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What are the benefits of abstinence to health and well-being?
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Created on: December 01, 2007 Last Updated: December 03, 2007
Benefits of Abstinence
Abstinence. What a mellow word. It's one of those quiet, low profile words. -
by Mary Vance
Created on: December 05, 2007
Abstinence, it is sneered at as though it were a
dirty word.I am addressing abstinence for our teens.
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