Title: Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Handout and Questions
Course: Alcohol Unit

Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Use: Answer the following questions.

1. Describe how alcohol affects a person’s emotional health?

2. Alcohol is not digested like other foods. How is alcohol absorbed into the body?

3. How does alcohol affect a person’s stomach?

4. Describe a fatty liver condition.

5. Describe the life threatening condition, cirrhosis.

6. What is the key function of the liver?

7. Identify five (5) negative reactions alcohol has on the brain. A. B. C. D. E.

8. How does alcohol affect a person’s heart?

9. What is a devastating consequence of drinking and driving?

10. If a friend told you they were sited for DWI, what does that mean?

11. What is binge drinking?

12. Identify four (4) negative consequences of binge drinking. A. B. C. D.

13. What is meant by inhibition?

14. Describe how alcohol interferes with a persons decision making skills.

15. What is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)?

16. Identify four (4) health problems that occur in babies born with FAS. A. B. C. D.