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I think that the word temperance can apply to many things---one can be temperate about things other than just drinking, although I know that the word became associated with the anti-alcohol movement of the 1800's. Still, again, it doesn't have to apply to just that, and I don't think that's at all what the Puritans had in mind when they first started to use the name Temperance. If I thought that was all it could mean, I would definitely avoid it, as I've been an alcohol drinker all of my life.