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Health – Grade 8
Quarter 4 – Module 3: Negative Health Impact of Alcohol
First Edition, 2020

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 HEALTH 8
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 3
Negative Health Impact of
Alcohol
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the MAPEH Grade 8 Self-Learning Module on Negative Health

Impact of Alcohol!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
 Notes to the Teacher
This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the MAPEH Grade 8 Self-Learning Module on Negative Health

Impact of Alcohol!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and

skills that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the

lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of

concepts and skills that you already know about a
previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to

perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in

the lesson.
 Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the entire
module.

Objectives: At the end of the module, the learners should be able to:

• analyze the negative health impact of drinking alcohol

• describe the short and long term harmful effects of drinking alcohol
• interpret blood alcohol concentration or (BAC) in terms of psychological
changes in the body; and
• explain the impact of drinking alcohol on the family and community.

Direction: Read the question carefully, choose the correct answer

1. Alcohol affects what parts of the body?

a. brain c. both a & b

b. bones d. none of the above

2. When one drinks too much alcohol, this organ will not be able to filter poisons
or toxins properly and can be damaged.

a. liver c. stomach
b. kidneys d. intestines

3. What does underage drinking have to do with your brain?

a. it develops more quickly c. affects brain growth

b. nothing at all d. none of the above

4. What is BAC?

a. blood alcohol concentration c. blood alcohol center

b. blood alcohol creation d. blood acid concentration

5. What is a hangover?

a. severe headache
b. after effects caused by excess drinking of alcohol
c. the result of long term exposure to alcohol
d. all of the above
Direction: Find the capitalized words in the box on the right.
1. Nicotine is a DRUG.
2. Smoking causes CANCER.
3. Just say NO to CIGARETTE smoking Q U T D R U G C
4. Cigarettes contain Tobacco, NICOTINE, and M U Z A N A K I
even rat POISON. P O I S O N T G
5. If you know someone who smokes, tell L P X T V B I A
them to QUIT! A C A N C E R R
Y K Q T O B A E
C A N C C O I T
T O C R A T S T
N I C O T I N E

One of the most commonly used and convenient legal drug is Alcohol which
can be confusing for all ages particularly to young students. This lesson will help
students understand why alcohol can be dangerous. They will know about the
effects of alcohol on the body, how to deal with peer pressure and learn strategies
for making good decisions. The following are some common effects of drinking
alcohol especially for young people.

Short- term effects of drinking alcohol

The physical condition of the individual depending on how much is taken,

alcohol can cause slurred speech, drowsiness, vomiting, diarrhea, upset stomach,
headaches, breathing difficulties, distorted vision and hearing, impaired judgment,
unconsciousness, anemia (loss of red blood cells), blackouts (memory lapses, where
the drinker cannot remember events that occurred while under the influence) it
may also include the following:

• Signs of intoxication- physical and mental changes that the body is

experiencing upon consuming alcohol.
• Alcohol toxicity- the amount of alcohol in the blood exceeds a certain level,
this can lead to alcohol toxicity, or poisoning. Since alcohol is a depressant, it
can slow the breathing, leading to a lack of oxygen to the brain.
• Alcohol intolerance- Some people will feel unwell immediately after drinking
alcohol. They may have an intolerance, insensitivity, or allergy to alcohol or
another ingredient in a drink.
• Hangover- Physical effect that give discomfort after drinking too much, a
person may continue to feel the effects of the alcohol on waking up the next
day. Hangover can last up to 24 hours. Doctors advise not drinking again
within 48 hours of a heavy drinking session, to allow the body to recover.
Long-term effects of drinking alcohol

Drinking too much or too often can lead to physical and mental health
problems include poor school performance, lost productivity, accidents, social
problems, family problems, and unemployment, continue alcohol use in large
amounts can cause to the development of chronic diseases such as

• High blood pressure, cardiomyopathy, irregular heart beat

• Pancreatitis- alcohol prompts pancreatic production of harmful substances,
which can lead to pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas
that impairs digestion.
• Bone deficiency- alcohol abuse can cause a calcium imbalance in the body,
which is an important nutrient to maintain healthy bones.
• Brain stroke- a non-communicable disease which affects the arteries that
carries blood to the brain resulting to brain damage due to toxin substance.
• Cancer- drinking any kind of alcohol can contribute to cancers of the mouth
and throat, larynx (voice box), esophagus, colon and rectum, liver, and breast
(in women).
• Cirrhosis- is a late stage of scarring (fibrosis) of the liver caused by many
forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic
alcoholism.
• Fatty Liver- occurs when too much fat builds up in liver cells. Heavy drinking
makes you more likely to get it. This makes it harder for your liver to work.

BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC)/BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAL)

-is the amount of alcohol that has entered a person’s bloodstream. It is

expressed as the weight of ethanol in grams per 100 milliliter (ml) of blood.

NUMBER OF BLOOD ALCOHOL EFFECT

DRINKS CONCENTRATION
The person feels relaxed, less
1-2 Up to 0.05 inhibited, with a slower reaction
time and reduced alertness.
Fine motor skills, reaction time, and
3-4 0.05 to 0.10
judgment are reduced.
Vision, perception, reaction times,
and judgment are affected; the
0.10-0.15
person may become argumentative
5-7 or emotionally irrational.
The person may stagger, speech
become slurred, and vision blurred.
8-10 0.15-0.30 Motor skills are severely affected,
and the person may vomit or feel
nauseated.
Over 10 The person may lose consciousness
or be conscious but unaware of
0.30 and above
what is happening. Breathing rate
is slow.
Activity 1
Direction: How does alcohol drinking affect the family, community and country?
Write at least three negative impact of drinking alcohol for each box.

FAMILY
- _________________________________________
- _________________________________________
- _________________________________________

NEGATIVE IMPACT OF DRINKING ALCOHOL

COMMUNITY COUNTRY

- ________________________________ - ________________________________

- ________________________________ - ________________________________

- ________________________________ - ________________________________

Activity 2

Direction: How does alcohol go into your body? How is it absorbed? Fill in the
blanks with the correct information. Choose the correct answer on the box below

Alcohol enters the body first through the __________. Some alcohol gets into the
bloodstream through the _______________, Alcohol enters the bloodstream through
the walls of the _______________. The __________ pumps alcohol throughout the body.
Alcohol then reaches the _________. Alcohol is oxidized by __________ at a rate of
about 0.5 ounces per hour; 90% of alcohol. __________eliminates 5 percent of the
alcohol through the urine. They exhale 5 percent of alcohol through __________
which can be detected by breathalyser devices. Alcohol is converted into __________,
__________, and energy.
liver mouth stomach kidney small intestine

lungs heart brain water carbon dioxide

Direction: Answer the following questions:
1. What kinds of alcohol do you know, is it safe to drink different varieties of
alcohol? What are the effects of drinking alcohol?

2. As a student, what is the better way to prevent drinking alcohol?

Drinking alcohol can harm the growing body and brain. That’s why it’s
important for young people to grow up alcohol-free, it takes every adult in the
community to help young people choose not to drink alcohol.

Direction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Alcohol is what type of drug?

a. stimulant c. depressant
b. hallucinogens d. none of the above

2. Which is a long-term effect of Alcohol?

a. cirrhosis of the liver c. nausea

b. loss of coordination d. blackout

3. Which is a reason that kids and teens begin to drink alcohol?

a. see their parents do it c. peer pressure

b. want to seem cool d. all are correct
4. The definition of alcoholism is a

a. person who does not drink

b. person who drinks alcohol once a day
 c. disease where someone drinks poison
d. disease which a person has a physical and psychological need for
alcohol

5. Define Cirrhosis

a. physical effects of alcohol

b. the result of short term exposure to alcohol
c. damage to physical health caused by alcohol
d. deadly disease that replaces healthy liver tissue with useless scar
tissue

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