abstinence syndrome

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noun

the withdrawal symptoms that occur after abstinence from a drug, especially a narcotic, to which one is addicted.

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How to use abstinence syndrome in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Worse, some schools preach abstinence only or offer little to no sexual education.
The Next Frontier of Sex Ed: How Porn Twists Teens’ Brains|Aurora Snow|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Melson says abstinence only training shows no delay in sexual activity.
The Next Frontier of Sex Ed: How Porn Twists Teens’ Brains|Aurora Snow|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jolly somehow finds the time to also manage a restaurant and help kids who have Autism and Down syndrome ride horses.
The Moms of Monster Jam Drive Trucks, Buck Macho Culture|Eliza Krigman|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Abstinence has its drawbacks,” he said, shivering in the bitter wind which whirled the stinging smoke about them.
The Gold Trail|Harold Bindloss
I—perhaps— His hand closed over her fingers with the nervous tension that these last days of abstinence had brought him.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
Cooked in the ashes, it makes a palatable but tough cake, which we enjoyed after our long abstinence from bread.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
It is abstinence from evil quite as much as eager realization of good.
Strong Souls|Charles Beard
Convalescence from a severe sickness is a just cause for sexual abstinence.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4)|W. Grant Hague