Word: quits
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...gone through a year of speed when I was a kid, drank really heavily for quite a while,” O’Brien said, “but I finally quit all the craziness because...
January is a big month for winter sports and post-Christmas sales. It's also - as people who treat substance abuse know - a big month for drinkers who want to quit. The holidays are over and bank accounts are thin, but addicts can't stop partying. Many choose January to ask, at long last, for help. But what sort of help is the most useful? (See "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...whom he calls “Frenchie”—prompted him to return to Cambridge and establish a home off the streets.“I’ve gone through a year of speed when I was a kid, drank really heavily for quite a while,” O’Brien said, “but I finally quit all the craziness because I got a dog.”But he added that he was uncomfortable in the confines of a regular job and preferred self-employment...
...world history. These men are, as President Bush put it in his farewell squash match with the White House press corps, "type A" personalities. "I just can't envision myself, you know, the big straw hat and Hawaiian shirt, sitting on some beach," he said. "Particularly since I quit drinking." So what options beckon a President who is relatively young, healthy and unloved by more of his fellow citizens upon leaving office than any other modern President, including Nixon? (See pictures of George W. Bush...
...actually able to lower the overall sensation of hunger. In most people, the brain may grow partially habituated to an empty belly over time, and all of Wang's volunteers did a good job of hastening that desensitization. What the men could do that the women couldn't was quit ruminating on food, successfully suppressing - if only temporarily - the conscious desire to eat. The women continued experiencing emotional cravings even if their hunger had subsided...