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Alcohol Abuse
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Nicole Paolucci
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What is Alcohol Abuse?
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A pattern of problem drinking that results
in health consequences, social problems,
or legal problems.
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Symptoms of alcohol abuse!
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Loss of time from school or work due to drinking.
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Depression or unhappiness due to drinking.
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Drinking in order to cope with personal problems.
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Drinking to overcome shyness.
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Loss of interest in family and friends.
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Loss of interest in activities which were once of interest.
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Difficulty sleeping due to drinking.
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Poor judgment.
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Drinking outside of a social setting.
Showing up intoxicated in inappropriate settings.
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Alcohol is one of the oldest drug
ever used
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Alcohol is a depressant.
A drug is any substance that, when taken
into the body, changes the way we feel,
the way we perceive things and the way
the body works. The word ‘’drug’’ is often
interchanged with the word ’’substance’’.
(This is why we refer to alcohol as a drug.)
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Alcohols effect on women!
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Women have higher risk than men for
certain serious medical consequences of
alcohol use, including liver, brain and heart
damage.
Women who drink during pregnancy puts
their baby at risk of suffering from mental
retardation and other illnesses.
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The following are some of the areas in which
women experience more effects than men who
drink alcohol at the same rate as women:
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Liver Damage-- Compared with men, women develop alcohol-induced liver disease
over a shorter period of time and after consuming less alcohol. Women are also more
likely than men to develop alcoholic hepatitis and to die from cirrhosis.
Brain Damage -- Women may be more vulnerable than men to alcohol-induced brain
damage. Using MRI, researchers found that a brain region involved in coordinating
multiple brain functions was significantly smaller among alcoholic women compared
with both nonalcoholic women and alcoholic men.
Heart Disease -- Among heavier drinkers, research shows similar rates of alcoholassociated heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) for both men and women, despite
women's 60 percent lower lifetime alcohol use.
Breast Cancer -- Many studies report that moderate to heavy alcohol consumption
increases the risk for breast cancer, although one recent study found no increased
breast cancer risk associated with consumption of up to one drink per day, the
maximum drinking level reported by most women.
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Traffic Crashes -- Although women are less likely than men to drive after drinking and
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Alcohols effect on men
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Men are at much higher overall risk for abusing or
becoming dependent on alcohol than women. According
to the National Health Interview Survey, published by the
U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC),
approximately 58 percent of adult males reported current
drinking in 2005, as compared with 41 percent of adult
women.
Like women, alcohol abuse can also result in men
having liver problems, brain damage, heart disease,
traffic accidents, and other illnesses.
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Other Facts
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The first amount of alcohol reaches the brain about 30
seconds after ingestion.
Alcohol acts as an irritant and increases the amount of
hydrochloric acid (a digestive juice) secreted from the
stomach lining and can cause gastritis, ulcers and
severe bleeding.
Approximately 90 percent of alcohol must be
metabolized through the liver and the remaining 10
percent is eliminated through the lungs and urine. It
takes about one hour to eliminate one-half ounce of
alcohol
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Alcohol and Driving
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Driving skills can be impaired by blood alcohol
concentrations as low as 0.02 percent.
Driving and Alcohol are two things that should
not mix.
Approximately 16,885 Americans die from drunk
driving. (That’s 1 every 31 minutes).
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Outcome of Drunk Driving
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College and Alcohol
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College students will spend about $4.2 billion yearly for
alcoholic beverages--which is more than is spent on
operating campus libraries, college scholarships and
fellowships combined.
Youth who drink alcohol are 50 times more likely to use
cocaine than those who never drink alcohol.
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88% of all the students surveyed at eight Virginia
colleges reported at least one regrettable sexual
encounter they could attribute to alcohol.
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College Parties
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How to Confront an Alcohol
Abuser
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Talk in a non-judgmental way about your
feelings concerning the person's drinking.
If an alcohol abuser denies that he/she
has a drinking problem, let the person
know what will happen if he/she does not
stop drinking.
If the alcohol abuser agrees to seek help,
then get help immediately.
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Common Traits Exhibited by an Alcohol
Abuser When Confronted
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Denial.
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Rationalizing his/her alcohol use.
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Making excuses when promises and
obligations are not fulfilled.
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Blaming others for problems.
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Manipulation.
Dependency.
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Ways to help Abusers
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There are many national and local
resources that can help alcoholics.
Alcoholic Anonymous is one major
resource that helps abusers.
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Bibliography
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http://www.freevibe.com/Drug_Facts/alcohol.asp
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http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/alcohol.htm
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http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3566.html
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http://www.thealcoholtreatments.com/facts-aboutalcohol.php
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