Sentences with phrase «of an alcoholic marriage»

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So Laaser reached out to secular 12 - step programs, using Alcoholics Anonymous» framework as a guide to reaching what he called sexual «sobriety,» abstaining from sex outside of marriage and avoiding masturbation.

and I praise god for all the abuse and suffering that I went through because that made my faith in him only stronger because in all my suffering, let see: loosing my mother when I was 2, sexual abuse from my father, beatings from my stepmother and father, homelessness, hunger, one bad marriage of 10 years with am alcoholic and abusive husband, cancer, removal of thyroid due to cancer, now I have auto ammume disease, financial loses.

In the same direction, short - term marriage counseling can be useful in assisting the alcoholic and his wife to adjust to the demands of sobriety and to make their relationship more mutually satisfying and fulfilling.

This includes most alcoholics, drug addicts, overt and borderline psychotics, those with severe psychosomatic problems, religious fanatics, rabid «positive thinkers,» and those with a protracted history of chronic failure in adult roles (marriage and job).

Meaning, for the majority of our marriage time, he was a non-functioning alcoholic; binge drinking, can not keep a job, in / out of jail, suicide attempts — really horrible stuff.

6 in Basic Types of Pastoral Counseling; «Enriching Marriage and Family Life,» in Growth Counseling: New Tools for Clergy and Laity, Part 1; Growth Counseling for Marriage Enrichment; Growth Counseling for Mid-Years Couples; and «Alcoholics Anonymous — Our Greatest Resource,» chap.

Marriage counseling for the parents, conjoint family therapy for all the members of the family, or psychotherapy for the disturbed child and the parents at a child guidance clinic — all these can be effective ways of healing the emotional wounds suffered by children in the chaos of the alcoholic home.

In her review of the professional literature on alcoholism and marriage, Margaret Bailey concludes: «Most students of the problem have found in some or all of their cases this interactive pattern of the dependent, inadequate alcoholic male married to a dominating woman who is usually seen as maintaining a semblance of adequacy only at his expense.»

One of the most encouraging methods of helping alcoholics and their spouses with marital problems is that of group marriage counseling in which five or six couples meet under the leadership of a group counselor or, in some cases, two co-counselors.

For a description of one approach to group marriage counseling see Genevieve Burton, «Group Counseling with Alcoholics and Their Nonalcoholic Wives,» Marriage and Family Living, XXIV (Februarymarriage counseling see Genevieve Burton, «Group Counseling with Alcoholics and Their Nonalcoholic Wives,» Marriage and Family Living, XXIV (FebruaryMarriage and Family Living, XXIV (February, 1962).

Furthermore, the consumption of alcoholic beverages at various social gatherings such as parties, marriages is more and provides profitable opportunities for the manufacturers.

He's the son of an alcoholic, she's the daughter of a Holocaust survivor — can this marriage be saved?

Synopsis: Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) suffers in her marriage to Kelly (Woody Harrelson), a slovenly alcoholic whose only consistent quality is his utter lack of respect for her.

First seen trudging alone along a busy stretch of Montana highway, Dern's Woody Grant is a man who, like his surroundings, seems to have outlived his usefulness, an ornery alcoholic whose bouts of confusion have put a strain on his marriage to Kate («About Schmidt's» June Squibb) and caused sons David (Forte) and Ross (Bob Odenkirk) to worry that he might be losing his mind.

When Winstead enrolls in Alcoholics Anonymous at the behest of love - struck coworker Nick Offerman (who makes the mistake of confessing his feelings for Winstead in a memorably cringe - inducing monologue that prominently features the once and future Ron Swanson fantasizing out loud about what it would be like to be inside Winstead's «moist pussy»), the boozy bond holding their marriage together begins to fall apart.

There's Michael, a middle - aged ex-con and professional thief with a broken marriage and unhappy family, Trevor, a suicidal alcoholic that has a terrible tendency to get into trouble and loves doing it, and Franklin, a repo man who's tired of his monotonous, repetitive lifestyle and wants more out of it.

I joined Alcoholics Anonymous at that point, in a desperate bid to save my marriage by looking for help from a group of people about which I knew almost nothing.

The fault category alleges one of the spouses engaged in adultery, was criminally convicted or incarcerated, behaved with cruelty, abandoned the marriage or is an alcoholic.

Timothy J. O'Farrell, PhD, ABPP is Professor of Psychology in the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at the VA Boston Healthcare System in Brockton, MA where he directs the Families and Addiction Program and the Counseling for Alcoholics» Marriages (CALM) Project.

An early case was with my client Carol, who came to me after two rounds of hospitalizations related to the stress of a failed marriage, an alcoholic and controlling husband, and a rigid evangelical Christian congregation that wouldn't support her desire to leave her marriage.

Degree: Master's in Educational Psychology with specialty in Marriage and Family Therapy License: Limited Licensed Psychologist Specialty: Adults, Pre-Marital, Marital, Couples Counseling, Women's Issues, Self - Esteem, Phobias, Panic, Co-Dependency, Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors, Mood Disorders, Family Issues, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adult Child Abuse Survivors, PTSD, Stress Management, Communication Skills, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Adjustment Issues, Grief & Loss, Social Problems, Chronic Pain, Life Transitions