reducing effectiveness
• Alcohol can change the chemical makeup of the medication making it harmful to certain organs
• Can increase the effects of some medications (increased drowsiness/dizziness)
Driving Under the Influence
• DUI is the leading cause of death among teens• A person is intoxicated when their Blood
Alcohol Concentration (BAC) exceeds the state’s legal limit
• BAC- amount of alcohol in a person’s blood, expressed as a percentage
What’s Legal
• In NC the legal limit for drinking is a BAC of .08• However, you can begin to show signs of being
intoxicated at a BAC as low as .02
Consequences of DUI• Harm to the driver and others• Severely restricted driving privelages and/or
immediate confiscation of a driver’s license• Alcohol-related injuries, property damage, and death• Living with regret• Loss of parental trust/respect• Arrest jail time, court appearance, and a heavy
bail/fine• A police record and possible lawsuits• Higher insurance rates
Binge Drinking
• Drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting
• A rapid binge of drinking is especially dangerous
Alcohol Poisoning
• Severe and potentially fatal reaction to an alcoholic overdose
• Alcohol can shut down involuntary actions such as gag reflexes and breathing
• Likely to vomit and aspirate on that vomit
Effects of Alcohol Poisoning
• Mental confusion, stupor, coma, inability to be roused, vomiting, and seizures
• Slow respiration• Irregular heartbeat• Hypothermia or low body temperature pale
or bluish skin color• Severe dehydration from vomiting
Activity
• If you don’t have a computer, work with someone who does
• Find an article (either a current scholarly article or a current newspaper article) about DUI, Binge Drinking, or Alcohol Poisoning involving teens
• Write a summary with an analysis (your reaction) that is at least 1 whole typed page
• Attach it to an email and send it to [email protected]