[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by goodman

Then, if your survive that fun, its time to become a responsible adult. Fun is something you have after youve gone through your work day, paid all your bills, kissed your kids bruises, and fed everybody. Drug and booze fun is for people that really dont have anything else to do with their lives.

Exactly. That's my thoughts too. For those who go out drinking or doing drugs as their means of "fun", they really have nothing to do. They're just your average, bored, typical student/person who bitch about how terrible their lives are when they've got nothing to worry about, nothing to think about except maybe school. And if they have a job, it's like "Oh man...my boss is totally being a jackass" etc. etc. etc. College students do most of the drinking and drug abusing because they think they're actually "adults" and think they can do whatever they want. But, um, last time I checked, real adults don't go out getting stoned beyond reason, don't end up at their toilets every morning, don't go out drinking and causing mayhem on the streets, and don't drive at ridiculously high speeds on the highway when they're goddamned drunk! I lived at this campus town for eight years...I've seen it...and I almost got hit by a friggin' drunk driver on my way home from school one time! Is that being a real responsible adult? I don't think so.

Originally Posted by goodman

If they have a full, responsible, life, then their fun is done through different means for different reasons.

Yes, this is also true. Perhaps I am just a terribly boring, dull, person but my definition of fun isn't going out and getting wasted every night or hitting a club and meeting people you don't even remember their names the next morning. I've never actually had that chance to do any of that (not that I will). Ever since I was 12, I had to go to work everyday after school and on the weekends I had to go every morning till night (11 AM - 9 PM). I never got a chance to be a "teenager" and go out with my buddies and catch a film or go out or anything. So, my methods of fun was coming home around 10 PM, eating my dinner, and watching TV or playing games. Oh, but then I had school the next day, so I didn't even have time for games or television or anything. I was literally having a lifestyle of a 30 year old (go to work, come home, eat dinner, relax, go to sleep) when I was only 12. So, this didn't leave me a chance to go out and stupidly get influenced by drugs or drinking as a means of "fun." Even if I did, I wouldn't have because I don't follow what everyone else does. They wanna get drunk and drive off a cliff, go right ahead, be my guest. That's their loss, not mine. They wanna go out and shoot heroin into their veins and end up in the hospital? By all means, feel free. Again, their loss not mine.

And for those who claim "I don't conform with people, I'm a total individual! I totally have my own mind!" Yeah right, that's why when someone hands you pot and say "Do it otherwise we're not your pals anymore" they do it, right? Or what about those people who hear other people say it's "cool" to do drugs and drink? Wow, if you really are your own "uncomformist" person then why do they follow the others and try to be "cool" too? If these people genuinely can use that thing in their skull, um, called a brain, they will make their own decision and say "Nah man, I'm not gonna use that junk" or "You can do it, but I'm not gonna." But no, right?

Also, one more thing I forgot to mention in my earlier post: I forgot to talk about the good people. I gave an example of all the people who had terrible lives, but what about the ones who have no problems in their lives whatsoever? I can't believe I forgot about them!

Even if a kid is living in a nice wealthy family, have everything they want, perfect family, no problems, nothing, everything is provided for them, and more...that same kid will go out and get screwed up and bitch to everyone "Omigawd, my life is soooo miserable...that's why I'm doing drugs."

Wow, either way, no one wins. People who have problems does drugs/drink..people who don't have problems does drugs/drinks. What a great world we're living in. And future generations of kids are supposed to be the smart ones?