Sentences with phrase «about alcoholism by»

Having been sensitized (if not utterly harassed) about alcoholism by me, he asked the officiant: «What would you have done if I had brought an alcoholic with me to this communion?»

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(Ideally, such basic knowledge about alcoholism and counseling alcoholics should be acquired by every minister during his seminary education.)

Recognize the effectiveness of teaching about alcoholism and its solution by having drunks tell other drunks about their former problem, their victory, and the way out.

In fact, I have found that even Bill Wilson's medical mentor, Dr. William Duncan Silkworth, had spoken positively about making the turn to Jesus Christ (whom Silkworth and Wilson both called the Great Physician) for the healing of alcoholism (see The Positive Power of Jesus Christ by Norman Vincent Peale).

^ New Primer on Alcoholism by Marty Mann, in a chapter on «What to Do About an Alcoholic,» has sections entitled «If You Are the Wife of an Alcoholic» (206 - 13), «If You Are the Husband of an Alcoholic» (213 - 17), «If You Are the Son or Daughter» (217 - 19), «If You Are a Friend» (219 - 21), and «If You Are the Employer» (221 - 24).

This book contains statements about Al - Anon and the family problems created by alcoholism.

Four years ago, my acupuncturist put me on a copper - zinc balancing program, but it was only about a year ago that I learned about pyroluria from the Resource Tool Kit in The Mood Cure by Julia Ross, MA.29 Those of us with this condition, affecting 11 percent of the population, produce excessive amounts of a metabolic toxin called pyrroles, which requires vitamin B6 and zinc for detoxification.30 Significantly, this condition is found disproportionately in those with alcoholism, 31 schizophrenia32 and mood disorders.33 It can also produce baffling physical symptoms due to heightened deficiency of these two nutrients, as well as manganese, 34 a nutrient that is crucially needed to activate arginase, 35 the enzyme that converts ammonia to urea for excretion from the body.

At first, Colossal seems like a rather on - the - nose metaphor for the destructive nature of alcoholism, but by the end it develops into a more nuanced statement about jealousy and male entitlement.

At one point in «Jack Lemmon Returns,» the intriguing new show at the Royal George Theatre from the impresario Hershey Felder, you see a still photo from the fine 1962 movie about alcoholism, «Days of Wine and Roses,» directed by Blake Edwards.

Despite taking a full - on approach to the issue of alcoholism, filmmaker Ponsoldt undermines his own case by telling a story about the problem itself rather than the people caught up in it.

And so this could have been a cute story about how love conquers all, and how Sutter's not - so - budding alcoholism is cured by the ministrations of a good woman.

Peter and the Farm (Unrated) Warts - and - all biopic about Peter Dunning who manages to maintain his 187 - acre Vermont farm on his own despite depression, alcoholism and having been abandoned by three wives and four children.

Adapted by Kassell from Steven Fechter's play of the same name, «The Woodsman» is at heart a film about the throes of recovery, but its studious avoidance of 12 - step therapy - speak, and its focus on a compulsive disorder that is morally inexcusable and universally repugnant, ensure that it has a far greater dramatic impact than similar films dealing with, say, alcoholism or drug addiction.

And that after all, an artist is a man with his work to do...» Such Romantic ideas about the link between drunkenness and continuing creativity have been made less credible since the 20th century by widespread acceptance of «alcoholism» as a disease, and then by increased understanding of the nature of alcohol dependency.

The CAGE (acronym for cut down on drinking, annoyed by people criticizing, guilty about drinking, and eye - opener or drink first thing in the morning) questionnaire is a widely used alcoholism screening tool.35 It was administered if the caregiver responded that she had ever drunk alcoholic beverages.

Much of what this book is about could be described by the phrase found on the back cover: «Alcoholism is a disease.