abstinent

Example Sentences

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The motion also quoted the court psychiatrist’s report, which found Hart’s “risk would be reduced if he remains abstinent from alcohol.”

From Seattle Times

“But now I’m trying to be abstinent, which is really nice.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said he had gone a year without drinking and pledged to "remain abstinent to offer the greatest chance for my own health to continue to improve".

From BBC

The group that was abstinent for one month had maintained a “significant reduction” in their alcohol consumption, while the control group did not.

From Washington Post

Adding low-nicotine cigarettes to standard cessation support “may help some smokers to become abstinent,” Walker and colleagues wrote in the March 2012 issue of Addiction.

From Science Magazine