intemperance

• The greatest failing he publicly admits to is intemperance -- a far less loaded word than those employed by the abstinence movements that Warner, a research scientist at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, chronicles in her book. —  Canadian Christianity - Canadian News
• Three great evils aroused the spirit of reform--intemperance, slavery, and war. —  The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
• The word intemperance is generally employed as applying to the abuse of strong drinks. —  Life and Conduct
• I struggled long, but in vain--intemperance was my curse, my bane, the millstone at my neck, which dragged me down: I had education, talents, and energy, and at one time, capital; but all were useless; and thus did I sink down, from captain of a vessel to mate, from mate to second mate, until I at last found myself a drunken sailor before the mast. —  The Little Savage
• It is frequently occasioned by uncleanliness, intemperance, the use of unwholesome food, or by an impure atmosphere TREATMENT. —  The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

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