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29 Day Meme: Day 03 - Your views on drugs and alcohol

  • Feb. 3rd, 2011 at 10:47 AM
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gamiila
My dad, God rest his soul, was an alcoholic. He found the strength to give up drinking, and stay sober for the last quarter century of his life, but by then he'd already lost his business, wrecked his marriage and (temporarily) lost the respect of his teenaged daughters.

I lost my first school friend to a heroin overdose the year I turned 16. By age 18, I'd buried five. I must have had an angel on my shoulder, because despite the company I kept, and the opportunities I was given, I never even felt the slightest bit tempted to try it myself.

Alcohol and drugs are dangerous substances that have the potential to destroy lives. But I'm glad I live in The Netherlands where a junkie is viewed first and foremost as a victim, a person who is ill and needs help, and not as a criminal even though they may turn to crime to feed their habit.

I have a very low tolerance for drunks, though. I can't abide them and won't have them anywhere near me. Needless to say, I never get drunk myself, though I do enjoy the odd glass now and again.


Day 04 - Your views on religion
Day 05 - A time you thought about ending your own life
Day 06 - Write 30 interesting facts about yourself.
Day 07 - Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality
Day 08 - A moment you felt the most satisfied with your life
Day 09 - How you hope your future will be like
Day 10 - Discuss your first love and first kiss.
Day 11 - Put your ipod on shuffle and write 10 songs that pop up.
Day 12 - Bullet your whole day.
Day 13 - Somewhere you’d like to move or visit
Day 14 - Your earliest memory
Day 15 - Your favorite tumblrs
Day 16 - Your views on mainstream music
Day 17 - Your highs and lows of this past year
Day 18 - Your beliefs
Day 19 - Disrespecting your parents
Day 20 - How important you think education is
Day 21 - One of your favorite shows
Day 22 - How have you changed in the past 2 years?
Day 23 - Give pictures of 5 guys who are famous and who you find attractive.
Day 24 - Your favorite movie and what it’s about
Day 25 - Someone who fascinates you and why
Day 26 - What kind of person attracts you?
Day 27 - A problem that you have had
Day 28 - Something that you miss
Day 29 - Goals for the next 30 days
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kassto
Feb. 3rd, 2011 08:14 pm (UTC)
I have no idea whether the soft approach or the tough approach on drugs is the best. I think it is terrible that so much heroin was around teenagers though.
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gamiila
Feb. 3rd, 2011 09:46 pm (UTC)
Drugs were quite a problem in the mid- to late-70s, I'll admit, and it wasn't just hard drugs, either. I tried some marijuana, but it had no noticeable effect and I didn't like the taste, and I quickly decided it wasn't worth spending my pocket money on.
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kassto
Feb. 3rd, 2011 10:56 pm (UTC)
When I was in my early 20s, living and working in a small city in New Zealand, there were a lot of drugs around. Young people seemed to be split into two quite separate groups — the goodies (not sure what they did) and the baddies (who took lots of drugs and went to see live bands play). I used to hang out with the badder ones but never felt like I completely belonged with them. But didn't belong with the other lot either. Indulged in some substances along the way, particularly as I was very shy and wanted to be more outgoing, but always did so with some caution and backed away from that whole scene later in my 20s.
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