And despite an upbringing based on extreme moderation, if not complete abstinence, I now liked a drink.

Harm reduction is an approach to public health intended to be a progressive alternative to an approach requiring complete abstinence from drug use.

Among dependent smokers, complete abstinence from smoking is the ultimate goal.

Rong Qiqi's appeal was his complete abstinence of material desires.

To do so requires general malnutrition and a complete abstinence from fruit for five months.

The Mayor appears driven by a moral conviction that complete abstinence from drugs is the only acceptable course.

Teetotalism is the practice and promotion of complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.

Fasting was still often accompanied by complete abstinence from meat, although this was not always the case.

However, other organizations advise complete abstinence from alcohol while pregnant.

But perhaps most importantly, the judge required that because he had been diagnosed as an alcoholic, his sentence must include complete abstinence.