Sentences with phrase «heavy drinkers drank»

After an 11 - minute training session and encouragement to continue practising mindfulness — which involves focusing on what's happening in the present moment — heavy drinkers drank less over the next week than people who were taught relaxation techniques, according to the study published in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Not exact matches

As a college chaplain, I have known college students who were, heavy drinkers but who matured into adults who drink only moderately — because, I believe, they avoided the stigma of being diagnosed as «alcoholics.»

He is concerned that believing one is unable to control one's drinking may in fact discourage a heavy drinker from trying to stop.

Instead we perceive a much larger and more diverse assortment of individual heavy drinkers who have little in common except that (1) they drink a lot, (2) they tend to have many more problems in life than nondrinkers or moderate drinkers, and (3) they show a puzzlingly inconsistent ability to manage their drinking» (p. 99).

As to alcoholics, he says: «The broad interpretation that best fits the evidence is that heavy drinkers are people for whom drinking has become a central activity in their way of life... for the long - term heavy drinker, life has come to center on drinking — life [that] is pervaded by a preoccupation with drinking, shaped and driven by the quest for drink, drinking situations, and drinking friends» (p. 100).

In addition to hampering academic excellence, binge drinking also inhibits ethical development by focusing heavy drinkers inwards, on private self - indulgence, rather than outwards to service of others.

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.

The person upon whom we were calling mentioned that he wasn't sure whether he was an alcoholic or just a heavy drinker because he had never taken a morning drink.

A heavy drinker (someone that has at least 5 drinks an evening) can use his / her past experience to recall how to open the door.

I do not make excuses for heavy out of control drinking, obviously, but give me a drinker with» over my dead body» attitude, than most of todays usually sober wimps and bling merchants.

More recent studies indicate when one spouse drinks more than the other, the couple is more likely to divorce — especially if the heavy drinker is the wife (because it goes against — ugh — «proper gender roles for women.»

More recent studies indicate when one spouse drinks more than the other, the couple is more likely to divorce — especially if the heavy drinker is the wife (it goes against «proper gender roles for women» evidently.

Doctors will be specially trained to identify and treat patients drinking too much and the government plans for 60,000 new doctors to be taught to spot heavy drinkers over the next decade.

Some evidence suggests that it could have less of an impact on heavy and problematic drinkers, who are less responsive to price and precisely those we want to stop drinking.

It was designed as a convenient method for individuals to monitor their alcohol intake, which could help reduce unsafe drinking that can lead to vehicle crashes, violence, and the degeneration of the health of heavy drinkers.

Binge drinkers must have had at least two episodes of heavy drinking in one sitting in the last month.

Smoking and drinking are often complementary behaviors: smokers are more likely than non-smokers to drink alcohol, and heavy smokers are more likely to be heavy drinkers.

Lee is hoping to do further work in countries such as South Korea to reveal any differences between ethnic groups, as well as to study more women who drink higher amounts of alcohol, to investigate whether the possible difference between genders holds up for heavier drinkers.

«We know that in humans, heavy drinking is associated with increased separation rates in couples in which one of the partners is a heavy drinker and the other is not, while separation rates don't seem to increase when both partners drink in a similar manner, or don't drink at all,» says Andrey Ryabinin, of Oregon Health & Science University and one of the study's authors.

-- While the odds were higher in heavy drinkers and smokers compared to people who never drank heavily and never smoked, respectively, the associations were not statistically significant.

«Hispanics may find it important to know that heavy drinkers can develop ALD at a younger age, that obesity contributes to this risk, and that preventive steps should be taken if their relatives or friends engage in risky drinking behavior,» said Medici.

Heavy drinkers who consume more than eight drinks a day have a 63 percent increased risk of female breast cancer because alcohol increases levels of the female sex hormone estrogen.

Published in an upcoming issue of Clinical Psychological Science, the researchers found that compared to their peers who drink only in social settings, teens who drink alone have more alcohol problems, are heavier drinkers and are more likely to drink in response to negative emotions.

The study defined a heavy drinker as a person who drank between 10 and 40 alcoholic drinks per week for at least the past two years at the initial testing.

Researchers have also observed that people with histories of heavier prolonged drinking often show greater tolerance to alcohol than lighter drinkers.

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study, a team led by Andrea King, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago, analyzed the subjective response of 104 young adult heavy social drinkers to alcohol and tracked their long - term drinking habits.

Study may urge some drinkers to think again: Researchers look at how heavy drinking impacts performance over time.»

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 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).

Only for heavy beer drinkers — who drink more than a litre a day — the contribution of this commodity to the daily intake is not negligible, approaching or even exceeding the safety levels.

Despite this, few heavy drinkers seek out treatment --- especially those who do not meet the clinical criteria for alcoholism, but whose drinking causes substantial damage to individuals, their families and the community.

In a recent study in BMJ of over 3,500 men and women, Doty, Harvard's Gang Liu and their colleagues found that many heavy drinkers had impaired taste but not smell, while most light to moderate drinkers were left unscathed and even fared better on smell tests than people who didn't drink.

A study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics found that patients with chronic hepatitis C who had three or more drinks a day were five times more likely to die than heavy drinkers without the disease.

But they add to the «strong, consistent evidence» that people who drink in moderation are less likely than nondrinkers or heavy drinkers to experience health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and dementia, says Qi Sun, MD, the lead author of the study and a nutrition researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston.

People «surrounded by» heavy drinkers were 70 % more likely to drink heavily themselves, while those with many abstinent friends and relatives were 50 % more likely to also abstain, according to the study.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology released a statement that says even light drinking can raise risks of certain types of cancers, with heavy drinkers experiencing even more extreme effects.

If you are with heavy drinkers, don't be afraid to accept an alcoholic drink to appease demands for you to drink too.

I was a heavy coffee drinker for years until I suddenly realized I couldn't drink it anymore.

A: On Planet Wacko, where — Consuming more than 1/2 drink / day makes one a «heavy drinker»... Having more than 2 sexual partners in a lifetime makes one «promiscuous»... Walking more than 400 meters / day makes one «highly active»...

My blog mentions «social» drinking because of the paper about moderate alcohol consumption above but all this could be equally applicable to heavy drinkers and alcoholics too.

Now in regards to the light or moderate drinkers living longer than non-drinkers or heavy drinkers, I certainly realize this doesn't mean that you HAVE to drink in order to live to 100.

If I'm correct (which makes sense to me), populations that are heavy milk drinkers should have that gene much more than populations who don't drink milk.

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Incomplete PD case ascertainment among heavy coffee drinkers could also lead to an apparent protective effect of coffee drinking if heavy coffee intake were associated with not participating in follow - up examinations.

The NIAAA states that «At - risk» or «heavy drinkers» typically consume 14 drinks per week (male) and seven per week (female).

Caring kind easygoing most of time polite short wear glasses don't smoke or do heavy drugs or smoke do drink occasionally but not heavy drinker don't cuss

In this work, Laing follows the drinking lives of six of the most brilliant writers — and tragically heavy drinkers — in modern U.S. history.

Protagonist Aiden Pearce can run a circuit against the city's three heaviest drinkers, beating them in 10 - round drinking contests.

Under cross-examination by Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger, the expert agreed that the pattern of drinking of the complainant is indicative of a «heavy» drinker and she would not doubt have a higher degree of tolerance.

The heaviest coffee drinkers were also more likely to have atrial fibrillation than those who drank less, the study found.