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Dear drugs and Alchohol
Dear drugs and alcohol,
You make the most successful men your slave. You control millions of minds around the world. When their not on you they dream of you, and when they don’t have you they think of ways to steal you. You’re the reason why so many have lost loved ones. You’re a cause of cancer and major disorders. You’ve taken away peoples voices and their lungs. You’ve deteriorated people’s skin, glazed over their eyes, and robbed them of their youth. Pretended to help people through their problems, and gave false hope. You’ve foiled education and job opportunities, ruined marriages and left children to fend for themselves. You’ve caused violence, helped people fall through the cracks and lead and helped toward depression. You’ve built and helped economies, and gave people jobs. You’ve healed some but killed so many more and made billions of dollars. The world hates you but they can’t live without you.
Love,
Someone who doesn’t love you
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youre getting your drugs mixed up, alcohol really impairs your ability to do anything and its not really the typical artists go to drug, you might be thinking of hallucinogens. alcohol also doesnt give you relaxation, weed, cigs and some pharmaceuticals can if used correctly
the way i see it is like this:
cigaretts: relieve stress, can be used as a temporary crutch for a hard time and will not impair your ability to do anything, but horrible for you
weed: has been smoked in america since its inception (declaration of independence was written on hemp), better alternative than alcohol, impairs you but not to a damaging extent (unless you smoke a mile wide bowl in which its probably best you not reproduce anyway) has created a culture of sharing and brotherly love, mellows people out . on the flip side it makes you ok with being unambitious and is bad for your lungs but honestly i have some friends i know that if they couldnt do weed they would turn to dangerous stuff
alcohol: fun, thats about it, definitely not a good alternative to the above two, negatives are decreased inhibition, permanant brain damage in large doses, inability to do stuff, makes you look stupid while trying to put shoes on, could be the final straw in domestic violence, ect.
hallucinogens: fine if you are mentally healthy, are in a supprtive enviroment and do them for the right reasons.(consistenet to the indian culture around this type of stuff) negatives: staying in a horrible trip for the rest of your life if you do too much/incorrectly, brain damage on some, loss of touch with reality, ect
really anything else (especially crack and meth) have no positive attributes
that was a great story