Smoking, Dipping, Drinking, Burning: Why or Why Not?

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Re: Smoking, Dipping, Drinking, Burning: Why or Why Not?

I just can't logically find a reason to put pure poison in my body. That is what alcohol is. Poison. I refuse.

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Re: Smoking, Dipping, Drinking, Burning: Why or Why Not?

Couple of stories
Growing up with a parent who constantly smoked, I just hated breathing in the secondhand smoke. I told myself I would never smoke anything. But, I grew up in a small town, and was moved up to varsity sports in high school starting freshman year, so I was kinda moved into the in-crowd instantly. Myself and 3 of my friends my age were always in with the seniors and even former grads... so naturally we all started drinking. After games on friday nights we'd go to all the parties n ish with the older kids and just get messed up. I guess i kind of succumbed to the peer pressure of being popular and all as a freshman and just went with it. Anyways, all my friends started dipping (especially baseball and football teammates), blazing, smoking cigars... all that stuff in Soph. and Jun. year. It's so hard when everyone around you does that crap, but I just wouldn't do anything else other than drink. Even though I have plenty of friends that dip, smoke, and blaze I just refused to do it... It isn't worth it to me. Funny thing is, that all these friends eventually quit most sports by Senior year just wanting to drink and smoke all the time, and I was the only one left who kept playing (Our athletic teams weren't very good my Senior year because of this.) So I eventually kind of lost these friends, or at least we weren't as close, because I didn't want to partake in the activities.

When I got to college last year, I, like so many other new students, would drink alot. I mean like almost every night during my freshman year me and my new buddies we would get messed up. I did fine my first semester and got like a 3.5 GPA, but second semester I stopped going to classes because I was always hungover, and it really hurt me, plus it was a ton of money out of my pocket. I only had a 2.1 GPA in the 2nd semester. On top of that, I put on something like 18 pounds (even though I worked out it wasn't muscle). And I also ****ed things up with the best girl I've ever dated, because I would get messed up all the time. So last summer, I kind of looked at myself, and decided the drinking wasn't worth it either. So, I have gone the last almost year without drinking a sip. Everything has changed for the better, and all of my friends respect my decision to not drink anymore.

Smoking: It's a person's choice... but I hate walking on campus and having smoke blown in my face from someone walking by. Never tried, Never Will
Blazing: Never tried, Never Will, falls into the cigarette thing.
Dipping: most I have done is smelled the can once. Enough for me.
Drinking: Used to, while it can be fun, it also has consequences.