take the pledge

Related
  • vowSolemn personal commitment
  • oathFormal binding promise
  • promiseCommitment to act
  • commitBind to a course
  • swearVow or use profanity

sobriety · temperance · abstinence · AA · sober · alcohol · recovery · dedication · allegiance · covenant · devotion · ceremony · hand · heart · witness · signing · resolve · clean

Opposites
commitment to abstinence

take the pledgefall off the wagon

Resume addictive behavior after abstaining

hit the bottle · relapse · indulge · imbibe · tipple

adherence to commitment

take the pledgebackslide

Revert to bad habits

lapse

joining vs. leaving a movement

take the pledgeapostatize

Abandon one's religion

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