Sentences with phrase «of sober living»

Depending upon a number of factors, including the age, the severity and nature of the alcoholism, and the presence of any co-occurring disorders (anxiety, depression, etc.), the best treatment for an alcoholic may include an intensive outpatient program (IOP), participation in a 12 - Step group, partial hospitalization program (PHP), or inpatient residential treatment and some type of sober living in their community.

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Rafi moves out of sober living and in with Nelson.

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Help us enrich the conversation about the delights (and potential drawbacks) of sober living (abstinence - only or otherwise).

Not exact matches

As we go through life we are offered a deal: believe the sober truth about yourself or believe things that give you a fair amount of satisfaction.

Part of the reason I wrote the book was so in the culture, we could have a conversation about this, a substantive, civil, sober conversation on the meaning of life and the nature of reality.

It is sobering to reflect upon the role of accidental circumstance in the founding of «process theology,» which lives in large measure from Whitehead's discovery of the consequent nature of God.

I realize it's only because of unmerrited favor (i.e. grace), that I got sober, but it's difficult for me to select which of the steps keep me sober, so I need to put all twelve, as explained in the big book, into my life.

I am a recovered boozer myself... hit the bottle for 8 years been sober for 2 going on the rest of my life.

It is the man and the woman to whom the act remains, each time, as fresh and beautiful, as it was the first time, who are able to sustain and perpetuate their first sense of its glory in the midst of the sober or bleak or sordid realities of day to day life, and who can feel, afresh each time, a boundless gratitude for each other and for this blessed source of sweetness and strength — it is they who are the truly «virgin», the truly pure and chaste; and (on the Humanist hypothesis) it is they who are the remnant selected by grace to be the true and spiritual seed of the risen Christ.33

Similarly the word of God is not some mysterious oracle, but a sober, factual account of a human life, of Jesus of Nazareth, possessing saving efficacy for man.

The call was clear to a sober, devout life, filled with a spirit different from that of the riotous passions and self - seeking lusts of the world.

It is obvious not all maintained the pattern of sober, industrious life.

As this vocation is lived in the sober unity of scientific knowledge and human achievement it is prevented from becoming mere humanitarian twaddle.

The Church for them is not only the sacramental intermediary of grace and the teaching authority for the true statement of the hidden mysteries of God, but also has a pastoral power by which it can contribute quite considerably to determining the concrete action of its members in the tangible and sober reality of everyday life.

Understanding that the world around us is constantly getting older as we do is sobering in so many ways God meant it to be, reminding us daily of our humanity and our need for Him and the life that He provides.

I'd rather be sober and (relatively) unhappy in the face of reality, living my life in this natural world, than to lie to myself and live in a fantasy world.

And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; to the glory of thy holy name.

My prayer life and church life us quite simple and sober, and also free of all Methodism and Pentecostalism, so I personally may not be able to relate to any of the things you mention.

It is sober fact in the light of which all life is most realistically to be lived.

I believe that a sober and instructed criticism of the Gospels justifies the belief that in their central and dominant tradition they represent the testimony of those who stood nearest to the facts, and whose life and outlook had been moulded by them.

Many people who are atheist or agnostic have gotten sober and stayed sober by replacing the bottle they worshiped with a philosophy (AA is a philosophy, by the by, a way of looking at Life and Being), with the wisdom of the group or even of humanity in general, with whatever works for them.

Just as the family rejoices in a renewed life of their sober child, brother or sister, all of Heaven rejoices when one who was lost to their drug of choice, or sin, renounces it, and accepts Jesus.

If Americans are not educated, industrious and sober; if our streets are violent and our sexuality pagan; if our family life is unstable and our personalities unsound — in short, if America has lost its moral stature and thus its national self - respect, then, for religious conservatives, it is the fault of those who prate of freedom and sow anarchy — not the least cause being liberal religionist loss of proper faith.

A major block in the spiritual life of the drinking alcoholic, which often continues as a barrier during his sober life, is a magical understanding and use of religion.

Learning to live a sober life, in a dignified and gracious way, was a gift I learned from the folks in AA (regardless of their spiritual or religious or agnostic / atheist bent).

I am very happy for Maria for taking the first step to stay sober and I pray she can stay sober the rest of her life.

But time and place are strong medicine for many in our world, where, to quote Flannery O'Connor, many people «ain't frum anywhere,» and where a contemporary writer like Warren's fellow Kentuckian Bobbie Ann Mason finds a sobering story in the lives of many of her characters who can't think of anything to do with themselves.

The word of God is not a mysterious oracle, but a sober, factual account of a human life, and this word, it is claimed, possesses saving efficacy for man.»

It's a sobering and sacred thing to take the life of another human, even if it's justified.

With the publication of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to A Meaningful Life, William Deresiewicz's sober assessment of contemporary higher education was both praised and lampooned by commentators across the spectrum.

He was blessed with a joyous family life, a deeply satisfying vocation, and a sober sense of hope that he always carefully distinguished from optimism.

I was willing to do it if that was God's call for me, but the idea of being alone my whole life was a scary, sobering thought.

If he could have been forgiven for that miss, then his next chance will have made the realisation of life without Van Persie all the more sobering.

But at the same time, Brian's sobering story makes clear that millions of American children live in food insecure homes, school meals are often their only dependable source of food, yet for a variety of reasons (parental neglect, stigma, etc.) they may not be getting all the food that's being made available to them at school.

But it's clear that Facebook and other social networking sites has made life more challenging for people in relationships, and a sobering study recently published in the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy indicates how ill - equipped most therapists are in dealing with Internet infidelity:

Just thinking of all the things I might need for an infant made my head swim, and imagining how much more challenging this transition would be for women who living in poverty is a sobering thought.

Last week's New Climate Economy report was a good example of giving a sober assessment of the challenges (rapid urbanisation, growing populations, resource constraints, climate change), accompanied by a positive story that cutting greenhouse emissions can be low cost and improve people's lives.

«As we reflect on the sobering lessons of atheist extremism of the 20th century, let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and of society and thus a reductive vision of a person and his destiny.»

For now, though, researchers are focused on deciphering the underlying process — and answering a sobering question: Are the cells of death exploiting the mechanisms intended to promote the cells of life?

I think a sober assessment is that up till now, almost all of us who work in theoretical physics have failed to live up to Einstein's legacy.

For your money, you'll get a sober view of what life in Britain is going be like in about 20 years» time.

Management of emerging risks in life science and technology requires new leadership and a sober assessment of the legacy of Asilomar

Over the years, some alarming estimates have suggested upwards of a thousand or more individuals, but the researchers» census came to a much more sober figure: 118 individuals living in four separate social groups.

A few years back, Erez Lieberman - Aiden got a sobering lesson in how difficult it still is to understand the code of life: His professor had spent six long months just trying to calculate the distance between two pieces of a genome.

Defense Life Sciences and its partners hope to have «Mr. Fusion,» under another, more sober name, available for purchase within a year at roughly one third the cost of the prototype.

Jesse lives a sober life, having overcome her battle with alcoholism over three years ago, and worked in recovery before realizing that she preferred helping others in their pursuit of fitness and overall wellbeing.

He had never practiced before, he had never been sober for more than a week in the last four years of his life, and he could NOT wait to get to the next pose.

«I can't say, «I'm going to be sober for the rest of my life.»