- published: 18 Jan 2013
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Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, or abstention from alcohol or food. The practice can arise from religious prohibitions or practical considerations. Abstinence may also refer to drugs. For example you can abstain from smoking. Abstinence has diverse forms. Commonly it refers to a temporary or partial abstinence from food, as in fasting. In the twelve-step program of Overeaters Anonymous abstinence is the term for refraining from compulsive eating, akin in meaning to sobriety for alcoholics. Because the regimen is intended to be a conscious act, freely chosen to enhance life, abstinence is sometimes distinguished from the psychological mechanism of repression. The latter is an unconscious state, having unhealthy consequences. Freud termed the channeling of sexual energies into other more culturally or socially acceptable activities, "sublimation".
Abstinence may arise from an ascetic element, present in most faiths, or from a subjective need for spiritual discipline. In its religious context, abstinence is meant to elevate the believer beyond the normal life of desire, to a chosen ideal, by following a path of renunciation.
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They grab our throats making us indulge in something
we're trying to break free from
They call it passion, we call it poison
Either way, it's something that will never fade
I tried too many times to resist
I know I shouldn't care about anyone, anything
So many times I thought of slitting the wrist of the
hand that feeds me
Have I lost control?
We are the causeless revolutionaries, personified by
obstinance
We were sent by the gods of self absorption
We're fools, and that's the bottom line
Erosion caused by pain fades our true identity
Time served is not enough to interrupt serenity
Founded on discordance, yet the strain is still the
same
Dignity gone overboard
Self respect doesn't remain
You did this to me
I only wanted to be
I only wanted to see
You took this from me