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To the coffee drinkers I say have your coffee.
To the imbibers I say drink if you can control that beast.
To the cigarette smoker I say smoke them if you must.
To the cannabis consumers, I say burn it if you want too.
Just be careful friends.
How about a mini #life story
I've walked down many paths in this 3.5+ decade long life. From the highest of highs to the depths of my lowest lows. I've witnessed both of my children born, and felt the absolute heartbreak of loss of a miscarriage along with my wife. I've enjoyed a near decade of debauchery and drunken socialization with 'my boys' in my 20s. I threw such wild wild parties, my place known around town as one of the party destinations. In my late 20s, I realized I was hanging out with fledgling alcoholics. In my 30s the realization came hard as one of my best friends died. To this day, I don't know if it was accidental overdose on alcohol (seems unlikely) or he passed out wrong and blocked an airway, or worse such as intentional. It did leave a pretty big hole in my heart.
When it comes to mind alteration I know what suits me. I did smoke cigarettes for 10 years, but quit (I like numerology so of course I quit on 10/10/10). It was a rough passage of time, as I elected the cold turkey route. But I did succeed in the end. I give much credit to cannabis for assisting me with this. A big reason I quit cigarettes was cannabis and not wanting to subject my lungs to multiple burning carcinogens. I had to deep down ask myself which substance I enjoyed more, and ultimately THC won over nicotine.
That's not to say that I don't enjoy a drink once every 3-6 months. I do keep it out of the house in solidarity with my wife. She's in Alcoholics Anonymous. (this isn't a breach of confidentiality either, she's vocal and passionate about her sobriety). I do drink coffee daily. I do view that as another form of chemical alteration, and I view anyone who drinks coffee but looks down on cannabis consumption as lesser as exceedingly hypocritical.
We all got our vices. I do encourage anyone who believes they have a problem with any chemical form of dependency to succeed in overcoming that. I encourage people to research what they consume and put into their bodies. Living in the Midwest, I full well know the dangers of other classes of "drugs" and yes, they are bad. Very bad, demonically evil substances.
I can relate. Used to use dope (meth, and opiates) and cannabis was a great tool on top of many that helped in my recovery, even still to this day. Cigarettes was actually harder for me to quit then dope, so mad respect for your success.
Thanks for sharing:)
Congrats for dropping those other demonic substances out of your life. It has been the ruination of so many families in the midwest.
Thank you! It really is a shame. Cannabis is not a magic bullet, but it really can help, and needs to be looked at more seriously. Even if it is a substitute; I know I love who I am, and cannabis does define a lot of that.
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