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Controlled drinking is easier than expecting sudden abstinence from drinking

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 14 Apr 25

In almost every society, alcoholism is a major problem. It has arguably caused many serious social, health and financial problems. Various interventions are always in place, trying to curb the problem. However such interventions...

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No drinking June

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 3 Jun 21

Hi! So I decided that for June, I am not drinking any kind of alcohol. I have been drinking too much lately, just about every night I am off - I don't get wasted - but just a bit of a buzz as I have a few seltzers or rum and...

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What are Your thoughts about Abstinence and Celibacy ?

Doughboi @doughboi (99) • Delhi, India 15 Mar 20

I would like to know your thoughts about celibacy and abstinence ? if anyone of you have experienced celibacy kindly share your journey and what are the pros & cons ? I have experienced yoga makes it easier to channelize the...

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Fish Meal.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 28 Feb 20

I felt hungry after attending to the tasks of the day yesterday, so I hastened to an old favorite - French Baker. Ordinarily, my default order was a chicken ala king. But it was a Friday, the first Friday of the Lenten season, a...

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No Drink November

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 5 Nov 19

How’s your Tuesday going? So this is something I do once in a while, where I go “dry” for a month. Lately, plainly put, I have been drinking too much. Not binge drinking, but drinking 3-4-5 beers on my off days and with dinner...

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Inadvertently giving up drinking

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 21 Jun 17

A post by @TheHorse made me want to write this. Last year my partner suddenly gave up drinking, completely out of the blue. Before this he was a keen drinker of beer – his parents used to buy him T-shirts with slogans like ‘Just...

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Just a sigh.

Reine25 @Lucky15 (37391) • Philippines 17 Mar 16

They asked me why, i told them it has been my practice. Today is Friday, it is no meat day. It has been.my practice when lenten season starts. When me and my colleagues ate outside, they wonder why i am not choosing any meaty...

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No Drink March well underway!

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 6 Mar 16

Me and my sister challenge each other sometimes with months where we do not drink alcohol at all. Sounds like a breeze, except most of our twenty-somethings social lives seem to revolve around it. Even our nonsocial lives (I like...

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The Abstinence Bet

Aja103654 @Aja103654 (5644) • Philippines 8 Dec 12

Just something my boyfriend and I came up today. We promised each other that we would be abstinent until the day we get married. Quite challenging. Whoever gives up first, losses. The winner is granted one undeniable wish...

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abstinence ring

wiguen @wiguen (551) • United States 5 Sep 11

would you where abstinence ring? i was reading about abstinence ring this morning, and i realize that we don't really need an object to remind us what we can or can't do, we have self conscience our own judge to prevent us to do...

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Contraceptives or abstinence in school

camillefetish101 @camillefetish101 (140) • United States 21 May 10

I know there are schools out there that provides day care in school ground for teen mothers but I actually haven't heard or seen a school where I live that enforce contraceptives in class. I haven't heard of day care in my state...

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What was your ultimate abstinence this holy week 2010?

gambamarcela @gambamarcela (1011) • Philippines 3 Apr 10

This holy week I abstain myself from surfing the internet. It was really a great sacrfice since everyday I always surf the net and visit a lot of sites, especially mylot, facebook and youtube. But, for the sake of Jesus who died...

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lenten season

gotetet @gotetet (197) • Philippines 28 Mar 10

Palm Sunday starts the Holy week , it is the triumphant entry of our Lord Jesus Christ to Jerusalem, where He sacrificed to redeem us from sins, it is really a painful sacrifice. Jesus died for us, sacrifice for us. He cried of...

Are you being Abstinent until Marriage?

JennaeCooper @JennaeCooper (46) • United States 23 Jul 09

The process of abstaining until marriage can really suck sometimes but the benefits are great. When living for the Lord we die to our flesh daily and being abstinent is hard but if you have both partners striving for the same...

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Pro-choice questions...

miamilady @miamilady (4910) • United States 14 May 09

If you consider your self on the side of pro-choice, I have some questions for you. I've gotten the impression that some pro-life believers think we all agree on everything in regard to abortion. I have a strong suspicion that we...

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Friend or more???

bobinger26 @bobinger26 (15) • United States 11 May 09

So, as a male of 27 years old, I've had experience in dating. I've done it all...the quick romance, taking your time, sleeping arrangements, love, engagement, I've done it all. Well, close to everything anyway, obviously I haven't...

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Bristol Palin preaches abstinence.... but has a baby....

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 6 May 09

So share your thoughts with me on this. I don't really know what to say because from what I gather, she is now a paid advocate for abstinence? How does that figure? Now I don't have a problem with abstinence in conjunction with...

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For Catholics, do you fast or abstain from meat during the Lenten Season?

icecroft @icecroft (449) • Philippines 19 Mar 09

For Catholics out there.. It's the Lenten Season once again.. I just want to ask if you practice fasting and/or abstinence from meat during Fridays (and other relevant Lenten days)? Personally, I try as much as possible to...

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Does anyone nowadays use Abstinence as a from of Birth Control?

faln_angel1205 @faln_angel1205 (1192) • United States 22 Aug 08

Okay for those of you who are big into family planning and have chosen to time out the space between when your children are born.....Do you use abstinence as your birth control, if so why did you choose this option, and has not...

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foody or fasting and for what?

juhi06 @juhi06 (1850) • India 14 Jun 08

i have heard that people observe a no food day or observe fast. what purpose does it serve? do you also believe in these things?and how often do you observe fast?

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