Sentences with phrase «keeping alcoholic»

Keeping alcoholic consumption modest and never smoking are important, too.

In practice, this approach seems to be a sound way of keeping the alcoholic from feeling on the spot and from raising his defenses.

One minister tells of the hours and hours he spent trying to get and keep an alcoholic parishioner sober.

Along the way, Jay struggles to keep his alcoholic mom (Elisabeth Shue) on the wagon, and falls for his childhood best friend, who's matured into a stunning young woman (Leven Ramkin).

Make sure to keep alcoholic beverages away from pets, as they can cause illness, depression, or even death.

Be aware of the potential problem and keep alcoholic beverages out of your pets» reach and keep a sharp eye on friends who may have been drinking and want to share their party cheer.

Keep any alcoholic beverages away from your pet's roaming tongue as well.

Keep alcoholic beverages away from pets, as they can cause intoxication, depression and comas.

Pets can be sensitive to alcohol, so be certain to keep alcoholic drinks out of reach.

Keep alcoholic beverages out of paw's reach.

With two sturdy galvanized iron tubs, this stand keeps alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks separate and allows partygoers to help themselves (so the host can sit back and enjoy the festivities).

Not exact matches

It teaches him to keep busy helping other alcoholics.

Yet, it prevents him from using this as an alibi by adding that the factor which keeps the disease from being controlled is «alcoholic thinking» — selfishness, fear, resentment, lack of humility — matters for which the alcoholic is responsible.

By its general permissiveness concerning theology, AA is able to help countless alcoholics whose prejudices against overt religion would keep them from identifying with a more orthodox approach.

In some cases, the alcoholic's AA solutions seemed rigid and repressive, as if the persons involved were having to hold themselves very hard to keep from slipping.

It does this by keeping the initiative with him throughout the process, by making him feel accepted in a group, by respecting his rights as an adult to think and do what he himself wants to (including getting drunk), and by giving him a sense of unique usefulness in helping other alcoholics.

Here — in the emphasis on Joe's willingness for help and to come to the AA headquarters — is evident one of the primary reasons for AA's effectiveness, viz., the initiative is kept with the alcoholic.

Keep coming back, Glad the hundreds of recovered alcoholics I personally interacted with over the past 19 years have some how manged to stay sober through this program that doesn't work LOL

Would you tell alcoholics to still keep booze in their houses?

For our purposes, the medical and psychiatric therapies may be divided into three categories according to their purpose: (1) those therapies that aid in the physical rehabilitation of the person suffering from the effects of an acute binge and / or prolonged excessive drinking over many years; (2) those that help to keep the addictive cycle broken and thus maintain sobriety for sufficient time to allow other therapies to take effect; (3) those that aim at lessening the alcoholic's personality problems — both those that contributed to the causation of his addiction and those resulting from the interpersonal chaos of progressive alcoholism.

Subsumed under this goal are four operational objectives which may be seen as overlapping stages of treatment: Helping the alcoholic (a) to accept the fact that his drinking is a problem with which he needs help; (b) to obtain, medical treatment; (c) to interrupt the addictive cycle and keep it interrupted by learning to avoid the first drink; (d) to achieve a re-synthesis of his life without alcohol.

The goal of Emmanuel therapy — to promote the freedom and growth of the individual by releasing inner resources, in contrast to authority - centered approaches, — is in keeping with the healthy needs of the alcoholic.

Alcoholic converts often give one the impression that their solution is decidedly brittle — that they must keep very busy saving others or their own solution is likely to collapse.

It is probable that a majority of all alcoholics are of the «hidden» variety — individuals who are having serious problems with alcohol but whose behavior is still enough within the bounds of social conformity to allow their alcoholism to be kept secret within the family.

One objection to the sickness conception of alcoholism is that it provides an excuse for the alcoholic and thus keeps him from feeling responsible for his sorry condition.

Too often female alcoholics and addicts distort natural variations in emotions in an effort to keep control of all situations, including their own inner anxieties.

The only thing I know for sure is that it does not matter what you believe, so long as you keep close to other sober alcoholics..

Meaning, for the majority of our marriage time, he was a non-functioning alcoholic; binge drinking, can not keep a job, in / out of jail, suicide attempts — really horrible stuff.

Oh, I had all of the excuses for why I could keep enjoying my wine in the evenings — I work hard, I give so much, I'm not an alcoholic, I'm never hung - over, it doesn't affect my life, it's social, it's fun, it's in the Bible for pity's sake!

Thus both Bill Wilson and Bill Dotson are quoted as saying: «The Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep telling people about it» (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., p. 191; bold face added).

For alcoholics who have tried and failed time after time to stay sober by themselves, for alcoholics who have tried and failed after using any one of innumerable techniques, that which finally does keep one sober becomes «God» (Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection: Modern Wisdom from Classic Stories [New York: Bantam Books, 1992], p. 208; bold face added).

If your truly alcoholic, the only reason to stop going would be to hold on to your right to keep drinking.

To minimize this second danger, it is well to keep a four - pronged focus in psychotherapy with alcoholics — on the past and the present; on feelings and actions in relationships.

Thus, he respects the alcoholic's right to drink or not to drink, and he keeps the initiative where it must be if he is to stop.

The reason people keep going is for the continued support and understanding that fellow alcoholics can provide.

It is essential to keep the responsibility for recovering with the alcoholic.

Returning to AA is not only available for the alcoholic who relapses, but for one in recovery to keep in touch and work on their personal self which are what the 12 steps are all about; being honest, being humble, being grateful, etc..

Many alcoholics have one or more «slips,» particularly in the first year or two of their serious efforts to keep the addictive cycle broken.

In his efforts to «get and keep» the alcoholic sober, the minister had taken over this responsibility.

As a matter of fact, they often do not, and the pastor does well to keep close to a family even after the alcoholic member has achieved sobriety.

The alcoholic's craving is so powerful at times that nothing short of actual incarceration will keep him from getting alcohol.

Speaking of booze, for many recovering alcoholics / addicts, it's their faith in a higher power that they swear keeps them clean... faith is not always a bad thing.

«Alcohol addict» is roughly synonymous with «alcoholic» (Gamma, Delta, or Epsilon types) and is useful to keep in mind, in that it conveys a sense of the intensity of the compulsion involved.

Our «right to life» causes us to sometimes keep that same right from others, such as drug addicts, alcoholics, and prostitutes.

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I have seen too many men torturing themselveson the golf course, too many needing the stiff alcoholic jolt at the 19th holeto keep themselves from falling on their faces.

If people keep telling you that you are an alcoholic, ah that's what it is!

If you're going to enjoy an occasional alcoholic beverage, keep in mind that it takes two to three hours for your body to eliminate the alcohol in one serving of beer or wine.

He was disappointed when his «alcoholic» shipmates couldn't keep the sonar from listing long enough for him to get an accurate sonar ping.

ALCOHOLICS struggling to keep off shots of the hard stuff over the festive season may want to consider an alternative shot: a monthly injection that keeps them off the booze.