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02/22/2012 PSYC 2050:. ALCOHOL. Some background questions. Turn on your I-clickers! 1. Are you 21 years old or older? A = Yes, B = No 2. Anonymous: Have you ever had an alcoholic drink? A = Yes, B = No. GSU Arrests in the Past 3 Years. Alcohol U.S. Policy.
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02/22/2012 PSYC 2050: ALCOHOL
Some background questions • Turn on your I-clickers! • 1. Are you 21 years old or older? • A = Yes, B = No • 2. Anonymous: Have you ever had an alcoholic drink? • A = Yes, B = No
Alcohol U.S. Policy • “U.S. Drug Policy is Complex” • 1851-1855 Prohibition laws in 13 states • 1868 Repealed in 9 states • 1880-1889 Prohibition laws in 7 states • 1896 Repealed in 4 states • 1907-1919 Prohibition laws in 34 states • 1917: 64% of the population in “dry territory” • 1920 National Prohibition • 1933 Repeal
Alcohol & Violence • “All behavior has a physiological cause” • Correlation with homicide • Correlation with domestic violence • 1/3 of all suicides • Alcohol reduces your inhibition… • Alcohol Myopia Theory • Cognitive Scripts Theory
Alcohol & the Media • Alcohol = cool, alcohol = sexy
Alcohol & Social Situations • “Drugs are Drugs” • BAC = 0.05 • Lowered alertness • Good feeling • Release of inhibitions • Decreased anxiety • Impaired judgment • Less critical thinking
Alcohol & Sex • “Nothing is Safe” • Sexuality becomes less inhibited or enhanced? • Women who have been drinking = more sexual and sexually available? • Placebo arousal • Unprotected sex • High BAC & no erection • Chronic abuse & impotence
Black Outs & Brown Outs • Black outs= Not remembering anything at all. • Brown outs = Remembering once your friends remind you
Hangovers • Upset stomach • Alcohol is a gastric irritant • Fatigue • Your blood sugar has gone down • Headache • Accumulation of acetaldehyde • Thirst • Cellular dehydration • General Malaise / “I’m never drinking ever again” feeling
Calculate your BAC! • Blood Alcohol Concentration • Alcohol intake • Weight • Sex (Male / Female) • Females have higher content of body fat • http://bloodalcoholcalculator.org/ • http://www.intox.com/drinkwheel.aspx • http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm • http://www.rupissed.com/ ***
Do you have a drinking problem? • During the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking? • During the last year has a friend or a family member ever told you about things you said or did while you were drinking that you could not remember? • During the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from your because of drinking? • Do you sometimes take a drink when you first get up in the morning? (C.J. Cherpitel’s “Brief Screening Instrument for Alcohol Dependence in the Emergency Room”)
Alcoholics Anonymous • We admitted we were powerless over alcohol… • We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity/ • We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God… • We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. • We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. • We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Other Roads to Rehabilitation • 95% experience mild to moderate withdrawal symptoms • Can be treated on an outpatient basis • 5% experience severe withdrawal symptoms • Should be treated in a hospital or detox facility. • Detoxification • Antabuse, Naltrexone, Campral
Have a SAFE Spring Break! • If you are going to drink alcohol, pace yourself, know your limits, know the law and be careful. • Please don’t drink and drive. • If you are going to have sex, make sure it’s consensual, and use protection.