The+Truth+About+Drinking+-+Julia+and+Dao

//Video Notes:// · Someone under 16 is more likely to die of alcohol (chugging) · Kids who start drinking before 15 are more likely of having an overdose before 21 · Parents think the kids will be drinking less · Alcohol affects balance and vision · You have a slowed reaction time · Drinking scars your liver (cirrhosis) · Alcohol poisoning: you drink charcoal. · Alcohol goes into your blood stream when you drink · Kills more than 5 times the number of people than all the illegal drugs combined. · Alcohol alters who you are. (judgment) · Decreased activity in brain, is shriveled (scalloping) · Decreased ability to learn, so the brain cannot grow · Shuts down brain activity · Lose coordination · Believe that you can drink more and more · 0.08 or over: Legally intoxicated. · Passed out: 2.2. · 14 million drinkers in America, about 2 million are teenagers Alcohol is the number one killer of teenagers.
 * The Truth about Drinking**

//Physical:// (conditions of your body) When you drink, the alcohol in what you drink affects your balance and your vision (coordination). It can also cause liver problems like cirrhosis. It causes your brain to shrivel. There are also many possible ways of dying due to alcohol, like alcohol poisoning. //Mental:// (coping with life's demands) Because of alcohol, you often cannot keep up with your own busy schedule, but some drinkers drink to relieve stress. Alcoholics sometimes end up letting friends and family down because they cannot be dependable. Also, when you drink, your brain activity shuts down, and you eventually have a decreased ability to learn. //Emotional:// (how you see yourself, feelings) Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows down your central nervous system. The loss of a friend or family member to drinking can also cause you to be hurt emotionally. People who drink sometimes don't understand how their actions can affect the people close to them. //Social:// (interact with others) When you're drunk, other people make fun of you. The people who are normally your friends use you as entertainment.You get "loosened up" and act differently. Some people drink just for this purpose, to get drunk. When you are drunk, the alcohol ends up altering who you are.
 * Effects**

//Which part of the video made you think about your decision to drink/not to drink?// The part of the video when we saw the parents reactions to their child's death. - Julia The part of the video when the parents and children read their letters. -Dao

//Comments about Simulation..// Alcohol makes you feel "off": your balance is uneven and everything you do is slow and careful. However you still think you can do things better than the other drunks around you.