Sentences with phrase «woman alcoholic»

It is likely that the social consequences of the drinking problem, i.e., family breakup, job dismissal, rejection by friends and associates, and general social disapproval, are greater for the woman alcoholic who is known as such.

The problem of the woman alcoholic has received increased attention in recent years, particularly by those who treat alcoholism and are impressed with the substantial numbers of women seeking help.

We have discussed the problem of the woman alcoholic.

This may be due either to a telescoping of the stages of the illness or to less resistance to seeking help on the part of the woman alcoholic, perhaps both.

Lisansky found that the average woman alcoholic had begun to drink later and had lost control of her drinking later than the average male alcoholic.

In calling on a woman alcoholic, it is crucial for the minister to take a woman member of AA with him.

This chapter provides a working definition of alcoholism, then describes the types and developmental pattern of alcoholism, the problem of the woman alcoholic, and the size and seriousness of the problem.

It is prevalent among French alcoholics, and it is probably much more common than has been suspected among women alcoholics in the U.S. Characteristically, the person «nips» on alcohol a considerable part of the day; he maintains an «all - day glow,» but may seldom become obviously intoxicated.

In a study by psychologist Edith S. Lisansky, forty - six women alcoholics and fifty - five men alcoholics were compared.14 All of them came to Connecticut alcoholism outpatient clinics voluntarily.

The Lisansky study compared the women outpatient clinic patients with a group of women alcoholics who had been committed to a state farm for various offenses.

Lisansky concludes that at least two subgroups must be distinguished among «women alcoholics» — the «respectable» woman whose drinking is relatively concealed and the woman alcoholic whose drinking makes her an obvious problem to society and not just to herself and her family.

As a rule, women alcoholics, like men, are not seen in clinics or hospitals until the drinking problem has gone on for some years.

The study showed that a «significantly greater proportion of women alcoholics drink alone, presumably at home.

To what extent this reflects a «greater rate of emergence of formerly hidden alcoholism among women» 13 and to what extent a rise in the number of women alcoholics (associated with the increase of women drinkers since World War II) is not really known.

Alcoholism in a parent, sibling, or a spouse was more common among the women alcoholics than among the men.

Several students of the problem have said that women alcoholics show much greater personality abnormality than do male alcoholics.

They are just starting to come out of the closet, as women alcoholics did 20 years ago.»

It is, in fact, the first national self - help recovery program for women alcoholics.

Not exact matches

Our AA magazine says on its masthead: «Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

«A Clergyman Asks About Alcoholics Anonymous,» «This is AA,» «AA for the Woman,» and «Young People and AA.»

I am an alcoholic with 32 years of sobriety, Lets look at what this woman does for a living, She writes books and I see this as nothing more than a effort to promote her product.

The closest to that is some meetings limit themselves to only self - professed alcoholics (closed meetings), and some are expressly for groups such as women, or men, or gay persons.

Dwelling on the past is not as constructive for alcoholic women as it is for alcoholic men.

For example, alcoholic women are more likely to suffer from low self - esteem than their male counterparts.

This conflict often operates in the alcoholic's marital relationship, where he will marry a dominant, mothering woman (who protects him to an absurd degree) and then so resent the dependency as to turn the marriage into a civil war.

According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects.

The trip went smoothly enough, except that an alcoholic male parishioner who loved to touch women draped himself over the female pastor throughout the parade.

Before long all the chairs are filled and an attractive woman in her late 30s calls the group to order: «Hi, my name is Joan, and I'm an alcoholic.»

She formed a friendship with a Native woman who was considered an alcoholic prostitute.

In her review of the professional literature on alcoholism and marriage, Margaret Bailey concludes: «Most students of the problem have found in some or all of their cases this interactive pattern of the dependent, inadequate alcoholic male married to a dominating woman who is usually seen as maintaining a semblance of adequacy only at his expense.»

The Times said most recently, the girl told her mother that «Christmas and Easter are stupid» and that «European women are stupid and alcoholic».

It is possible, Lisansky speculates, that there are other subgroups — e.g. unmarried middle - aged women who become alcoholic because of feelings of loneliness and diminished self - esteem.

Ask any woman and she will tell you — women enjoy alcoholic beverages just as much as men.

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But Lara and I were proud alcoholics women with high tolerances and assured him that we could each handle our own.

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Over the same time frame, alcoholic beverage intake also increased from 6.4 % to 7.0 % of energy (+9 %) in adult men and from 3.4 % to 6.0 % of energy (+77 %) in adult women (Table 1).

Beer and wine were the main sources (~ 80 % of energy from alcoholic beverages), and the highest consumers were men aged 51 — 70 y (8.5 % of energy) and 31 — 50 y (7.2 % of energy), but they were closely followed by women aged 51 — 70 y (6.0 % of energy).

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It might be common habit for a woman to drink more sodas, teas, alcoholic beverages, and other liquids than water.

From minor things such as drinking only decaf coffee to more major issues like giving up drinking alcoholic beverages, it varies as to the desire and intensity at which a woman adjusts to these changes meant to better the health and well being of her baby.

Alcoholic women are advised to feed their babies with a bottle.

If a woman chooses to have an alcoholic drink, it's best to do so just after she has nursed or expressed milk rather than before, and allow at least 2 hours per drink before the next breastfeeding or pumping session.

Research aimed specifically at the treatment needs of alcoholic women has long been spotty, however.

Writing in the January 2012 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, principal investigator Claudia Fahlke from the Department of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and her colleagues found that alcohol's ability to reduce serotonin neurotransmission, was «telescoped» in alcoholic women compared with their male counterparts.

[Andrea K. Chomistek et al, Healthy Lifestyle in the Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Women] The six anti-heart attack behaviors are: not smoking; exercising for at least 2.5 hours each week: watching TV for fewer than 7 hours a week; consuming a diet rich in veggies, legumes and whole grains but low in red meat, refined grains and sugar; consuming no more than one alcoholic drink daily; and having a Body Mass Index in the normal range.

Among the 55,917 participants, 257 men and 85 women developed alcoholic cirrhosis, corresponding to an incidence rate of 66 in men and 19 in women per 100,000 person - years.

Heavy episodic drinking, or binge drinking, is defined as consuming four or more alcoholic beverages — beer, wine, wine coolers, mixed drinks and liquor — in one sitting for women.

Women who have had gastric sleeve surgery to lose weight may want to consider limiting the number of alcoholic drinks they consume post-surgery.

And exactly what a healthy dose of alcohol looks like has yet to be determined; the largest studies to date suggest it's between one half to a full alcoholic beverage per day (for both men and women).