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Understanding Alcohol Driver Education

Understanding Alcohol Driver Education Alcohol Use Patterns No Teen Data Average number of servings per month by age Abstainers Infrequent drinkers Light drinkers - Do not drink or drink less often than once a year

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Understanding Alcohol Driver Education

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  1. Understanding Alcohol Driver Education

  2. Alcohol Use Patterns No Teen Data Average number of servings per month by age

  3. Abstainers Infrequent drinkers Light drinkers - Do not drink or drink less often than once a year - Drink once a month at most and drink small amounts per typical drinking occasion - Drink once a month at most and drink medium amounts per typical drinking occasion, or drink no more than three to four times a month Criteria for Drinking Classifications

  4. Moderate drinkers Moderate/heavy drinkers Heavy drinkers - Drink at least once a week and medium amounts per typical drinking occasion - Drink at least once a week and medium amounts per typical drinking occasion or three to four times a month and large amounts per typical drinking occasion - Drink at least once a week and large amounts per typical drinking occasion Criteria for Drinking Classifications

  5. Alcohol Use Patterns Moderate drinking redefined (NIAAA) • No more than two drinks each day for most men and one drink each day for women Binge drinking • Refers to the consumption of five drinks in a row, at least once during the previous two-week period

  6. Alcohol Use Patterns • Individuals who should NOT consume Alcohol: • Drivers • Pregnant women • Recovering Alcoholics • Medical Conditions or Taking Medication • Under 21 years of age

  7. What does alcohol do? • Judgment • Inhibition • Coordination • Depth perception • Reaction/movement time

  8. Nature of Alcoholic Beverages Ethanol Alcohol or Ethanol Fermentation • A chemical process whereby plant products are converted into alcohol by the action of yeast cells on carbohydrate materials Proof • A number that is twice the percentage of alcohol by volume in a beverage (ex) 100 proof = 50% pure alcohol

  9. Nature of Alcoholic Beverages • Nutritional Value • Calories • Simple Carbohydrates • No vitamins, minerals, fat or protein • 7 calories per gram • Proof= twice the %alcohol (100 proof is 50% alcohol)

  10. A Drink is a Drink is a Drink • Beer: 12 oz * 5% alcohol = 0.60 oz • Wine: 5 oz * 12% alcohol = 0.60 oz • Gin: 1.25 oz * 50% alcohol = 0.625 0z • Others: read the label and do the math.

  11. Concentrations • Wine Coolers: 12 oz * (4 to 10 %) = 0.48 to 1.2 oz. Can be two drinks. • Others: average 7%

  12. Factors that influence the Absorption of Alcohol • Strength of the beverage • Number of drinks consumed • Speed of consumption • Presence of food • Body Mass/ Lean Tissue • Body chemistry

  13. Party Guidelines • Beverage vs. drug • Know what you are drinking/Mix your own. • One drink per hour • Water or soft drink between • Solid food with the drinks • Drinking is no game, don’t play!

  14. Blood Alcohol Concentration BAC • The percentage of alcohol in a measured quantity of blood; BAC can be determined directly through the analysis of a blood sample or indirectly, through the analysis of exhaled air Acute alcohol intoxication • A potentially fatal elevation of the BAC, often resulting from heavy, rapid consumption of alcohol Sobering up – Oxidation (Liver) over Time

  15. Alcohol-Related Health Problems • Accidents – 17 States Legal BAC = 0.08% • Other States Legal BAC = 0.10% • Social problems • Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects (Placenta) • Crime and violence • Suicide

  16. Hosting a Party Responsibly • Provide other social activities as a primary focus when alcohol is served • Respect an individual’s decision about alcohol if that decision is either to abstain or to drink responsibly • Recognize the decision not to drink and the respect it warrants by providing equally attractive and accessible nonalcoholic drinks when alcohol is served

  17. Hosting a Party Responsibly • Recognize that drunkenness is neither healthy nor safe— one should not excuse otherwise unacceptable behavior solely because the individual had “too much to drink” • Provide food when alcohol is served • Serve diluted drinks, and do not urge that glasses be constantly full • Keep the cocktail hour before dinner to a reasonable time and consumption limit

  18. Hosting a Party Responsibly • Recognize your responsibility for the health, safety, and pleasure of both the drinker and the nondrinker by avoiding intoxication and by helping others do the same • Make contingency plans for intoxication • Serve or use alcohol only in environments conducive to pleasant and relaxing behavior

  19. Organizations That SupportResponsible Drinking • Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) • Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) • Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students (BACCHUS) • Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol (GAMMA)

  20. Problem Drinking and Alcoholism • Problem drinking • Alcoholism • Codependence • Denial and enabling • Alcoholism and the family • Helping the alcoholic: Rehabilitation and recovery

  21. Current Alcohol Concerns • Adult children of alcoholic parents • Women and alcohol • Alcohol advertising

  22. Summary Questions?

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