Depends on where we place the goalposts. Abstinence or agency? For some cases, full abstinence is the most effective means to a fruitful life of agency. For oth

Depends on where we place the goalposts. Abstinence or agency? For some cases, full abstinence is the most effective means to a fruitful life of agency. For others, an appeal to our inherent agency (rather than submitting to the impossibility of control / higher power) is the path, possibly one that returns to moderate use.