Alcohol Awareness Flashcard

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Consuming no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men.

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moderate drinking

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Members include young people who's lives have been affected by someone else's drinking.

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Alateen

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Process of completely stopping all alcohol use to remove the substance from the body.

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detoxification

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Self-help program for people with alcohol-use disorders to help them change how they think about drinking.

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Alcoholics Anonymous

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Self-control that keeps people from taking dangerous risks.

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inhibition

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Conditions when the use of alcohol causes problems that interfere with a person’s health and respon at school/home/work.

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alcohol-use disorders

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Consuming eight or more drinks for women and 15 or more drinks for men in one week.

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heavy drinking

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Consuming four drinks for women and five drinks for men on the same occasion.

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binge drinking

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Encouraging a person’s unhealthy behaviors, either intentionally or unintentionally.

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enabling

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Percentage of alcohol that is in a person’s blood.

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blood alcohol concentration (BAC)