Sentence examples for had abstained for from inspiring English sources

Writing in the journal Nature Neuroscience, Yassa described how 44 volunteers who were not heavy caffeine consumers and had abstained for at least a day were shown a rapid sequence of pictures on a computer screen.

Those who had abstained for at least five years were less likely to relapse, but even in this group, 25percentt resumed heroin use, some after 15 years of abstinence.

The socialists told Rajoy on Saturday that they had abstained for the good of the country and not to "back your odious reforms nor to pardon the grave corruption" within the PP.

Those who had abstained for one month or less in a previous attempt at quitting were 3.77 times as likely to join the program (OR = 3.77, CI = 1.68 8.47).

The Chow et al. study [ 26], on the other hand, showed a large risk increase from drinking cessation in the short term (three years), despite defining a former drinker as someone who had abstained for more than 2 years.

In addition, significantly more participants than non-participants had abstained for one month or less in a previous attempt at quitting (68.2 % vs. 43.0 %, p = <.001); had a high level of nicotine dependence (36.6 % vs. 15.3 %); and were daily smokers (i.e., smoked 1 or more cigarettes per day or 7 or more cigarettes per week) (99.3%% vs. 93.9 %).

I've known females who've abstained for months, years, but abstention can lead to doing really freaky things.

Though the drug itself plays a crucial role in starting this process, the changes in the brain persist long after an addict goes through withdrawal: drug-using cues and memories continue to elicit cravings even in addicts who have abstained for years.

The other 10, regular caffeine imbibers, were asked to turn up for testing having abstained for at least 12 hours.

Ninety participants (30 frequent users, 30 infrequent 'recreational' users and 30 ex-users who had abstained from use for at least 3 months) were interviewed and reported drug use was verified by hair sample analysis.

However, all but two patients had abstained from drinking for at least 3 months prior to the investigation.