After giving up smoking, giving up sex was easy Elizabeth Abbott likes men - she was married twice - but now she's hooked on celibacy

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: March 8, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

GIVING up men is easier than giving up cigarettes.

Elizabeth Abbott is testament to this fact. She gave up smoking 20 years ago and still occasionally dreams about cigarettes; she became celibate in 1997 without difficulty.

There were no cravings, no chronic biscuit-eating, just the occasional moments of manageable lust which she enjoys because you know you re not dead .

Now she is more focused and relaxed.

You have decided what to do with your life, she says. You re not always tentatively living for the relationship that might happen. You can meet men without always making that quick ...

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