Sentences with phrase «with other addicts»

Addicts often find companionship with other addicts, making it more difficult to seek help.

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However, he is addicted to pain medication, clashes constantly with other staff members, and lacks personal interest in his patients.

Taking dangerous quantities of the otherwise safe loperamide is one strategy being used by people addicted to opioid painkillers and other drugs since it can increase opioid absorption in the gut; the FDA says it is now working with loperamide manufacturers to change its packaging so that it comes with fewer doses and is thus harder to abuse.

Others get addicted to interacting with huge fan bases and need to pull away.

Additionally, children are already getting addicted to screens, computers, and texting, and this only fuels the problem in developing healthy intimacy and closeness with other people.»

While some have argued that vaping could be linked with a so - called «gateway effect» whereby young people who vape become addicted to nicotine and are thus more likely to transition to traditional cigarettes, others have said this doesn't make sense.

At 16 years old, I was a full - blown drug addict who was completely throwing his entire life away by living a life with no meaning and surrounding myself with others who degraded my potential and ability to become the best version of myself.

If they're addicted to intensity, competition, living on the edge, working without sleep, or any of the other crazy behaviors that businesspeople sometimes wrestle with, they might be tempted to do what Adamson did — to try adventure racing for real.

For the past six years investors have grown addicted to easy money with the help of Quantitative Easing policies, but now that those polices have ended we're seeing the other side of it.

«Some recipients would do fine with vouchers that they could use for any social services,» Olasky explains, «but it would be irresponsible to place unconstrained vouchers in the hands of addicts, alcoholics, and others not committed to changing their lives.»

What I was doing (with others) was helping people in crisis, helping alcholics and drug addicts, victims of abuse, the poor, helping people to escape the occult, those spiritually oppressed and abused, broken marriages etc..

But despite Driscoll - addicted buzz, Real Marriage is strikingly conventional, emphasizing the same commonsense ideals that other Christian marriage books do: honesty, mutual respect, forgiveness, and becoming friends with one's spouse.

Hi my name is Lindsey and I'm recovering heroin addict and my mother is a very devoted rightous Christian her favorite saying is I am the head and not the tail meaning she is the head is far better than me and I am the tail and because the way Christians have treated me recently through my struggle I have felt that I should convert to Hinduism when I brought this up to my mother she told me I will go to hell because Jesus is the only God which I do believe to an extent but I also believe in having peace within your own life and treating others equally fairly with love respect and dignity which my mother and my sister do not do the act as though they are better than anyone they do not sin they do not make mistakes and they are perfect in every way another one of her favorite sayings I'm not perfect but I'm going to try to be BC Jesus loves me that much.

Second, my major ministry, the San Francisco Network Ministries, is among people long ago abandoned by the church — the frail elderly poor, the homeless, addicts and alcoholics, illiterates, people with AID»S / ARC who are living in poverty, prostitutes and other victims of our culture's «sex industry,» and people with various mental and physical disabilities struggling to live on meager benefit payments.

Nothing like a former drug addict that continues to bring down the GOP with ignorant attacks and statements among many other character flaws.

The other fact remains that they are atheists with no knowledge of the Bible and less about life Kinda of listening to a drug addict about what its like to be a doctor.

Regarding the latter, the stories are depressingly redundant: parents and other relatives who were alcoholics and / or drug addicts, who left the boys to fend for themselves or locked them for hours at a time in a bathroom or the basement, and who took out their own frustrations by beating the boys with belts and boards.

And then at the other end of the spectrum are the churches who are so welcoming that they end up with congregations that spend all their time at the baths, in the book stores, or watching porn, which gives you a church full of sex addicts who are not seeking recovery because the church accepts gays with open arms.

I certainly credit working 12 step spirituality with the help of other addicts / drunks for this accomplishment.

So, as a protein pancake addict, I recommend starting with those 2 ingredients, then if you want to add mashed banana, oats, or other healthy additions, get creative!

In other words, if you surround yourself with fellow addicts, everyone is normal!

After a year and a half of group therapy, of steering clear of the lifers and other hardened criminals who lived in the same cellblocks with addicts and of playing basketball in the prison yard, Manigault was paroled.

On the other hand, Addicted to Quack wasn't worried one bit about Oregon falling to No. 3 with a month to go.

Must watch out for men who: are felons or have a police record of some sort, are gay (not that there is anything wrong with that if they are open about it), abuse drugs, abuse other women, abuse alcohol, abuse helpless animals and children, are prone to psychopathy, hate women in general and / or are excessively critical of women, have severe personality disorders such as narcissism, are control freaks, are non communicative, are unable to commit to one woman, are pedophiles, are sex addicts, etc..

With any other famous couple, I would pass on by but since I am clearly addicted to snarking on the Duggars and am also The Worst, I could not help myself.

ACEs usually refers to the 10 types of childhood adversity that were measured in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, a family member who's an alcoholic or addicted to other drugs, a family member diagnosed with a mental illness, witnessing a mother being abused, a family member in prison, and loss of a parent through separation or divorce.

Meanwhile, we're told everything is fine with America's highly processed, genetically engineered, chemically designed, artificially flavored, sugar addicted, factory farmed, steroid injected, antibiotic and arsenic feed, growth hormone laced, pesticide sprayed, low - fat, «all natural», chemical / coloring / food dye banned (in many other countries), nutritionally void, clean room manufactured, «enhanced» food supply.

Clinton said other necessary reforms include proper treatment for the mentally ill and drug addicted who make up an increasingly larger percentage of the prison population, sentencing reform so people with low level offenses do not face long prison terms, and tackling income inequality, which is often at the root of the problem for many people caught in the criminal justice system.

With the uncontrolled shaking, the non-stop crying and the constant diarrhea, put bluntly, according to a study done by the Journal of the American Medical Association, it's estimated that one baby per - hour us born addicted to hydrocodone and other prescription painkillers.

Eric is providing addicts with the treatment and other services they need to break the cycle of addiction.»

Researchers have come up with a way to help prevent recovering drug addicts from relapsing — without using other pharmaceuticals to help.

In articles published in April in Costa Rica's leading newspaper, La Nación, Mora Sandoval and others highlighted the trend for paying crack - addicted, turtle egg poachers with drugs.

«Gamblers more prone to violent behavior: Men who gamble are more likely to act violently towards others, with the most addicted gamblers the most prone to serious violence, new research has shown.»

Though he returned to his old lifestyle in a few months, he was enriched with a few life lessons from that experience — most importantly about the mental issues that come with being overweight and the amount of effort and motivation one has to put into changing his old ways while having a brain addicted to sugar and other unhealthy stimuli.

Unfortunately, those are also somewhat out of our control because the substances we're addicted to really screw with the hormone balance in our bodies, which affects other body systems — like eating, etc..

They can move from tech - addicted to being social and engaging with others around them, â $ she says.

One could get addicted to artificial sweeteners as well as stevia in protein powders and end up with headaches and other problems.

With Atkins as the flagship low - carb diet, there are many others promoting the positive, lasting effects including The Zone, South Beach and Carb Addicts.

Second are the billions of sugar - addicted consumers whose taste buds make lettuce and other vegetables taste too bitter, but whose brains reward them with a pleasant sensation at the taste of anything sweet.

Calling myself a green beauty addict would be a bit of an understatement... What I enjoy most is sharing the magic in everyday life with others whether that's blogging about my latest beauty and fashion discoveries, acting in indie film, talking with a close friend, or singing obnoxiously loud in my car.

On the other hand, if you're addicted to texting, answering every call and scrolling through social media instead of engaging with people (guilty as Instagram - charged!)

In other news... It has been confirmed that Dior Addict Extreme has been discontinued with no plan for reformulation.

Whether it's plastered with «Shoe Addict» or some other cool saying, everyone and their mom is wearing graphic tees.

Calling myself a green beauty addict would be a bit of an understatement... What I enjoy most is sharing the magic in everyday life with others whether that's blogging about my latest beauty and fashion discoveries, acting in indie film, talking with a close friend, or singing obnoxiously loud in my car.

Sober dating sites for former alcoholics, drug addicts and those with other addictions are now becoming popular on the web.

Also earning the highest Metascore of the festival, the film is a «tender, wrenching, and beautifully made movie,» according to Owen Gleiberman of Variety, with a «remarkable performance» by Mary Kay Place in the title role as a widow who spends her days caring for others, including her drug - addicted son.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Vampire groupies, charmingly dubbed «fangbangers», are ostracised for craving sex with the undead, while others profit from the narcotic qualities of their blood, kidnapping them and draining the «V» to sell to addicts.

Beginning to think she needs help, several other isolated events related to drinking sees Kate going to AA meetings with Dave, himself a recovering addict and sober for nine years.

With Netflix's other superhero fare they have all brought something original to the table; a disabled hero, a female addict, and the first black superhero on TV.