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Experimental drinking
Drinking large amounts occasionally at parties
People start to become addicted to the feeling that alcohol gives them and increase the number of times these episodes happen]]> 2016-09-23 12:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ruby_rhoden/vsouf7pcngsx/wish/125986176 ruby_rhoden https://padlet.com/ruby_rhoden/vsouf7pcngsx/wish/125986268 Stage 2: Increased Drinking

• When people begin drinking more frequently, they move from the first stage to the second
• Increased consumption may be caused by:
  • as an excuse to get together with friends
  • to alleviate stress
  • out of boredom
  • to combat sadness or loneliness

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Stage 3: Drinking Problem

• Negative consequences from drinking start to appear, but they still drink because they like the effects 
• Beginning of social changes include:
  • relationship issues
  • decreased social activity because of erratic behavior
  • sudden change in friends
  • difficulty conversing with strangers

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• People start becoming dependent and addicted to alcohol
• Withdrawal
• As you sober up, you may feel undesirable symptoms like:
  • nausea (not related to a hangover)
  • body tremors
  • sweating
  • severe irritability

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• Drinking is no longer for pleasure; it is a need.
• Alcoholics physically crave the substance and are often inconsolable until they start drinking again.

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Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD):  medical conditions that doctors diagnose when a patient’s drinking causes distress or harm. 

Binge Drinking: a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. This typically happens when men consume 5 or more drinks, and when women consume 4 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.

88,000 deaths are annually attributed to excessive alcohol use

Alcoholism = 3rd leading lifestyle-related cause of death in the nation.

Excessive alcohol use is responsible for 2.5 million years of potential life lost annually, or an average of about 30 years of potential life lost for each death

Up to 40% of all hospital beds in the United States (except for those being used by maternity and intensive care patients) are being used to treat health conditions that are related to alcohol consumption

Every year in the U.S., roughly 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from an alcohol-related incident.

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