Alcohol Addiction by Andrew Artenosi https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7 Grade 10 Careers en-us 2022-01-30 19:21:14 UTC 2025-06-03 12:52:18 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Alcoholism 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020196848 Alcohol addiction is when a person uncontrollably uses alcohol despite the harmful concequences. The brain will change to its normal functions because of the long term alcohol use. Alcohol addiction can change your overall lifestyle physically, socially, economically and emotionally. Alcohol addiction can get you into some serious concequences.]]> 2022-01-30 19:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020196848 What are some signs and symptoms that accompany this mental illness/addiction? 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020198045 Some signs of alcohol use can be 

  • drinking more then usual
  •  not being able to stop drinking habits
  •  needing more alcohol to be “ drunk “
  • expiriencing physical and mental symptoms when not drinking 
  • Drinking habits impacting obligations like work or school 
  • setting aside other activities for drinking, 
  • Spending alot of time using and recovering from alcohol
  • not worrying about the concequences of alcohol
  • desire to drink alcohol
]]> 2022-01-30 19:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020198045 Social, Environmental and Physical Precursors 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020199434 Physical: 

  • scientists have indicated that alcohol addiction can involve many genes having to due with many chromosome regions in the brain. If an adult has alcohol addiction, some of these genes can be passed down to there children so then what will happen is the children will have the same drinking problem.

Environmental:

  • If a person lives close to a bar with alcohol, they are most likley to drink
  • Influence, culture, family, religion play some big factors to your drinking habits
  • Children who get exposed to alcohol at an early age are most likley to stuggle with alcoholism

Social:

  • In ads, compay’s show alcohol as a good way to relax or releive stress, this can draw a huge audience who will then think alcohol is a good thing so they will probably start to drink alot
  • People who are more wealthy are most likely to drink alcohol, studies have shown that 75% of people with a household anual income of 75,000 or drink alcohol compared to 45% percent of people who have a household anual income of 30,000 or less drink alcohol
  • When you are trying to make new friends at work, trying to be someone everyone likes will make you do things you dont usually do. Before you know it  you head in to every company happy hour drinking way more than your supposed to drink.
  • They way you act, think, anxiety and stress, drepession can dictate the amount you drink. If you go through depression or anxiety you are most likley to have bad drinking habits.
  • Roughly 43 percent of american people deal with alcoholism in there families

]]> 2022-01-30 19:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020199434 Physical affects 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020203036 Alcohol can affect many parts of the body, 

Alcohol can interfere with the brains communication pathways

Alcohol can effect the heart a lead to stroke, high blood pressure, and heart attack

Alcohol can hurt the liver and lead to fatty liver, Alcohol hepatisis, fibrossis and cirrosis

Alcohol can intoxicate the pancreas and lead to pancretitsis

Drinking alcohol can increase the chances of liver cancer, pharynx and larynx cancer, colorectal cancer, heart disease and weakens your immune system


]]> 2022-01-30 19:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020203036 Emotional Affects 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020203932 Anxiety is a huge part, when you have anxiety you really on alcohol to feel relaxed. Alcohol may help it but it won’t last long, then you will find yourself drinking way too much. Alcohol can also make your anxiety even worse than before.

Drinking heavily can also lead to depression, Studies show that alcohol addiction is actually a symptom for depression. If you stop drinking, It can improve your mood

Alcohol can cause people to lose there inhibitions and behave impulsively, it can than lead to some actions like suicide, alcohol adiction can lead to psychosis which is a severe mental illness. 
 


]]> 2022-01-30 19:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020203932 Social Affects 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020204312 For college students, 1 of 4 students that drink alcohol get a test score under what there expected

Drunk driving is responsible for 31% of driving deaths in the united states

Between 1997-2008 37% of the crimes are from alcohol addiction and the numbers have been going up since

Alot of people that drink alcohol lead to finacial problemes, alot of them have jobs but are most likley to stop attending to drink alcohol


]]> 2022-01-30 19:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020204312 Where can someone go to get help in your community 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020205179 There are different types of help lines all across canada you can call to stop drinking for example, mental health help line, kids help phone, health link bc and way more

The government of canada has a website with different help lines all across canada that can help you treat your drug addiction.


]]> 2022-01-30 19:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020205179 What are some ways you can help or support someone with alcohol addiction 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020205708 What you would want to do is talk to someone when they are not drinking with no distractions. Then tell them how concerned you are and how much you care for them instead of judging the other person. Also ask them why they are drinking, is it with there mental health for example, this gives you a better understanding of what they are going through

Don’t take any negative reactions personally, this will start an argument

Don’t blame, threaten or bribe the person, it will give them even more anxiety than before, which can cause more drinking


]]> 2022-01-30 19:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020205708 Facility Name And Website 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020210834 Ontario addiction treatment centers website: http://www.oatc.ca]]> 2022-01-30 19:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020210834 Demographic 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020211297 Anyone that is of age to drink and has problems with alcohol addictio]]> 2022-01-30 19:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020211297 Where is the facility/program located and what type of facilities do they have? 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020212201 They're facilities are located all across ontario, There facilities are meeting facilities where you can talk to someone about your addiction or mental health issues. You can also pick up your medications they serve to you ]]> 2022-01-30 19:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020212201 Goals 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020212642 There goal is to improve the lives of other people. They plan to stop or at least treat drug and alcohol addiction and to lesse the impact of there families and society as a whole.

They serve over 50 centers across ontario and help thousands of people in ontario with any drug addiciton

They want to encourge the longest period of soberity as possible and to cure there drug addiction.


]]> 2022-01-30 19:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020212642 Should We All Work On Our Mental Health 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020217963 Mental health is a big thing. Mental health allows you to work productively and cope with the stresses of everyday life. It can help you realize your full potential. It helps you work with other people and contribute to society. It also affects your physical health. Without a structred mental health we can’t function properly. Working on our mental health will help us reach our goals in life and will make us sucsessful.]]> 2022-01-30 19:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2020217963 348658667 https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2023666745 2022-02-01 16:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/348658667/nxrcu7lozctbcmz7/wish/2023666745