From the gut comes the strut and where hunger reigns strength abstains.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look smile or act.

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.