Not exact matches
You can estimate your longevity using online calculators, such as the ones from the Social Security Administration (which simply asks your gender and date
of birth), Living to 100 and financial services firm Blueprint Income (which factors in
other details including your weight and how much you exercise and drink
alcohol).
Fraternity keggers, birthday revelry, and
other events involving lots
of alcohol remain popular but not exclusive Tilt uses; its website has separate pages devoted to Tilt - enabled «parties,» «Greek life,» and «fundraisers.»
Unlike
other potentially addictive items such as nicotine or
alcohol, social media is an integral part
of many peoples» actual work goals and can't be ignored.
Other students at the gathering told deputies that the victim, who was rushed to a local hospital, had ingested
alcohol along with unknown amount
of the pain reliever Oxycontin, the sheriff's department said.
Google has policies on adult content, recreational drugs,
alcohol and tobacco, healthcare, hacking and cracking, violent content, weapon - related content and a host
of other categories.
«White males are not only more likely than any
other sub-group to have consumed
alcohol in the past week, but those
of them that did are more likely to have consumed a greater number
of alcoholic beverages during the week,» the report states.
«The
other major issue is in the physical delivery
of the
alcohol.
That led us to go deeper into the report — by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the federal Department
of Health and Human Services — to see what
other states are near the top
of the list for marijuana users, who leads in cocaine abuse, and which states» residents most abuse
alcohol and
other drugs.
According to the Washington Examiner, a total 11.3 %
of Washington D.C. residents over the age
of 12 are dependent on
alcohol or some
other mood - altering chemical.
And so millions
of Americans wrapped their hands around shaker glasses, to drink millions
of pints
of mass - market beer, more than any
other kind
of alcohol, for the duration
of the century.
While
alcohol is often associated with a poorer memory, the study explained that, «
alcohol blocks the learning
of new information and therefore the brain has more resources available to lay down
other recently learned information into long - term memory.»
The consolidation
of distributors in North America has reached a breaking point and I think there are plenty
of people in beverage
alcohol looking for
other options.»
So it's still legal to buy, sell, and exchange these kinds
of weapons, including in Nevada, as long as they're a few decades old — although with some extra hurdles that don't apply to
other types
of firearms, such as registering fully automatic guns with the US Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and paying a special tax, with the risk
of additional penalties if someone doesn't comply.
Of every dollar a full - service restaurant brings in, it spends roughly a third on food and
alcohol; another third on salaries, wages and benefits; up to 10 cents on rent; and up to 20 cents on
other costs such as marketing, according to studies by restaurant associations.
The question
of whether or not legal marijuana takes
of a bite out
of alcohol sales has been hotly debated in recent years, with some research suggesting the two products are substitutes and
other research suggesting cannabis and
alcohol sales are complementary.
(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization
of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying
alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use
of condoms and
other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.
For example, in «Crime, Drugs, Welfare — and
Other Good News,» a recent and somewhat contrarian article in Commentary, Peter Wehner and Yuval Levin applauded the fact that various measures
of social disaster and dysfunction seem to be improving from previous lows, including, among
others, violent crime and property crime, and teen
alcohol and tobacco use.
Maybe drugs, crime, abuse
of alcohol or
others... extreme behaviors, then swing that extremism to a polar opposite.
And how significant is it that this attitude
of separation places great emphasis on some issues
of outward appearance (
alcohol, smoking, tattoos, entertainment) and not
others (unthinking consumerism, gluttony)?
For all
of you who work with us, you hopefully see that we don't force our beliefs on
others, don't prohibit
others from drinking coffee or
alcohol at work or work dinners / parties, it's pretty much like working with anyone else.
They see some who have turned to
alcohol or
other drugs to ease the emptiness and despair
of a meaningless life.
Whatever plan it followed, it would seem to be a calamity which the church need not add to her many
other lost opportunities, to allow the cure and care
of the drunkard to fall entirely into the hands
of science, which admittedly needs all the help that faith in God can give in dealing with an ill so largely spiritual as the excessive use
of alcohol.
Lolli writes: «A realistic understanding
of the pleasurable connotations
of addiction to
alcohol will help the therapist to alleviate his own emotional problems relating to «pleasurable» experiences in
other human beings and thus make his work with the alcoholic more effective.»
A lot
of people in the street do not automatically have problems with
alcohol or
other addictions and are smart enough to spend their money wisely.
Research which found the vast majority
of people in the UK do not know the latest
alcohol consumption guidelines has concerned a reformed alcoholic and Christian who now helps
others.
Those are the two extremes, but even in the middle, where most
of us here today are, we often disagree on how to dress, whether it is okay to drink
alcohol or not, what music, movies and
other entertainment is appropriate, whether to run for public office, and on and on and on.
In a borrowed «76 AMC Hornet, holding a fast - food chicken sandwich in one hand and balancing a cup
of ice water in the
other, I drive eight miles north from this Oregon university town to an abandoned air force base which now houses a modest, little - known
alcohol treatment Center for American Indians.
Yet if your teen is one
of the 20 to 40 percent
of religiously active teens who experiment with
alcohol and drugs, it means he or she may be on the road out
of youth group, joining Tracy and
others in an increasingly self - destructive and isolating journey.
Now to address the
other half: This case is rife with what - ifs, for instance one option is he takes the act
of kindness and maybe reform his life, he might sell the coat and use it to actually do something productive, he could also buy
alcohol or crack.
Along the same lines
of what Fred said, would it be wrong to ask your wife to change if she were abusing
alcohol or
other substances that were clearly detrimental to her?
Is it not liturgically confusing to say to one communicant that partaking
of a single element — bread — is adequate communion, while saying to
other brothers and sisters that both elements are important and that the second one absolutely must have
alcohol in it?
Most people in the world today believe that God expects them to perform a wide variety
of religious practices, such as going to church, attending mass, tithing, going to confession, giving up tobacco and
alcohol, and a list
of other rules that are variously taught in churches and on television.
The final Friday before Christmas is the most popular night for office parties and
other festive celebrations, with sales
of alcohol expected to rise by 144 %.
I remembered Brennan Manning — the man who has translated the love
of God in a way that I could receive it more than probably any
other writer — was addicted to
alcohol and I re-read up one
of his last books before he died: «All is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir» where he vulnerably writes about what this battle has cost him, even as he experienced the unending and unconditional love
of God in the midst
of it, how he experienced regret and pain and loss alongside
of the love and tenderness
of God in this dependency.
Others of my generation who had also grown up in legalism regarding or abstention from
alcohol perhaps, and so were exploring their emancipation with micro-brews and homemade wine over thick theology books and bible studies and hymn - sings.
(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization
of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying
alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use
of condoms and
other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts
of America, regardless
of the religious views
of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.
According to the faith in which I was raised (but have since rejected) Mr. Allen's involvement in establishing bars and clubs that serve
alcohol and
others is unambiguously sinful
of worst kind - encouraging
others to sin.
It generally involves compulsion, loss
of control, and continued use
of alcohol and
other drugs despite adverse consequences.
Many people could raise their general level
of wellness at the same time they enhance their appearance and self - image, by doing two things — drastically reducing or eliminating the intake
of junk food, refined sugar, and
other carbohydrates, saturated fats,
alcohol, and nicotine; and adding more healthful foods to their diets including vegetable proteins, whole - grain cereals and bread, raw vegetables and fruits, and high fiber foods.
The truth that
alcohol destroys lives still has people destroying their lives and the lives
of others through alcoholism.
Some Christians, for example, object to the use
of alcohol, whilst
others see nothing wrong in its enjoyment in moderation.
If, on the
other hand, a person who, in spite
of his inner conflicts, can manage his interpersonal relations with fair adequacy without
alcohol is placed in a group which encourages habits
of excess, he may come to employ
alcohol addictively.
On the
other hand, because
of the status
of physicians in our society, an accurate explanation
of the nature
of alcohol addiction and a recommendation that the help
of AA be sought can carry special weight with some alcoholics.
This tentative model for understanding the causes
of problem drinking is offered in the report
of the Cooperative Commission on the Study
of Alcoholism: «An individual who (1) responds to beverage
alcohol in a certain way, perhaps physiologically determined, by experiencing intense relief and relaxation, and who (2) has certain personality characteristics, such as difficulty in dealing with and overcoming depression, frustration, and anxiety, and who (3) is a member
of a culture in which there is both pressure to drink and culturally induced guilt and confusion regarding what kinds
of drinking behavior are appropriate, is more likely to develop trouble than will most
other people.»
The fact that some drug addicts switch from morphine to
alcohol and back, as the supply
of one or the
other becomes inaccessible, seems to belie the existence
of a specific physical predisposing factor.
We look to the member churches
of the National Council to encourage the establishment and maintenance
of clinics and
other appropriate therapeutic facilities when competently conducted, for the victims
of alcoholism... - The churches should disseminate such sound information as is now available concerning the understanding and counseling
of persons with
alcohol problems.
«WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that the consumption
of this product, which contains
alcohol, during pregnancy can cause mental retardation and
other birth defects.
Simultaneously,
alcohol facilitates closeness and a kind
of pseudo-dependency on
others, and yet it permits the person to reinforce his defensive self - image
of rugged virility by «drinking like a man.»
Alcohol also gives a brief «taste»
of being accepted by (and acceptable to)
others.
I know
of others who have had such a psychological and physical dependency need for
alcohol, they would go to any extremes to get it and many were placing their physical wellness in jeopardy.