Sentences with phrase «as alcoholic»

Just as the alcoholic or addict is addicted to a substance, the codependent is addicted to some person, place or thing, such as the relationship with the alcoholic or addict.

There are no clear cut ways of identifying someone as an alcoholic.

This had the effect of conferring an advantage on domestic products that found themselves in a competitive relationship with such beverages, such as alcoholic beverages containing stimulants other than caffeine or soft drinks containing caffeine which are usually mixed with alcohol (para 47).

I also spent time swimming in the large infinity pool, which is situated between the ocean and the imposing 3241m high «Mount Agung» a truly amazing vista no matter which direction you look, and the pool bar offers a variety of mocktails as well as alcoholic drinks for those of us who might like to indulge.

... and within that cabinet was the minibar with complimentary soft drinks and water as well as alcoholic drinks that are most definitely not complimentary:

You also save 50 % on inflight purchases such as alcoholic beverages and JetBlue movies.

EW is thrilled to exclusively reveal your first look at the cover, where Emily Blunt stars as alcoholic voyeur Rachel Watson, below.

Anne Lamott talks about her books, her life as an alcoholic before being «born again» and her view of God.

The other actors play characters who are too narrowly conceived to make for much interesting acting — Bruce Davison and Janet McTeer are cast as an American couple, Chris Walker and Lia Williams as an English couple, David Calder as a cynical Brit wrestling with a midlife crisis, the late Brion James (who played Leon, one of the replicants in Blade Runner) as an alcoholic businessman, and Vusi Kunene as the bus driver.

However, as the alcoholic patriarch, Harrelson has the best shot of any of the actors to end up at the Oscars.

Totally believable as an alcoholic schoolteacher.

A revelation as an alcoholic high school slacker in last year's The Spectacular Now, Teller cements his reputation here, with an off - kilter energy and restless intelligence that's reminiscent of John Cusack (whom he physically resembles, and whose son or younger self he should play in a movie forthwith).

Dennis Hopper is especially memorable as an alcoholic father given a redemptive second chance to get on the winning side.

This hit BBC miniseries starring Lizzy Caplan as an alcoholic doctor makes its stateside debut.

As the alcoholic Glen Campbell - loving country boy, he never manages to carry the authenticity necessary to bring Terry to life.

You could describe his style vibe as «casual priest» — a perfect look for talking about First Reformed, his tense drama starring Ethan Hawke as an alcoholic minister named Toller who's politicized by questions of how an Old - Testament God can combat global warming.

Violent from the off, and unrelenting in terms on the tension that runs through its core, Desierto is essentially a chase movie, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan's excellent turn as the alcoholic, totally racist Sam taking the law into his own hands and brutally taking out each of the Mexican immigrants with absolutely no remorse.

With the usually terrific Emily Blunt starring as an alcoholic divorcée and a supporting cast that includes Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, The Girl on the Train could be a pleasant diversion.

The Wrap is reporting that distributor Sony Pictures Classics is «about to buy» the film Smashed, directed by James Ponsoldt and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic, which topped quite a few «best of» lists.

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest historical drama is another of his studies of a lost boy and his charismatic parental substitutes, as alcoholic World War II veteran Joaquin Phoenix stumbles into the circle of cult leader Philip Seymour Hoffman and his wife Amy Adams.

A main character is depicted as an alcoholic and is frequently seen inebriated.

Henry Fonda stars as an alcoholic, conflicted priest fleeing the police in «The Fugitive,» which is based on Graham Greene's novel «The Power and the Glory.»

Johnny's main contacts are his lover Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan), also loved by the stern police inspector (Denis O'Dea) on Johnny's trail; the elderly, frail, art fancier Father Tom (W. G. Fay); and an opportunistic little man named Shell (F. J. McCormick), who lives in an attic with two fellow eccentrics — Robert Newton as the alcoholic painter Lukey, and Elwyn Brooke - Jones as the failed medical student Tober.

The best of them, Thomas Kruithof's Kafkaesque spy thriller «The Eavesdropper,» gives us that sorrowful - looking French star François Cluzet, as an alcoholic ex-accountant who becomes enmeshed in a right - wing conspiracy when he's hired to retype some mysterious documents.

It stars Will Ferrell as a alcoholic who returns home after losing his job to find that his soon - to - be-ex-wife has put everything he owns on their lawn.

One of the unexpected surprises of last year's festival season, Paul Schrader's grotesque dual homage to Diary Of A Country Priest and Winter Light casts Ethan Hawke as an alcoholic upstate New York reverend who is asked to hide a suicide bomb vest found in the home of a disturbed local man.

Imagine Ferris Bueller as an alcoholic and you've got Sutter (Miles Teller) from «The Spectacular Now».

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.

Emily Blunt delivers an extraordinary performance in the lead role (rather than simply acting drunk, she plays Rachel as an alcoholic desperately trying to look sober), but it feels like she's in a different film — one that isn't marred by soapy plot turns and Taylor's messy direction.

For as convincing as Blunt manages to be as an alcoholic about to hit rock bottom (this is a far cry from more glamorous representations of functional boozehounds, Charlotte Rampling of The Verdict, for instance), her performance actually is responsible for creating an even wider rift between the initial semblance of narrative integrity and a shallow reveal which negates any kind of groundwork laid concerning Rachel.

Abandon, the directorial debut of noted screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, casts Katie Holmes as Katie Burke - a frazzled college student who must deal with the return of a former love (Charlie Hunnam), as well as an alcoholic cop's (Benjamin Bratt) investigation into said boyfriend's disappearance two years earlier.

Even when Giovanni Ribisi shows up to chew all kinds of scenery as an alcoholic who is waaaaay beyond repair, it doesn't seem to be in the service of anything.

Felt's personal life is also a bore, including Diane Lane in a thankless role as his alcoholic wife distraught over Felt being passed over as the new FBI director.

But it's Mary - Louise Parker's minor role as an alcoholic American political assistant dragged into the mess that gives the film five minutes of tipsy bliss.

Jeff Bridges is an executive producer, so he deserves what he gets as an alcoholic author / mentor with an out - of - nowhere ending that feels pulled from a soap opera.

Unfortunately, my husband's substance abuse problem had gone undetected for more than a year because, as an alcoholic, he got pretty good at hiding it.

However, there is no ethanol in sugar alcohols, so it is not the same thing as alcoholic beverages.3

I resisted the help I needed because I didn't want to go to an AA meeting and have to spend the rest of my life introducing myself as an alcoholic.

Some foods just go directly to our bloodstream, such as alcoholic beverages, and sweet honey as soon as we finish eating it.

Sometimes, inflammation from a fatty liver is linked to alcohol abuse; this is known as alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Milk Thistle is extraordinarily useful in the treatment of liver disease such as alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver poisoning and viral hepatitis.

Over time, the liver can become inflamed as a result of repeated overconsumption of alcohol, known as alcoholic hepatitis.

Just as an alcoholic does not regain full vigor and health by stopping the flow of bourbon, but must address nutritional deficiencies, liver problems, as well as the social disruption of alcoholism, so a former wheat - and grain - eater must undo all the adverse effects that developed over years of consuming foods changed by agribusiness.

So, a child that grows up eating too much sugar can end up with an the same sorts of health issues as an alcoholic even if he / she never drinks a drop!

Sip on this before meals or as an alcoholic - free beverage.

Now imagine putting those feeling in a very special flask; a flask you keep as close to you at all times as an alcoholic does with their drink.

However, some brands of kombucha are marketed and sold as alcoholic beverages, Bazilian points out.

It was full of formulas for making pickled nasturtium capers, fruit kimchi, and other unusual dishes, as well as alcoholic drinks like chicha, the chewed - corn brew of the Andes, and chang, a mild, homemade rice beer still brewed in Nepal.

Another way to reap potential benefits of beer while eliminating the possibility of transferring alcohol into breast milk is by consuming a non-alcoholic beer, as these contain the same prolactin - stimulating compounds as alcoholic varieties.

We can become as addicted to the alcoholic, as the alcoholic is to alcohol.