Sentences with phrase «problem of addiction»

For the couple struggling with the problem of addiction, counseling is as essential as recovery.

Unless a problem of addiction receives responsible attention it will continue to plague the addicted person mercilessly.

Wojciech Giertych, O.P. (the Papal Theologian, Vatican City), Dr. Craig Steven Titus (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), and Dr. Paul Vitz (The Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Virginia) will be participating in this conference examining the problem of addiction from a Catholic and Christian perspective.

«In our hearing, from chiefs of police from all over Erie County, first ring suburbs to the rural about the issues that they have had tracking down stolen property, the issues they have had dealing with the problems of addiction and by passing this law today, we are not only protecting our citizenry, but we are ensuring that we are doing it in a comprehensive manner,» Savage said.

The public is deeply skeptical about the profession — but given the problems of addiction, depression and other forms of mental illness, we need it more than ever

The title of the September program was «Making the Case for Personal Wellness: Building Healthy Lifestyle Practices in the Legal Profession,» and speakers said that achieving wellness can be key to avoiding the problems of addiction, depression and related disorders that haunt so many lawyers.

We can't kid ourselves that simply closing the canteens or banning alcohol is going to fix the underlying problems of addiction, or make people «responsible».

Specific attention to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, disability and other critical historic, socio - cultural contexts and influences in the problems of addiction are appreciatively considered and viewed as essential to any effective approach to treatment.

Without dual diagnosis treatment and therapy — an addict has a higher chance of relapse because the problems of addiction are not properly addressed.

Problems of addiction are heart breaking, frustrating and mystifying for most individuals and families who are affected by them.

Not exact matches

If it's true that he had an addiction problem, then he was aware of it.

Cardinal Health agreed to pay $ 20 million to the state and issued this statement: «While the company denies the state's allegations, Cardinal Health recognizes that the epidemic of prescription drug abuse is a multifaceted problem driven by addiction and demand.»

The humane response of the Yankees management to the problems of one of its star players serves as a great example of how an organization should deal with employees who are struggling with addiction.

Many believers, including many Christian leaders, consider it a powerful tool for fighting what they say is one of the modern church's biggest problems: porn addiction.

I hope this is not hopeless hash, but since the mind makes connections, I had Locke and Lawler on the mind when I began thinking about the problem of heroin addiction in the US.

Betel International operates in 19 countries, the fastest growing of which are Russia and India, where there are significant addiction problems.

«Christian leaders consider it a powerful tool for fighting what they say is one of the modern church's biggest problems: p * rn addiction.»

There is hardly a better example of the desperate state of the drug problem in the UK than the stories of the young recovering addicts at Betel of Britain, a Christian therapeutic community that helps people to find healing from addiction through faith in Jesus.

This is particularly frightening to parents for whom it conjures up visions of drug addiction, delinquency, and sexual problems.

When you spend an entire day planning, consuming, and recovering from the consumption of your addiction on a daily basis, then you have a problem.

«Alcohol Addiction — A Problem for the Church,» Information Service, Federal Council of Churches.

For our purposes, the medical and psychiatric therapies may be divided into three categories according to their purpose: (1) those therapies that aid in the physical rehabilitation of the person suffering from the effects of an acute binge and / or prolonged excessive drinking over many years; (2) those that help to keep the addictive cycle broken and thus maintain sobriety for sufficient time to allow other therapies to take effect; (3) those that aim at lessening the alcoholic's personality problems — both those that contributed to the causation of his addiction and those resulting from the interpersonal chaos of progressive alcoholism.

Groups like Clergy for a New Drug Policy seek to reform the enforcement laws to get to the root of real problems like addiction and poverty, instead of just locking up millions of people, turning them into felons for life.

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.

I believe this becomes a different matter and can, in certain circumstances, not be a problem if it is used as an occasional release of sexual tension without mastering us as an addiction.

Trauma caused by childhood abuse and neglect destroys countless lives and leads to addiction and all kinds of problems - many lifelong.

A situation of oppression or need, such as addiction or persecution or personal crisis, can sometimes provide its own spontaneous hermeneutic which simply overleaps the problem of the past.

The problems of many of the homeless are complex: addictions, mental and / or physical illness, lack of employment and income, lack of job experience, lack of education, low self - esteem and of course lack of permanent shelter, and more.

The problem is that this kind of extreme poverty is often part of a whole complex of problems that might include addiction, mental health issues, childhood abuse and family break - up.

There must, therefore, be some «soil of addiction» which is receptive to the seeds of the problem.

They worked with the everyday problems of these people — the terrible exploitation and high rent, the cruelty and inequality of law enforcement, the problem of jobs, dope addiction, and alcoholism.

Such people may be substance abusers, but usually in the case of church leaders the problem is an addiction to work, sex, romance, self - abuse, power or money.

If you are suffering from divorce, troubled marriage, depression, loss of love one, work problems, family problems, drink addiction, drug addiction, etc...

Violence, criminality and drug addiction will have to be discussed not simply as problems of «law and order,» though that is important, but in regard to their more basic causes.

Many churches have a host of groups going on the help people with specific addictions and problems.

This raised urban unemployment to higher and higher levels, creating an atmosphere of hopelessness and despair and breeding the familiar problems of crime, drug addiction and alcoholism.

Trying to solve someone's addiction to chocolate cake by giving them artificially - sweetened chocolate cake doesn't get to the root of the problem.

I, on the other hand, am more of a salty crunchy snack kind of person... I have no problems getting through a bag of sea salted pita chips dunked in spicy hummus... okay, let's not talk about it (I have recently discovered I have a bit of an addiction...).

The sugar addiction was strong during my younger years, and it set me up for a host of health problems and with this mindset that all cookies were a «no - no» food.

Later, Leaf revealed that part of his problem was his addiction to painkillers.

The country has a festering problem with crack cocaine addiction, because the Colombian couriers distribute the drug as salary to their Belizean assistants, who sell it for a relative pittance on the streets of Belize City.

But I worry that if I leave my children to cry it out, then they will not see the point in reaching out to us if they have problems later in life and could try to deal with serious issues like bullying, drug addictions, teenage pregnancy, gambling problems, or flunking out of school on their own or turn to peers.

I also believe this sort of joking even has a nod of respect to the twin realities of the situation — that caffeine and alcohol can be badly addictive and that addiction can be a serious problem for some people.

The therapists at Concentric are experts in relationship problems, couples and marriage, child, adolescent and family issues, addictions and compulsive behaviors, substance abuse, life transitions and stress management, depression, anxiety, bipolar, varying degrees of trauma and unresolved family - of - origin issues.

Through her own personal life experience, in combination with several years of intense training with Dr. Stephanie Mines (http://tara-approach.org), Jeanice has come to a deep understanding of how early overwhelming experiences can influence one's health and personality throughout life and can cause a variety of disorders later in life including, but not limited to, repetitive relationship problems, chronic health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, uncontrollable violence and criminal behavior, chemical imbalances in the brain, fertility issues, severe depression, and an inability to lead a joyful, healthy life.

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives.

Children who are living with their grandparents because of parental addiction, neglect or abandonment bring a whole set of other problems to deal with.

Ranches for troubled boys offer a range of services including psychological counseling for addiction, behavioral or emotional problems, drug and alcohol treatment as well as imparting important life skills to those enrolled.