It is important to persuade the patient to abstain completely from alcohol. |
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The Glorious Qur'an commands humans to abstain from intoxicants, alcohol, drugs, gambling, from dedication of stones and divination of arrows. |
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Neither Tim nor I had ever sipped alcohol, and we had successfully lobbied Eric to abstain for the night. |
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Almost 49 percent of U.S. adults abstain from alcohol use or drink fewer than 12 drinks per year. |
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Young people, pregnant women and those who might worsen an already existing physical problem by drinking any alcohol are told to abstain. |
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Campbell was required to abstain from drinking alcohol and have no contact with three individuals. |
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Also, a member state could abstain in a vote and make a formal declaration that it would not be bound by the vote. |
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During Ramadan, Muslims are obliged to abstain completely from food and drink during daylight hours. |
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Youth develop tobacco addiction and experience withdrawal symptoms similar to adults when they try to abstain from smoking. |
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I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. |
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You have determined to cease henceforth from saying of Mass, and to abstain from the consecration of the body and blood of the Lord. |
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All this compulsion will achieve is to force people to actively abstain or face a fine. |
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Experts say there is no need to abstain unless there is a history of miscarriage or the woman has experienced a bleed. |
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We will be moving some amendments at the Committee stage and will abstain until we see whether those amendments are adopted. |
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Significantly, Marcion would admit married persons to baptism in his church only if they took a vow to abstain from all sexual intercourse. |
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Mr.A told us that he now realises the danger to himself if he does not continue to abstain from taking illicit drugs. |
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He censures the licentious behavior which the picaro's freedom implies and from which the hero could abstain through his free will. |
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But it is better to abstain because the dividing line between benefits and harm is too blurred. |
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The public doesn't expect praise for refraining from pogroms, but nor does it expect ceaseless injunctions to abstain from them. |
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A person may be bound by contract express or implied to abstain from disclosing certain information to others. |
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She also does not abstain from eating greasy foods such as pork and hamburgers. |
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To forgo the leisured lifestyle, to abstain from epicurean pleasures of over-indulgence, is no mean task. |
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Medieval monastics sought to abstain from enjoying daily life, lest they prefer it to God. |
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Exorcists were known to abstain periodically from food for reasons of vision causation, purgation, and divine encounter. |
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It goes without saying that drivers should abstain or strictly control the amount they drink. |
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Individuals who drink about those amounts live longer than those who abstain. |
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Political abuse in Maine invited the Dutch king to confine his activities to dykes and polders and abstain from pronouncing upon mountain ridges. |
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They must also abstain from intoxicating drinks or drugs, and live a life of celibacy. |
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The United States delegation said they would abstain in the voting because the US Congress and government opposed the disclosure of invitees. |
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Reading the narratives, one is left with the sense that the choice to abstain from all sexual involvements was more emotionally driven for women than for men. |
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In fact, I publicly vowed to abstain from The Ball in 2012, but professional responsibilities and curiosity got the better of me. |
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But the two also could abstain from caucusing with either party and possibly have even more clout. |
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Pollsters have been predicting disillusioned leftist voters are particularly likely to abstain. |
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Some especially well-bred people among us might be noble enough in spirit and possessions to abstain from this temptation. |
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Overall mortality rates among wine drinkers are lower than for those who drink beer or alcohol, or for those who abstain, according to previous research. |
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The fully recovered individuals show symptoms of neither alcohol dependence nor alcohol abuse and either abstain or drink at levels below those known to increase relapse risk. |
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However, adolescents who held more favorable attitudes toward drinking were relatively unaffected by the program and did not abstain or moderate their alcohol consumption. |
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Pregnant women have been urged to abstain from alcohol by scientists who claim that even small amounts can damage the development of a baby's brain. |
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The prime minister has also urged his citizens to abstain from drinking alcohol on election day to avoid violence and maintain the dignity of the event. |
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Does anyone know if antivaxxers also abstain from taking other medicine? |
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International Buy Nothing Day, held on the 27th November 1998, challenges the shopaholics amongst us to abstain from consumer spending for 24 hours. |
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A man of any rank may, without any reproach, abstain totally from tasting such liquors. |
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Sending a message out to price hikers, the majority of stores were empty after consumer protection groups called on the public to abstain from spending a single euro. |
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Those high-souled persons who desire beauty, faultlessness of limbs, long life, understanding, mental and physical strength and memory should abstain from acts of injury. |
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If voting were not compulsory, masses of people would abstain. |
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He ordered his followers to abstain from violence, and let the world see the brutality of the British empire on the peaceful yet disobedient Indians. |
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Those who are fasting must abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and hanky-panky of any sorts. |
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Abstain from dishonesty, so that you may not be disgraced on the Day of Judgment. |
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Methodists saw alcoholic beverages, and alcoholism, as the root of many social ills and tried to persuade people to abstain from these. |
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So is everyone around you, even if you find a way to abstain. |
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A member who wishes to pointedly abstain from a vote may do so by entering both lobbies, casting one vote for and one against. |
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It may be thought strange that I could abstain from a woman who to most people was so attractive. |
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Additionally, parents of pupils are expected to abstain from alcohol to prove they are followers of the faith. |
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For it is necessary that he who is adorned by the cathartic virtues, should abstain from doing any thing precedaneously in conjunction with body. |
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He asked his disciples to adopt a vegetarian diet, abstain from recreational drugs including alcohol, and lead a pure and celibate lifestyle. |
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Those who abstain from the right to reproduce and remain childfree by choice often face harsh questioning, however. |
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His antitelevision campaign included a proposal that Germans abstain one day each week from watching television. |
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The party clarified that it was not calling on supporters to cast a conscience vote, nor to abstain from voting. |
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Pescatarian is used to describe those who abstain from eating all meat and animal flesh with the exception of fish. |
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A woman whose menstruation is prolonged must continue to abstain for seven more days after bleeding has stopped. |
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The Mooslim does not abstain from worldly business on Friday except during the time of prayer. |
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After the Whigs' decisive victory in the 1831 election, some speculated that opponents would abstain, rather than openly defy the public will. |
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Women who plan to become pregnant within three months, pregnant women, and nursing women should abstain from eating pilot whale meat. |
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He that undertakes the duty of the pilgrimage during them must abstain from coition, ungodliness and acrimonious dispute, and whatever good you do, Allah is aware of it. |
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Observant Hindus who do eat meat almost always abstain from beef. |
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Furthermore, voters who do cast ballots may abstain, deliberately voting for nobody, or they may spoil their votes, either accidentally or as an act of protest. |
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Eastern Orthodox churches still abstain from all animal products in Lent. |
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Further, they suggest, if there is an innate predisposition to vote or abstain, this would explain why past voting behavior is such a good predictor of future voter reaction. |
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The procedures should also make plain that a decisional official, whether or not challenged, may voluntarily abstain from participating in a particular proceeding. |
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We have learned of these your words, that to do truly penance is not only to abstain from sin, but also to amplect and embrace the virtue contrary to the sin. |
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Strict observers of Lententide may observe intervals of fasting or at least abstain from festivities, certain foods and other indulgences, giving the money saved to charity. |
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However, the Tooth Fairy does not wish to be considered the Christmas Scrooge by suggesting that children should abstain from sweets during Christmas. |
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The Free Church maintained that national resources could be used in aid of the church, provided that the state abstain from all interference in its internal government. |
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