Sentences with phrase «alcoholic man of»

With Henry Fonda as a sinful and alcoholic man of God fleeing the police in a tyrannical, anti-clerical Latin American state, Pedro Armendariz as his relentless pursuer, Dolores Del Rio as their mutual love (a point fudged in this censor - bound film), and Ward Bond as the gringo outlaw.

Not exact matches

The face of addiction a generation ago was that of the working - class or upper - middle - class man, probably long and intimately known to his neighbors, who stood up at an AA meeting in a church basement and bluntly said, «Hi, I'm X, and I'm an alcoholic.»

Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.

Here's the counter example: That young man was a known alcoholic, and comes to his baptism drunk, and right after he emerges from the waters takes a long swig from his 5th of Jack saying: «I'm a Christian and God's loves me just the way I am.»

Our AA magazine says on its masthead: «Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The «whole - man» type of therapy is essential with low - bottom alcoholics.

The selfishness of the alcoholic is, as we have seen, to a large extent a symptom of inner conflict and insecurity; but his selfishness is also to some degree an expression of the egocentric nature of man.

Whether or not one uses the term «original sin» — and its usefulness has certainly been limited by the manner in which it has been employed by the literalists — the facts of experience which men were trying to verbalize when they coined the term must be taken into account in understanding the alcoholic and his situation.

«The man is an owner of the Navaho Inn, where numerous alcoholics are born, yet he ironically is chairman of the alcohol - abuse rehabilitation committee,» he told the senators.

Less of the swashbuckling, green - tighted Robin Hood, more broken alcoholics like John McClane, or narcissists like Iron Man.

Did you know that Bill Wilson, one of the two men who developed AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, in the process of breaking free from alcohol, became an incessant womanizer and chain smoker?

In the same book, Peale related the story of a man who had said he had no interest in religion, who was fighting a losing battle over alcoholism, and was persuaded to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

In this man's own words: «and hanging over the mantel was a picture of Gethsemane and Bill pointed to it and said, «There it is»» (Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd ed., pp. 216 - 17).

reported: «They agree that each man must have his own way of conceiving of God, but of God Himself they are utterly sure...» (Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pp. 322 - 23; see also Dick B., The Golden Text of AA..

(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1997); E. W. Kenyon, In His Presence: The Secret of Prayer (Kenyon Publishing Society, 1999); E. W. Kenyon, Jesus the Healer (Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 2000); E. W. Kenyon, The Hidden Man (WA: Kenyon Publishing Society, 1998); E. W. Kenyon, The Wonderful Name of Jesus (Kenyon's Gospel Publishing Society, 1998); John Baker, Celebrate Recovery (CA: Celebrate Recovery Books, 1994); Bob and Pauline Bartosch, Overcomers Outreach: A Bridge to Recovery (La Habra, CA: Overcomers Outreach, 1994); Cathy Burns, Alcoholics Anonymous Unmasked (PA: Sharing, 1991); Cal Chambers, Two Tracks - One Goal (British Columbia: Credo Publishing Corporation, 1992); Martin M. Davis, The Gospel and the Twelve Steps (San Diego, CA: RPI Publishing Inc., 1993); Len C. Freeland, author of Chapter 28, «The Salvation Army» in (Alcoholism: The Total Treatment Approach, edited by Ronald J. Catanzaro IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1968); Mark H. Graeser, John A. Lynn, John W. Schoenheit, Don't Blame God: A Biblical Answer to the Problem of Evil, Sin and Suffering.

I TOLD HIM THAT I believe in electricity and other forces of nature, but as for a God, if there is one, He has never done anything for me... «Then all of your troubles are over,» says the man and leaves the room (Cathy Burns, Alcoholics Anonymous Unmasked, p. 39; emphasis added).

Urging clergy and men of religion to renew or revive the practice of prayer, particularly meditation; (2) Distinguishing between the use of alcohol which does not produce a chronic alcoholic and that in which there is «the allergic nature of true alcoholism»; (3) Stressing that «elimination of the phenomenon of craving that follows the treatment does not constitute a cure [but that] the final cure rests with themselves [alcoholics in the second phase of alcoholism]»; (4) Advocating «moral psychology» in achieving entire recovery from alcoholism; (5) Describing the success of the AA.

so the alcoholic quits only because of god, traveling faster than the speed limits set my man is due to the «fact» we are not listening to god?

4 Robert J. Kus, «Alcoholics Anonymous and Gay American Men,» Journal of Homosexuality, Vol.

On the West coast a halfway house for alcoholic men is sponsored cooperatively by several churches of one denomination.

The thing that Longfellow said about our enemies is equally applicable to the alcoholic: «If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.»

An East coast church is sponsoring an experimental program in alcoholic rehabilitation for men on probation because of alcohol problems.

In a study by psychologist Edith S. Lisansky, forty - six women alcoholics and fifty - five men alcoholics were compared.14 All of them came to Connecticut alcoholism outpatient clinics voluntarily.

Over the same time frame, alcoholic beverage intake also increased from 6.4 % to 7.0 % of energy (+9 %) in adult men and from 3.4 % to 6.0 % of energy (+77 %) in adult women (Table 1).

Beer and wine were the main sources (~ 80 % of energy from alcoholic beverages), and the highest consumers were men aged 51 — 70 y (8.5 % of energy) and 31 — 50 y (7.2 % of energy), but they were closely followed by women aged 51 — 70 y (6.0 % of energy).

Absolutely.Im lucky at my age that I SAW Tony Adams play his Whole career for this club and you think I'm going to let someone dimwit who has obviously no understanding of the mans life take a shot at him without giving him some serious comeback.He has called him a «Notorious Alcoholic».

Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism (2002)

The private sector participants spoke about the work that has commended on the Apapa - Wharf Road, contractors that have abandoned work on the Lagos - Ibadan Express Way, the need to revive Railway for ease of transporting goods from ports, the need to stop multiple checks at airports leading to delay, decry planned increase in alcoholic drinks, the need to take interest in education in other to avoid situation where I'll - trained people man critical sectors, the need to revive eastern ports including Onitshe, Warri, Port Harcourt and Calabar.

De Blasio paused at times when he recounted the absence of his own father, who lost a leg in World War II during the Battle of Okinawa, and returned a broken man who became an alcoholic and eventually split with his mother.

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 48 - year old man who is involved in the production and distribution of local and foreign alcoholic drinks suspected to be harmful.

Among the 55,917 participants, 257 men and 85 women developed alcoholic cirrhosis, corresponding to an incidence rate of 66 in men and 19 in women per 100,000 person - years.

In men, the results showed that daily drinking increases the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis compared with drinking less frequently.

And exactly what a healthy dose of alcohol looks like has yet to be determined; the largest studies to date suggest it's between one half to a full alcoholic beverage per day (for both men and women).

Moderate drinking can be defined as having a maximum of 4 alcoholic drinks for men and 3 for women in one day, or a maximum of 14 alcoholic drinks for men and 7 drinks for women in a week.

Although many biological processes in alcoholics differ from those found in healthy men, the cortisol - reducing effects of fish oil apply for both groups, as proved by many consequent studies.

People with alcoholic liver disease (cirrhosis) commonly develop man boobs because their liver can no longer do its job of breaking down estrogens as effectively.

Alcoholic men with impaired liver function develop a condition called gynecomastia (enlarged breasts), loss of male pubic hair, and eunuch - like features.

The discovery came after scientists carried out a study to inspect the hypothesis that alcoholic and depressed men have a decreased response of TSH to thyrotropin - releasing hormone (TRH)[ii].

I have to say from my experience that many of Russian and Ukrainian men are alcoholics, as we all know that no woman wants to spend her life in a relationship in which she is not fully appreciated and abused.

Russian men also have a reputation for tending to be alcoholic and violent, and women are underpaid though they form a large part of the workforce.

On that note, Robinson is arguably best known for his contributions to Gus Van Sant's explosive 2003 drama Elephant — the tale of a high school massacre inspired by Columbine — where he played John, a genial and responsible young man burdened by an alcoholic father.

Two men and a woman toast and drink with wine at a restaurant, a man is shown with a brandy snifter in front of him (he does not drink), a man is shown with 3 empty beer bottles on the ground around him as he sits by a swimming pool, men and women dance and hold alcoholic beverages in a club scene (one man stumbles out of the bathroom and seems inebriated), and a man drinks a beer with dinner at a home.

Consequently, many of these tycoons employ bodyguards for their offspring, and that is how we find John Creasy (Denzel Washington), an alcoholic former military man who has come to Mexico to hang out with his old buddy Rayburn (Christopher Walken) and his even better buddy Jack Daniels.

Brother Simon (James Urbaniak), the garbage man with expectations of life so modest that they may not exist, his sister Fay (Parker Posey) is a woman whose longings for something, anything, else are manifested in singularly unimaginative bouts of carnal and alcoholic excess.

As the family crumbles, Grandma Lynn moves in to lend a hand, played broadly by Susan Sarandon (Thelma and Louise, Dead Man Walking) as a gin swilling, chain - smoking alcoholic with a heart of gold.

If the sisters are all sluts, almost as irritating are the generally unflattering portrayals of brothers as shallow and shiftless buffoons, such as Chauncey (Clifton Powell), an unemployed alcoholic who boasts «I'm a mother - bleeping man» while being fellated, only to be stabbed in the chest during the act by the ex-girlfriend (Angell Conwell) providing the oral favors.

Depardieu's performance in Jacques Attali's «The Gates of Heaven» won bravos, but a lot of people walked out, finding the play — about love, death, power and Francois Mitterrand — too long and even a bit boring... President Clinton, whose childhood was troubled by alcohol - fueled abuse, asked Lions Gate for a print of «Affliction,» the acclaimed Nick Nolte movie about a man coping with the results of early years spent with an abusive, alcoholic dad.

Aided by excellent supporting performances including Don Cheadle («Iron Man 2») playing the pilot union's hotshot attorney seeking to get Whip off of any potential criminal prosecution; Bruce Greenwood as Whip's longtime friend and current pilot union rep and John Goodman as Whip's drug providing childhood friend, Zemeckis shows the various tools a functional alcoholic can use to fool themselves into thinking they have control.

Here, Wright regular (and co-writer) Simon Pegg stars as an alcoholic, middle - aged man - child who brings his gang of childhood friends back together (including actors Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan) in hopes of finally completing an epic pub - crawl they'd unsuccessfully attempted as youths.

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