abstainer

IPA: ʌbstˈeɪnɝ

Examples of "abstainer" in Sentences

But few of the infidels are total abstainers.
So...do you identify as an abstainer or a moderator?
I have been a hardxss crocs abstainer for the last 5 years or so.
And I salute another sugar cook (and sugar abstainer) – it is not easy to do, is it?
An abstainer "abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others."
Re Lent, Bierce put it best: the abstainer is a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Perhaps this is the flip side of being an abstainer, but I've found that if I'm trying to make myself do something, I do better if I do that thing every day.
As an abstainer, I often get disapproving comments like, "It's not healthy to take such a severe approach" or "It would be better to learn how to manage yourself" or "Can't you let yourself have a little fun?"