Exploring a new digital ecosystem at about a 6.
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.
