Re: A New/Old drug
I remember one evening very clearly: I stopped by a friends house & after saying my greetings to his mom I headed upstairs to his room, knocked & went in. There he is, lying on his bed, TeeVee on, radio blaring one of the local rock stations, high as hell on 'Ludes. "Kurt, you gotta try these, you'll love them!"
I'm thinking: What the heck for? "We had planned on hanging with some of the local girls tonight & here you are pasted to your sheets!"
Sure, coulda, woulda but we had plans & I'm not SO desperate for a buzz that I'll blow off a chance at getting laid. Insanity is not one of my stronger points!
Those easy lessons were never lost on me. Whatever release my friend found that night couldn't have compared to the possibilities of what might have been. Not that it did (dam_ my luck!).
That incident & my response to it was caused by my parents, no doubt. Responsibility & the choices it brings have a greater chance of bringing you peace & fulfillment than losing yourself to the yoke of drug addiction. Not to mention that you're only immortal when you're young, there's a whole LIFE ahead. Why not see what it brings?
I told my kids the same thing: I KNOW you're going to be tempted & I KNOW you're going to do things that I've warned you against just please, use your head & remember that you always have myself or your mom to come to.
Thanks Mom & Dad!
Funny, I had my kids say the same thing to me & the wife! Life is good!