Abstinence
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He might take that opportunity of expressing his firm persuasion that the late Mr. Dibdin, seeing the errors of his former life, had written that song to show the advantages of
abstinence
.
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For some reason, we have decided that
abstinence
is the best way to treat this.
Starting with
abstinence
is like asking a new diabetic to quit sugar or a severe asthmatic to start running marathons or a depressed person to just be happy.
Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) lives with his family in a compound at Yasnaya Polyana, taking walks and writing and being seen to by his wife and the adherents to his "movement", people dedicated to his ideas of pacifism, vegetarianism, sexual
abstinence
and communal property who have gathered in a forest camp not far away.
Misconceptions about the "facts of life" due to withholding those facts (from young people) can lead to dire consequences, whether you are a believer of
abstinence
or a proponent of birth control.
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