Sentences with phrase «about his alcoholism as»

Similar to the old belief about alcoholism as a moral issue, recent research studies have shown «that it is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry, with manifestations along biological, psychological, social, and spiritual domains.»

Not exact matches

Lamott, the best - selling author of several books about spirituality, describes her specialty as topics that «begin with capital letters: Alcoholism, Motherhood, Jesus.»

He ought also to be familiar with some of the basic AA pamphlets such as «Alcoholics Anonymous in Your Community,» «Medicine Looks at Alcoholics Anonymous,» «AA, 44 Questions and Answers About the Program of Recovery from Alcoholism,» «Is AA for You?»

With headquarters in Washington, D.C. (323 DuPont Circle Building, Washington, D.C. 20036), it provides information about public and professional alcoholism programs, as well as serving and representing its member - agency's interests at the national and international levels.

But neither do we have the reign of God for the redemption of society when Christians are unconcerned about the plight of their fellow men, or when such giant evils as war, race discrimination, alcoholism, economic injustice, hunger and homelessness, and the shattering of family life go unchallenged.

The best of these are often lifted up during church services: Stories of redemption from alcoholism and drug addiction are frequent, as are those about mental illnesses and chronic sadness, and even some about premarital sexual partnerships and homosexuality.

Having recovered and become teetotal, he told Blair about his alcoholism, which Blair did not see as a problem.

Alcoholism is about 60 percent genetic and biological — that's about the same percent as asthma or high blood pressure.

Figures from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) reveal that as of 2014, about 16.3 million American adults had Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD).

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.

1 - lack of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death of a loved one 12 - alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)

What starts out as a high flying comedy soon turns into unexpected drama about alcoholism.

Although this may be true of some of your earlier films as well, I thought that there was a strong subtext about alcoholism.

Levitch clears about $ 200 a week improvising into the microphone as he conducts tours, or «cruises,» informing and amazing his Gray Line passengers with such information as, «You are five blocks from where Dorothy Parker died of alcoholism and despair.

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.

Fairly quickly the humor began to be pushed out as those mythologies surfaced, bringing in the California lifestyle, Jim Morrison's alcoholism and, as she says «the truth you think you know about something and someone and how that is disrupted as new information is unearthed».

But that's an entirely different issue from the very simple one about Mann's correlation of sediments from Finnish bridge building with global climate fields — something that may qualify as a classic example of spurious correlation, up with Yule's original alcoholism and C of E marriages.

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This memoir is raw, honest and inspiring as I'm very open about my alcoholism and drug addiction.

Examples such as your partner having an affair, addiction to food, spending, pornography, alcoholism, drug abuse and obsessiveness about any other aspect of their life.

The law states that «a minor has the same capacity as an adult to consent to treatment for or advice about drug abuse, alcoholism, venereal disease, pregnancy, and contraception other than sterilization.»

His behaviour has brought about him being homeless and suicidal and he needs help for his alcoholism and I would suggest alcoholics anonymous who have helped many people to get on the road to recovery and they can be contacted at [email protected] - they also support families of alcoholics as well.

Society identifies some problems being «typically male» such as difficulty with intimacy, workaholism, alcoholism, rage and abusive behavior (according to psychotherapist Terrence Real in his book «I DO N'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT»).