04-22-2003, 10:36 AM
Here is how I feel and I know some in here will not like my view on drugs...
If you need or even just take drugs to feel good then you're stupid. There are so many things in life that can do that for you that you don't need some powder, pill or liquid to do that for you.
Same goes for drinking. If you drink to get drunk you are stupid. Do I drink, yes. Do I drink often, maybe every once and a while with friends. How often is every once in a while, maybe once a month or so. Do I drink to get drunk, no. I might drink a total of about 3 or 4 beers over 4 to 5 hours. That don't even give me a buzz. Why do I drink then, because I like the taste and its something different that I don't have often.
Now for a little background info...
I watched my grandfarther die because he drank too much. He died because the alcohol destroyed his liver. This was when I was 9.
When I was 15 I got drunk twice. Why because I was stupid. I just seen my life getting worse and worse so I drank with friends at parties. Both times the night ended up badly and I seen myself heading down a road that I didn't want to go down. I seen myself doing the same thing my grandfather had done. And that scared me.
From that day till I was about 21 or 22 I did not touch a drop of alcohol. Even then I only had a single glass. 5 or so years later, I still don't have all that many drinks and I'm happy about that.
So if you feel that you need to get drunk or get high to have a good time. Goto the hospital sometime and see if you can talk with some people that drank to get drunk or the people that had to get high to have fun. It won't be as powerful as watching your own grandfather dying infront of you but it should at least make you think twice.
If you need or even just take drugs to feel good then you're stupid. There are so many things in life that can do that for you that you don't need some powder, pill or liquid to do that for you.
Same goes for drinking. If you drink to get drunk you are stupid. Do I drink, yes. Do I drink often, maybe every once and a while with friends. How often is every once in a while, maybe once a month or so. Do I drink to get drunk, no. I might drink a total of about 3 or 4 beers over 4 to 5 hours. That don't even give me a buzz. Why do I drink then, because I like the taste and its something different that I don't have often.
Now for a little background info...
I watched my grandfarther die because he drank too much. He died because the alcohol destroyed his liver. This was when I was 9.
When I was 15 I got drunk twice. Why because I was stupid. I just seen my life getting worse and worse so I drank with friends at parties. Both times the night ended up badly and I seen myself heading down a road that I didn't want to go down. I seen myself doing the same thing my grandfather had done. And that scared me.
From that day till I was about 21 or 22 I did not touch a drop of alcohol. Even then I only had a single glass. 5 or so years later, I still don't have all that many drinks and I'm happy about that.
So if you feel that you need to get drunk or get high to have a good time. Goto the hospital sometime and see if you can talk with some people that drank to get drunk or the people that had to get high to have fun. It won't be as powerful as watching your own grandfather dying infront of you but it should at least make you think twice.