Binge DrinkingLearning Target: I can define binge drinking, explain how alcohol affects the brain, and explain how serving sizes of different kinds of alcohol can lead to accidental over-consumption.Lecture: Write at least 2 questions, answers or comments.Activity: Skit.HW: On sheet.

PAIR/SHAREDo these stats surprise you? Why or why not? Speculate: Why the wide disparity?

Vocabulary• Abstinence = Choosing not to drink alcohol.• Drinking = Drinking a small amount of alcohol over a longer period of time.• Binge Drinking = Consuming 5 or more drinks within 2 hours (for a male) and 4 or more drinks

within 2 hours (for a female) therefore raising blood alcohol level concentration to .08 or above. • Alcohol Poisoning = When a large amount of alcohol is consumed and causes a toxic reaction in the

body. The body can’t metabolize the alcohol quickly enough. • ~ 45% of high school students nationwide admitted to drinking and 64% of the drinkers admitted to

binge drinking.What if I don’t drink? Great! But… you might need to take care of a friend or family member who does.

Serving Size. One “drink” equals…• Beer: 12 oz. can or bottle.

• Hard liquor: 1.5 oz. shot.

• Wine: 5 oz. glass (a bigger pour is common, sometimes twice as much).

Alcohol has a wide range of strength Percent alcohol is the amount of ethanol by volume (alcohol by volume, or ABV). Most beers are what percentage ABV?Proof is ABV x 2

Ex: A bottle of vodka that is 40% ABV is 80 proof Ex: A whiskey that is 50% ABV is 100 proof

Which has more alcohol?

A shot of 60 proof?

A shot of 40% ABV?

Alcohol affects the pre-frontal cortex

“CEO” of the brain

Responsible for planning, strategizing and decision making

Pre-frontal Cortex

Binge drinking compromises decision-making skills

FREQUENT BINGE DRINKERS ARE (compared to non-binge drinkers):

• 4.5 times more likely to do something they later regret• 5.3 times more likely to have arguments with friends• 5.5 times more likely to have unprotected sex• 7.7 times more likely to get behind in school work• 11.5 times more likely to get hurt or injured• 11 times more likely to damage property• 11 times more likely to get in trouble with (campus) police

* Source: Binge Drinking on Campus, Report by Harvard School of Public Health, 1998

Binge Drinking Impacts Emotions & Behaviors

Quick Quick emotional emotional responsesresponses

Used more by Used more by teensteens

AmygdalaAmygdala

Everyone please take their hand and touch the area above your right ear. This is the amygdala and it is part of the emotional side of your brain.

An Amygdala Compromised by Alcohol Can = Changes in Emotions & Behavior

• Impulsive behavior• Mood changes• Decreased emotional control• Increased risk taking• Fighting

Binge Drinking Affects the Cerebellum,Decreasing Coordination

Coordination of muscles and physical movement

Coordination of thinking processes, too

Dynamic growth and change during teen years

Cerebellum

• Put your hand on the back of your head closer to where the head hits the neck. This is the cerebellum, which coordinates our muscles and physical movement.

• Have you ever seen someone walk funny when they are drinking? Slur their speech or fall on their face? Let’s do an activity (next slide) to see how drinking impacts our coordination.

Drunk Goggle Activity:

1. High Five2. Paper Clip Pick Up3. Paper Toss4. Sitting – Standing - Sitting

Health Risks of Binge Drinking

• Black outs/coma.• Blurred vision.• Alcohol is a diuretic—it dehydrates you. • Convulsions (seizures).• Depressed reflexes (slow reaction time). Very bad

when you’re driving. • Addiction: Of the 44,000 adults who started drinking

by the age of 14, 47% became addicted to alcohol. • Alcohol poisoning. Can happen at .20 BAC or higher.

Alcohol Poisoning: What is it?• No response to verbal or physical prodding• Vomits while sleeping or passed out• Can’t stand without help• Slow breathing or heart rate• Blue or purple skin (lips, nails)• Cool skin• Alcohol poisoning can lead to coma or sudden death

Call 911!- Paramedics don’t arrest people

for illegal drinking.- Even if you do get in trouble

with your parents, saving someone’s life is worth it.

Emergency Treatment:May Not Help If You Wait Too Long!

These are procedures that are performed in the ER on people with alcohol poisoning: • Pumping the stomach• Syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting• Activated charcoal (a tube in the nose to

pump out alcohol from body)• Narcan, a medication (reverses effects of

central nervous system depression)

Myths about Alcohol Poisoning

• Myth: Drinking black coffee will help. Truth: Congrats, now you’re even more dehydrated and still poisoned.

• Myth: Taking a cold shower will help. Truth: Now you’re wet and cold and still poisoned.

• Myth: Walking it off will help. Truth: Now you’re wandering the mean streets of Marin while poisoned.

• Myth: Sleeping it off will help. Truth: This is an easy way to slip into a coma.

• Myth: Smoking marijuana helps. Truth: It suppresses vomiting, which is the body’s attempt to expel poisonous amounts of alcohol.

How to Stay Safe – Plan Ahead! Make a Party Plan

• Choose not to drink.• Have a drinking plan (have a designated driver/buddy).• Choose to drink less alcohol. • Keep track of how much you drink.• Have some drinks with less alcohol.• Have some drinks without alcohol. • Eat before you drink and while you drink.• Slow down and pace yourself.• Stretch the same amount of alcohol over longer amount of

time.• Take a break from drinking (dance, walk, talk).• Drink water!!!!

Binge Drinking Classroom Activity