Alcohol Flashcards
Alcohol is a CNS depressant following classical stages of _______
Anesthesia
- stimulation, sedation, hypnosis, coma, death
Alcohol combined with other depressant drugs such as ______ and ________ account for many drug deaths
- narcotics
- benzodiazepines
Type 1 alcoholic
- most common
- less genetic
- onset later and in response to problems
- equal in men and woman
- not as severe
- low degree of novelty seeking
- high harm avoidance and dependence on reward (drink to avoid anxiety)
- lose control over consumption
type 2 alcoholic
- stronger genetic
- heavy drinker before 25
- mostly men
- more severe
- impulsive
- aggressive risk taker
- fights
- arrest
- euphoria
- abuse other drugs
secondhand drinking
effects of drunken behavior on associates and peers
binge drinking
> 5 drinks in one sitting during past 2 weeks
Who are the heaviest drinkers:
21 - 34 year old women with stable marriages, working full time
35-49 year old women, divorced with no children
50 - 64 year old women, with husbands who drink
the 35-49 and 50-64 year old women are the heaviest drinkers
21-34 year old women least likely to report alcohol related problems
What is the number one date rape drug?
alcohol
Co-dependency
relationship with an addict that is unhealthy for both individuals
- helps the addiction continue and let it affect their lives
Enablers
those close to the alcohol addict who deny or make excuses for enabling excessive drinking
COAs are ____x more likely to develop alcoholism
____ of alcoholics had at least one alcoholic parent
3-4x
1/3
Common signs of alcoholism
- slurred speech
- blackouts
- insomnia
- skin findings
- hypertension
- enlarged tender liver
Mortality of withdrawal from alcohol
1 in 7 if untreated
mor severe than from narcotics
When does withdrawal from alcohol occur?
36-48 hours after cessation of drinking
withdrawal symptoms of alcohol
- agitation
- tremor
- seizures
- hallucinations
- death
