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Sobriety by abstaining from sugars, grains using a Paleo, LCHF, modified AIP, mild Ketogenic food template with a Primal Blueprint lifestyle.
Consider the irony and paradoxes of Snowden's (played with fine
sobriety by Joseph Gordon - Levitt) personal evolution from a right - leaning Republican libertarian utterly devoted to his government to a right - leaning Republican libertarian cyber-liberator and «traitor.»
Her goal is to help recovering alcoholics attain permanent
sobriety by educating them on the necessity of a whole foods diet of fruits and vegetables and the use of amino acid supplements to repair digestion, restore vitality, and rebalance brain chemistry.
The available evidence suggests that the mission approach is often effective in producing initial
sobriety by arresting the «runaway symptom» aspect of alcoholism.
I continue to be a part of AA to maintian a life of
sobriety by remembering the way things were and to do what I can to help others with the same affliction.
Not exact matches
How might you be encumbered
by sobriety as a speaker, outdone
by more dynamic souls who speak with passion or humor, who light the room on fire or set the table on a roar?
The police gave chase but, according to one report, were unable to keep up because they were «encumbered
by sobriety.»
As AA has shown, unless the vicious cycle of this addictive process can be interrupted (
by avoiding the first drink),
sobriety will not be
Their intrapsychic sources of conflict, guilt, and anxiety must be treated
by psychotherapy if their
sobriety is to be permanent.
No wonder some don't believe it works and have a hard time trusting when those with long term
sobriety don't follow the traditions put forth
by Bill W. and others.
As he acquires more stable
sobriety, he is confronted
by the necessity of taking responsibility for the changing of those attitudes which lead him to drink.
The fact that AA depends neither on religious thrill (as evidenced, for example,
by the lack of group singing), nor on a «hot flash» type of religious experience, makes for a more stable
sobriety.
But even if one makes generous deductions for possible inaccuracies in membership estimates, a possibility that is readily admitted
by AA leaders, the overall picture is one of remarkable effectiveness in helping thousands achieve both initial and long - term
sobriety.
Sobriety in a world driven mad
by religion is no easy task.
The fundamental reason why mission - induced
sobriety is often impermanent is that homeless alcoholics are very difficult to help
by any means.
The internist is equipped to treat the physiological problems and administer Antabuse; the psychologist is trained to do testing through which the alcoholic's therapeutic needs can be evaluated, and he may be trained to do research and psychotherapy; the psychiatrist, being a medical doctor like the internist, can prescribe medication, but his unique skills are in the area of individual and group therapy and their relationship to drug therapies; the social worker may be trained to help the alcoholic work through his marital and vocational problems and do group as well as individual therapy; the social worker may also work with spouses; the pastoral counselor is specially equipped
by training to help the alcoholic with his «spiritual» problems as these relate to his
sobriety and his interpersonal relationships; he may also be trained to do group and marital counseling; 40.
So I guess what she means
by»... that our purpose not only in
sobriety but in life is to be of service to others.»
I am an alcoholic,
by the grace of God now living in my 25th year of
sobriety.
If you beleive your
sobriety comes from AA and not your own desire to be sober, then
by all means stay, but don't try to fool others into following your foolish path.
While he has finally reached the point of desired
sobriety, his inner angels seem to be constantly shouted down
by his greater demons.
Pioneer Clarence H. Snyder (who got sober in February of 1938, was sponsored
by Dr. Bob, and later became the AA with the most
sobriety) spoke often of God as Creator and Jesus Christ as God's Son.
It is measured
by the quality of godly life a «recovered» and «delivered» person is actually enjoying in
sobriety — individually, with his family, with his job, with his business, with his schools and churches, with his community, and in fellowship with his Creator.
Of AA., he says: «Considering Alcoholics Anonymous, for instance, two studies cited
by Fingarette that looked at eighteen - month followups of people in AA found that at most, 25 percent of people were still attending meetings, and that among regular AA members, only 22 percent consistently maintained
sobriety.
«Where these movements differ from the ones identified
by Shinn and Symanowski is in their
sobriety about the future, their acknowledgment of radical opposition, their limited immediate expectations, and even their sense of historical horror.
Hopefully he will benefit
by being able to: (1) Get to know himself better; (2) Become more keenly aware of how he needs to change; (3) Recognize danger signals to his
sobriety before he takes the first drink; (4) Live more comfortably with himself and others; (5) Have the door opened for a more personal and meaningful relationship with God.
In the case of the alcoholic who has not achieved
sobriety as yet, the appearance of openness to help may hide an underlying resistance; it may be a passive - aggressive way of defeating the counselor
by seeming to agree and comply.
The alcoholic unconsciously senses that he can frustrate him
by not moving toward
sobriety.
By the time the alcoholic achieves
sobriety, his marital, parental, vocational, and social relationships frequently are in shambles.
If he can lure the counselor into a position of taking responsibility for his
sobriety, giving him advice, or making decisions for him, he can «defeat» the counselor
by getting drunk, or proving that the advice or decisions were not sound.
The first alcoholic to be sponsored
by a congregation had four slips in that many years, but since then has had some eight years of complete
sobriety.
For many wives, factors which militate against the husbands»
sobriety are either practically nonexistent, or they are offset
by other needs for strength in their husbands.
One of the Yale ministers told of helping to
sobriety an alcoholic whom he had never had an opportunity to see,
by helping the wife to change her attitudes toward him.
There is a «Secular Organization for
Sobriety,» apparently run
by a Unitarian Church?
According to Nikolaus Lobkowicz, Bonaventure is following Thomas Gallus's contention that «instead of applying the intellectus theoreticus» (i.e., our capacities for discursive and «speculative» reasoning, on which Thomas Aquinas focused), we «ought to reach God
by the summus affectionis apex, the «tip of the will»: «It is
by this communion (unitio) that we have to know things divine, not in terms of the
sobriety of our intellect.»»
The manifold variety of doctrines which could be encountered in early Greek philosophy and in the early Hellenistic age was abandoned (though to some extent revived in Gnostic circles), and in its place came a fairly uniform teaching, largely Stoic in origin, which laid emphasis on the four virtues of justice, courage,
sobriety and understanding, and was addressed
by preachers to individuals.
[2] Boston Red Sox outfielder Mo Vaughn's reason, stated
by his lawyer, for failing eight
sobriety tests (when asked to recite the alphabet, he couldn't get past P) and refusing to take a Breathalyzer during an arrest for drunken driving.
His 15 - month period of
sobriety, however, has been
by far his longest since he began drinking at age 15, shortly after leaving his Edmonton home to play juniors in Saskatchewan.
Despite getting beaten
by Jeremy Lin and a recent D - League player down the stretch, the feeling in Portland on Friday wasn't of depression, but of
sobriety.
Abelove said Thevenin ran away as he was being given a field
sobriety test
by French, who pepper - sprayed Thevenin and ran after him.
Sen. Neil Breslin was pulled over two nights ago
by a State Police trooper and given a field
sobriety test, which he passed, a spokesman for the Senate Democrats confirmed.
France's vineyards were ravaged
by a mystery invader in the 19th century — leading to enforced
sobriety and some unforeseen consequences for society
«Alcoholic liver disease is a spectrum of conditions that range from hepatic steatosis, which is fat deposition in the liver and it is reversible with
sobriety, to alcoholic hepatitis which is a more severe condition characterized
by extensive and severe inflammation in the liver and often requires hospitalization,» explained Valentina Medici, associate professor of internal medicine at UC Davis Health System as well as corresponding author for the study.
NASA affirms its
sobriety An internal NASA investigation failed to confirm allegations brought last month
by an independent panel that an astronaut and a cosmonaut had on separate occasions shown up for a mission a bit tipsy, the agency reported this week.
By forgiving the past, our student had an opportunity to take back her vulnerability and her power, but by making forgiveness conditional on her sister's sobriety, she gave up that power to her sister's addictio
By forgiving the past, our student had an opportunity to take back her vulnerability and her power, but
by making forgiveness conditional on her sister's sobriety, she gave up that power to her sister's addictio
by making forgiveness conditional on her sister's
sobriety, she gave up that power to her sister's addiction.
Another helpful book which has benefited many people with its nutritional advice is Seven Weeks To
Sobriety: The Proven Program to Fight Alcoholism Through Nutrition
by Joan Mathew Larson Ph.D..
Founded
by members of the recovery community, dating site opens up social avenues and offers safe haven for singles with
sobriety in common
Even in Refn's and Hubert Selby Jr.'s script, this film is just so blasted limp, and from a directorial stance, Refn makes pacing problems all the worse with a meditative atmosphere which is rarely effective, primarily carrying dead air which is inspired
by a quiet
sobriety that distances and bores more than anything.
Sheen's bad - boy image turned especially grim in 1998, when he was hospitalized for drug and alcohol abuse; after a short - lived stay in rehab, Sheen gave
sobriety another try, and
by 1999 he was,
by all accounts, clean and sober and ready to get his career back on track.
Watching Mr. Tillman as he cheerfully embraces
sobriety to please his son, and is rebuffed
by his former street pals for doing so, we see a poignant meditation on how our expectations of loved ones can become a burden that not everyone can carry.
King discovers the truth when he picks a fight in a pub bathroom with a few robot teens; the revelation drives Andy to drink and the friends to struggle with
sobriety and an alien invasion, in a journey that, in Wright's characteristically clever fashion, is echoed not only
by the pubs» names but closely resembles the original 1990 night.