AY Honor Temperance

Temperance

Skill Level

2

Year

1976

Version

04.11.2025

Approval authority

General Conference

Overview

The Temperance honor has a lot of involved requirements that will keep you creatively engaged in communicating ways to avoid drugs, alcohol, and illicit drugs.

Investiture Achievement Connection: This Honor is related to the Investiture Achievement requirements for COMPANION Health and Fitness which require completion of Requirements #1, #2 and #7 of this Honor. A GUIDE Health and Fitness requirement can be met by teaching Requirements #1, #2 and #7 of this Honor

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

3. Do four of the following:

a. Write and deliver a five-to eight-minute speech (oration)

b. Write an essay on alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or physical fitness of 150 to 200 words and your commitment to a healthy lifestyle

c. Write a four-line jingle on a Drug Prevention topic.

d. Draw/make a poster 22 x 28 inches (55.9 x 63.5 cm) that tells about the harmful effects of a drug, tobacco, or alcohol

e. Make a substance abuse exhibit for a local shopping mall, library, or school

f. Make a scrapbook of at least 20 pages showing various Drug Prevention advertisements

g. Share with at least five other persons (excluding your immediate relatives) what you have accomplished from the above list and obtain their signed Temperance Pledges