Sentences with phrase «as binge drinkers»

Of these, around one in seven were classified as binge drinkers — 4 or more glasses at any one time.

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«If unquestionable addictions can be present without any physical addiction — as with binge drinkers or compulsive gamblers — and if physical addictions can be present without any true addiction — as in the medically ill patients I just mentioned — then it must be that physical addiction is neither necessary to nor sufficient for an addiction.

Binge drinking hampers academic excellence insofar as heavy drinkers are more likely to skip class, fall behind in classwork, and have alcohol - related health problems that hamper academic success.

As part of a long - term study, King and her team carefully screened and studied heavy social drinkers who reported a pattern of binge drinking behavior as young adults — at least four (for women) or five (for men) drinks per occasion, between one and five times per weeAs part of a long - term study, King and her team carefully screened and studied heavy social drinkers who reported a pattern of binge drinking behavior as young adults — at least four (for women) or five (for men) drinks per occasion, between one and five times per weeas young adults — at least four (for women) or five (for men) drinks per occasion, between one and five times per week.

Excessive drinkers were defined as heavy drinkers (more than one drink per day on average for women and more than two drinks per day for men) and people who binge drink at least once per month (four or more drinks per occasion for women and five or more drinks for men).

But she has no interest in tilting the delicate balance she has found as a movie star with character - actor range — high - profile enough to carry studio films yet low - profile enough for audiences to believe her as everything from a magical nanny to a bloated binge drinker.

While Cully (Chris Pratt), a binge drinker who doesn't realize that aggressively trying to apologize to people for being an «asshole» in high school only makes him a bigger one, and his wife Sam (Ari Graynor), who is rightly resentful of her husband's behavior, are fleshed out just enough, other characters — like Garrity (Brian Geraghty), who has to convince his wife (Aubrey Plaza) that his hip - hop lifestyle as a teenager don't define him now, and Scott (Scott Porter), who lives in Japan and has no other discernible traits — are little more than background dressing.