Ok, im just wondering about other peoples opinions are on being straight edge, and how many of you are yourselves
I've been straight edge since about midyear of 8th grade, so its been about a year for me. I think i decided on it because i finally realized that being an alcoholic, like my father, wasnt something i wanted to be, and ive alwasy thought smoking was kinda pointless. yes, i know that theres evidence that drinking alittle bit of red wine can actually be good for you, but becoming addicted to a substance that i can easily avoid from being addicted to proves pointless to me. Besides plenty of things are good for you...
Well, anyways, i decided a long time ago that I'd wait till marriage to engage in sexual activity, mostly to avoid a shotgun wedding like my moms. As you can see, most of my decisions i choose to avoid making the same mistakes as people have made that i know. As for drugs, theyre just as pointless as deciding to smoke. my opinion anyways, and i can safely say most people would agree with me since the media and government show doing drugs as strictly taboo, which is why we have d.a.r.e. as well as all the various other organizations that stess the point that drugs, alcohol and tabacco are bad for your health, even though its still legal to smoke,
As you can see from past events, making alcohol illegal didnt quite solve anything, so im sure its the same for tobacco
Really, its just peoples choice how they choose to live their own lives, which actually took me awhile to figure out =/