Maybe I am the only twenty year old left in the world who doesn't smoke, drink, or do drugs, but I tend to think there are a few others out there. People always ask me, "why don't you drink?" and I can never really come up with an answer for them other than, "I've simply never had the desire to." Many people don't believe me, and others try to pressure me into it. A few feel uncomfortable drinking around someone who isn't drinking with them, and to those few I think how insecure you are with yourself and possibly you feel guilty or feel that what you are doing is wrong because someone else can have fun without alcohol. I'm not really sure what goes through everyone's mind when they encounter a sober person at a club or bar or party or event where most people have a cocktail in their hands. So, please comment and let me know what you think about drinking and we can discuss. I am really curious what those who are avid drinkers think of us sober people.
Now my next topic; drugs and smoking. Really.... I have to think a minute on how to approach this topic because it means so much to me. I have always been against it, even as a little kid I would steal peoples cigarettes and hide them and tell them not to smoke. I used to always tell my cousins not to drink alcohol too. Now they think I drink for some reason, but I still don't, sorry to disappoint. ;) But, back to tobacco and it doesn't matter the form, cigarettes, cigars, chew, whatever else you can come up with, its gross. We know too much about it by now to be stupid enough to continue to do it. If you know something directly causes cancer of the throat, mouth, lungs and more, high blood pressure and increased clotting of the blood which can cause a stroke(think not being able to move half your body for the rest of your life), gingivitis(nasty gum disease where your teeth fall out), halitosis(stank breath you can't get rid of), emphysema(a disease that slowly suffocates you to death), pre-mature aging(you'll get wrinkles as deep as the grand canyon by 45), gastrointestinal disease(when your stomach acid burns your esophagus or ulcers in your stomach and intestine), decreased ability to play sports and be active do to breathing problems and increased risk of bone fracture, men have increased erectile disfunction(if you don't know what that is, men I highly suggest you look it up). The risks are all the same for cigar smokers and many of the risks are the same for chewing tobacco users, in fact snuff users are more likely to develop throat and mouth cancer than cigarette smokers who are more likely to develop lung cancer.
Ok so I just through a lot of facts at you. If anyone was offended by any of that, then you should take a look at yourself because those are the facts and you being offended clearly means you are not 100% confident in what you are doing.
I haven't even gotten to the drug situation yet, but it's getting late so I'll save that for tomorrow. Just know for tonight, drugs are stupid, and if you enjoy being stupid and would like to continuously get dumber for the rest of your life, then go ahead and do drugs, I'm sure living on the streets or in and out of jail will be fun.
don't forget to leave your comments about drinking and whatever else you'd like.
good night
xoxo
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