For the last 17 months I have abstained from all forms of sexual gratification. I have been called crazy and have been told I'm "wasting" my life. I disagree. I'm more in tune with myself than I've ever been. I have multiple projects started without any carnal distraction. I will continue to wait for something more than a superficial physical attraction before I even consider fulfilling a primal biological driving force. To settle for a relationship out of comfort or being lonely no longer makes sense. That's how people get hurt.