### trait:

Abstinence
* also hampers control.
* breaks addictions.
* can also mean waiting to choose the right person, time and place to have sex.
* can be a lifestyle for some and temporary for others
  - fun and very intimate
  - primary or secondary
  - the show and practice of great strength
  - means total abstinence from sexual intercourse, but hugging and kissing are okay
* has many emotional, social, and physical benefits.
* has no medical or physical side effects
  - side effects or health risks
* helps to remove the person from triggers that lead to relapse.
* is also likely to contribute to an enhanced sex drive
  - necessary for people who take medications that interact with alcohol
* is an effective method of birth control
  - ongoing daily reprieve from the disease of compulsive overeating
  - unrealistic ideal
  - another form of penance
  - biblical
  - broken by the end of the sixth month
  - effective only in the present
  - essential to our nature
  - inaction
  - life-giving
  - measured by a two year period of regular drug and alcohol testing
  - monitored by frequent alcohol and other drug testing
  - only a small portion of what is involved in recovery
  - opposed to the vices of gluttony and drunkenness
  - recommended as one way to prevent the transmission of human papilloma virus
  - restraint from internal or external acts of lust
  - self discipline
* is the best method to be taught anywhere, any time for more reasons than education
  - protection against pregnancy and STDs
  - way to avoid pregnancy
  - choice of treatment
* is the choice to refrain from an activity
* is the cornerstone of management for alcohol-induced liver disease
  - therapy for patients with prolonged alcoholic hepatitis
  - decision to abstain from sexual intercourse
  - fool-proof solution to teen pregnancy
* is the most effective means of birth control
  - method of preventing pregnancy and transmitting sexual disease
* is the only 'safe' way to go
  - absolute method of preventing gonorrhea
  - certain preventative behavior
  - fool-proof method that always guarantees safety
* is the only foolproof way of avoiding sexually transmitted disease
  - to avoid exposure to the virus through sexual contact
  - guaranteed way to prevent a pregnancy
  - known preventative
  - perfect way to avoid unintended pregnancy
  - safe sex
* is the only sure way to avoid all sexually transmitted diseases
  - prevent getting infected
  - prevent pregnancy and STDs
  - prevent sexual transmission of the virus
  - way to prevent the spread of a sexually transmitted disease
  - right and practical way to go
  - true love thing to do
  - to refrain from any type of masturbation or self pleasuring
  - very effective in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases
* key to recovery for drug addicts and alcoholics.
* lifesaving decision for people recovering from chemical dependency.
* make the palate grow fonder.
* makes the heart grow fonder.
* means abstaining from eating meat
  - avoiding a certain kind of thing
  - different things to different people
* means freedom from STDs
  - many things to different people
* means refraining from any type of sexual activity
  - that no meat or things made from meat can be eaten on that day
* more intimate form of protection than most other methods.
* normal, common, and acceptable alternative to sexual intercourse.
* often leads to bingeing.
* personal choice that everyone has to make
* positive, healthy choice that many people make.
* prescribes the restraint to be employed in the partaking of foodand drink.
* prevents pregnancy, it prevents disease.
* releases the pain and guilt accumulated over the many years of overeating.
* requires high motivation and self-control.
* risk factor for heart disease.
* safe sexual behavior, as is mutual monogamy with an uninfected partner.
* spreads no diseases.
* takes time, practice, and confidence.
* usually requires an external duress from health, family, debts or law enforcement.
* viable option among today's young people, one that requires attention and respect.