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Teenagers typically tempt their peers to try vices such as drinking or cigarette smoking in defiance of parents. "It won't hurt you," they say. But what they don't tell you is that alcohol and nicotine are addictive (see [[addiction]]). You can't stop merely because you decide to stop.

Teenagers typically tempt their peers to try vices such as drinking or cigarette smoking in defiance of parents. "It won't hurt you," they say. But what they don't tell you is that alcohol and nicotine are addictive (see [[addiction]]). You can't stop merely because you decide to stop.

Fornication is also addictive. The pleasure it gives, despite being illicit, is highly rewarding. There is a world of difference between the person who has never had sex and one who has (see [[virginity]]). The idea of abstinence before marriage and fidelity thereafter is tied to virtueo of premarital virginity and the avoidance of the sin of fornication.

Fornication is also addictive. The pleasure it gives, despite being illicit, is highly rewarding. There is a world of difference between the person who has never had sex and one who has (see [[virginity]]). The idea of abstinence before marriage and fidelity thereafter is tied to the virtue of premarital virginity and the avoidance of the sin of fornication.

Once you start, it's very hard to stop. It's not like going to a bad neighborhood, where there is danger. Once you perceive the danger, you can easily make the wise choice of avoiding that place. With sin, the problem is overcoming the bad habit as well.

Once you start, it's very hard to stop. It's not like going to a bad neighborhood, where there is danger. Once you perceive the danger, you can easily make the wise choice of avoiding that place. With sin, the problem is overcoming the bad habit as well.