We pass through boyhood, childhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and old age; it is an imperceptible but inevitable progress. We experience each only when we are passing through it. Problem behaviours such as teenage binge drinking, premature sexual activity, drug use, tobacco use, and obesity have a common root – the absence of self-discipline – and a shared antidote, namely, the development of self-discipline. Solutions are considered: management of thought, time and breath.
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