ALCOHOL FACT SHEET
- The younger you are when you start drinking, the more likely you are to have a problem with alcohol.
- College students spend more on alcohol than on textbooks.
- One 12 ounce beer = 5 ounce glass of wine = 1 ½ shots of 80 proof liquor.
- How alcohol affects you depends on:
- how much alcohol is consumed
- the time period in which it is consumed
- how much food is in the stomach
- body weight
- Alcohol is a depressant.
- Alcoholics don't know they are becoming alcoholics-- "it just happens".
- When someone has a problem, they follow certain patterns:
- lie to sober friends
- hide it from sober friends
- party more with drinking friends
- deny they have a problem
- The best thing to do for a friend with a problem is to tell a counselor or someone who can help.
- If you're asking yourself if you have a problem, you probably do.
- The body takes about ½ hour to feel the effects of alcohol. If you drink before that time, you may drink too much.
- Alcohol poisoning occurs when you drink too much alcohol too fast, which can lead to coma or even death.
- The worst thing to do when a person has had too much to drink is to leave them alone or lying down. They need to be kept awake and moving-- and they need medical help.
- Alcohol-related accidents are the #1 killer of teens.
- 1.4 million teens a year are injured in some way through an alcohol related accident.
- A BAL (Blood Alcohol Level) of .1 means you have 12 times more likelihood of being in an accident.
- A BAL of .2 means you have 60 times more likelihood of being in an accident.
- You ALWAYS have a choice about whether or not to drink.
- Binge drinking can lead to permanent brain damage; coma, then death, can happen in less than an hour.
- Some of the social effects of alcohol are: unprotected sex, pregnancy, STD's, date rape.
- Up to 2/3 of date rape cases involve alcohol.
- There is nothing that will sober you up except time.
- It takes approximately 1 hour for each drink to be used by the body.