Straight edge thread.

[Lefty's Revenge]

So I noticed there was a drunk/high thread and I was curious if we had any straight edge people here and if so what made you make the decision to be straight edge?


My biggest reason is theres a long list of addiction in my family so I just didn't think it wise for me to drink/do drugs.

I also have some control issues and the idea of not being in control of myself or waking up the next day or night and not knowing what I did is terrifying to me.

Thats all. I'm not preachy at all. You'd never know unless you offered me a beer repeatedly.

So how about you guys?

 

[Mechanism Eight]

I'm fucked up enough as I am by default.

 

[Super Collie]

My partner is of poor emotional health and is one of those cases where antidepressants cannot be prescribed due to the heightened risk of self-harm. Aside from that, the order from the doctor was actually "no mood altering drugs, prescribed or recreational". So, because he can't, I don't partake myself. Doesn't seem too fair, that was my reasoning at least.

Both of us also don't like the way booze tastes/feels so we just don't drink it because it sucks.

 

[exball]

High is lame.

 

[wheat pasta]

the idea of not being in control of myself or waking up the next day or night and not knowing what I did is terrifying to me.

A really big reason I'm never going to do recreational drugs.


I also have no use for drug-induced trips because I practice things like lucid dreaming and astral projection. The things I see and hear.. I don't know how drugs could do anything for me that I can't already do for myself.

I drink socially (and sometimes a small amount of say, Irish creme if I'm having an awful time falling asleep), but it's an extraordinarily rare occasion. Other than that.. I dunno, I was prescribed Xanax for my awful anxiety problems but I'm managing those without medication these days.
I suppose I'm straight edge because being sober is really fun. Haha.

 

[Silver]

Got drunk once and hated it, no interest in feeling those effects again, not even slightly. Plus, I can't stand the taste of alcohol.

I would absolutely not mind getting high again though, it's just that I am a complete wuss when it comes to doing illegal things and weed is not legal in my state.

 

[Glaive]

 

[AtroposHeart]

Just never appealed to me

 

[Objection!]

Weed really doesn't do much for my pain and can sometimes aggravate it. Alcohol has empty calories, makes me tired, and makes my joints hurt (which might be from me not noticing how I'm positioned is bad for me until it's too late), other drugs aren't appealing to me.

Besides, I'm under chronic pain management and the pills I'm on now are strong enough. Often the side effects are not fun, they're annoying. I want to get up and go to work and come home and be with my family and be active, but the side effects can really get in the way sometimes. Don't need more of that crap.

Oh yeah, beer, wine and most spirits don't taste good to me. All I taste is the bitter or alcohol and I require spirits to be mixed. I just don't like wine at all except dessert wines and even then, not enough to keep a bottle around the house and beer's just too bitter, period. I will say I enjoy a lambic once in a great while because they're sour and fruity instead of bitter and soggy.

 

[littlebiscuits]

I just want to say, as one of the resident forum drunks, I fully support people who choose not to drink/smoke/whatever. I myself love to drink, but not everyone does, and that's fine. I hate how people feel like they need to make excuses not to drink so they don't seem lame or uncool. It's just too bad. If ever I'm at a party and there's that one person who doesn't want to drink, I always try to make them feel included and/or stop everyone else from giving them a hard time. You should just be able to say, "nah, I'm not into it" and have everyone be fine with that.

 

[Konstantinos]

My Mom drank quite a bit back in the day and I can't say I was ever too impressed by her behavior while under the influence. That's probably the big reason I've never been too drawn in by the temptations of booze and drugs. That and I find the escapism and decadence of excessive usage to be utterly repulsive. I don't plan on ever trying either.

 

[Duke Nukem]

I don't do any drugs or use tobacco products. I drink pretty rarely these days. Considering how it puts me in a mood for violence and aggression, I stay off of the booze for the most part.

I have a friend at work who downs a fucking 12 pack of Old Style a day at least. Not my kinda lifestyle, but whatever. A beer once in a while is OK though.

 

[Watermelon1337]

I can drink but I have no intentions of getting drunk. My family is rampant with alcoholism and addictive personalities so I've never been okay with being around other intoxicated people. Some family members used to get drunk around me and bring up things from the past and cry or yell about it and I've never thought I wanted to do the same thing. I don't mind taking the edge off on a bad day but I will never go far enough to start getting too dizzy or lose control, it scares me to think about that.

I've never smoked a cigarette. I've used a vape pen when my mom comes to visit but I don't get anything out of it.

I don't care about getting high on weed much, I think I've only done it twice last year for migraines, but even then it doesn't work that well. I can feel weird sometimes already if I'm having a bad day with my disorders so I don't see the thrill of it. I never like being around my friends when they smoke too much of it because then no one wants to do anything or talk to each other so I just get bored.

 

[Overcast]

My family has never had a good history with alcohol. My parents both had to kick their drinking habits before my brother and I were born, and my grandmother's husband's liver is pretty much non functioning.

Between all this and me possibly having an addictive personality, drinking and doing drugs probably isn't the smartest idea for me.

Sometimes, I kinda feel like I'm missing out. A lot of the people I come across with like to go out and have drinks with people, and it would just feel awkward for me to participate in these kinds of things and not drink. But then I remind myself of what I just said above and try not to feel too bummed about it. I know it sounds silly, but that's how I feel.

I'll admit, the idea of getting high intrigues me. Part of me wants to know what the sensation feels like. Although I'd rather not chance an addiction just to see what it's like.

 

[Van Darkholme]

This would never work out for me, I love being drunk way too much. I don't do any other drugs though. I smoked some weed once and it wasn't nearly as nice.

 

[KatsuKitty]

I guess I would qualify because I don't really drink (rarely) or do drugs. Straight edge doesn't include sex though, does it? Because I could never give that addiction up.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I grew up in a religious family so drugs and alcohol were a no no when I was growing up. I also have a pretty serious medical condition, so I have a pretty good reason to abstain from drugs and alcohol.

 

[tehpope]

I don't drink, smoke, or do any recreational drugs. I take some prescribed meds for various shit, but thats it. I've just never been interested in drinking and probably won't try any tobacco ever. Thought about taking X a few times, but never had access to it.

 

[Blueberry]

Because I'm bored with alcohol and cocaine.

 

[Abethedemon]

Because I'm underage and don't want to get in trouble with da law.