I don't snort Coke, either. I drink it like a normal person.
But I know what you mean. I would tend to be suspicious of anything said to me by someone who I knew was an active heroin or meth (or cocaine) addict, for example, simply due nature of those addictions and the ways they can change people
I know what you mean. One of the numerous reasons I don't smoke mj is that I wouldn't want my young kid to see it and think it was just something everyone does. If she decides to experiment with it when she is an adult I'm OK with that, but she won't become interested in it because of me..Verticity, your post made me remember some things that concerned me. I am extremely concerned about how this affects the youth, particularly with mixed messages of society. Yes we are moving toward tolerance and understanding, but this transition is not going to be a comfortable one. Teens today are living in a world where all the media and even community might be telling them, mj is safe, better than drinking, even socially acceptable etc. So they talk about it in public, post about it on Facebook... Next thing you know they've crossed a fine line and have a criminal record. And they look back at the community and scratch their heads. And god forbid they belong to a minority group. White kids smoking weed is apparently more forgivable than black or hispanic kids. It makes me shake my head.
Thankfully kava does not have the same history of intolerance. If only we could get the kids of today/tomorrow to choose kava over all the drugs and alcohol
My wife took a while to come round but slowly she is getting there although she still thinks I am a degenerate drug user. I doubt she'll ever even try kava which is fine with me.When I started drinking kava, I had a heck of a time trying to convince my wife I was not turning into some gutter-laying
junkie. I kept turning her objections back to her substituting the word 'kava' for 'alcohol' or 'coffee', plus I kept re-iterating
that kava has been used for over 3000 years, is less harmful to the body than alcohol, does no societal damage at all,
etc.
She came around. She's OK with it now, but even to this day every once in a while it comes up again. I think her biggest sticking
point is that alcoholic beverages have good flavor, whereas kava does not. Why drink it if it tastes bad? For the effect???
That seems wrong! Here we go again.
I really wish she'd join me in a few shells. I know she'd love the effect. She's tasted it before, and, no
freaking way.
I am always trying to introduce people to kava who have never had it, especially when I come upon a conversation where someone has a medical condition that could be eased with the use of kava and maybe even eliminate the pharm drugs they are taking. After I describe what kava is it usually comes down to the person thinking kava is 100x more dangerous than any pharm drug that their doctor prescribes. If I tell people I drink kava almost daily I am usually viewed as a stereotypical stoner or degenerate without them even knowing anything about me, even though it would be ok for me to drink alcohol on a regular basis which I don't and have not in many years. In my opinion most of these issues arise with poor education on drug use in US society, we just try to still preach a just say no mentality and teach children and adults alike that drugs some drugs are much more harmful than they actually are. Many individuals don't even think the drugs that they take are actually "drugs" alcohol, caffeine, nicotine etc.
Perhaps he had seen one too many cases of that. I said, "Sounds good to me". She was pissed! Anyway, she never tells me to see a shrink. In reality, it was work related but I didn't know how to handle it. How would I handle it now? With kava and my new motto, "F__k'em and feed'em beans".
Important note to anyone who sees this comment: The order of the steps here is very important:
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention I haven't drank alcohol for the past 20 or so years. I just mention that not because I want to be congratulated for my sobriety (I don't--seriously it annoys the fuck out of me--'Congratulations on abstaining from something that you figured out a long time ago was poison for you!', 'Oh, thanks, congratulations on your 35 years living cyanide-free!') I mention it because I don't want anyone to think I am some kind of drunkard just because I drink liquids that are non-alcoholic. lol.I am always trying to introduce people to kava who have never had it, especially when I come upon a conversation where someone has a medical condition that could be eased with the use of kava and maybe even eliminate the pharm drugs they are taking. After I describe what kava is it usually comes down to the person thinking kava is 100x more dangerous than any pharm drug that their doctor prescribes. If I tell people I drink kava almost daily I am usually viewed as a stereotypical stoner or degenerate without them even knowing anything about me, even though it would be ok for me to drink alcohol on a regular basis which I don't and have not in many years. In my opinion most of these issues arise with poor education on drug use in US society, we just try to still preach a just say no mentality and teach children and adults alike that drugs some drugs are much more harmful than they actually are. Many individuals don't even think the drugs that they take are actually "drugs" alcohol, caffeine, nicotine etc.
Indeed
To paraphrase the customary greeting at AA meetings: "Fuck you, Deleted User01!"
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I spent years making a fool of myself on a fairly regular basis. It's funny to think that when you are drunk you don't seem to remember or care about anything and don't have any boundaries with actions or speech but if you see a drunk person when you are sober it's really frightening to watch. I'm slowly getting to the point where my residual cravings for alcohol are diminishing rapidly and my wife has agreed to let me drink kava every other time I see her. I can see my life getting better all the time as a result of kava, no hangovers, no foolishness and as you say, better for your wallet!
That's alright then
