i've been struggling with sXe recently... i used to be a druggie, then i went straight and loved it, then i broke my edge and i've been struggling since.
i keep arguing with myself about whether or not to be straightedge. i know i should never do drugs again... but i'm not an alcoholic, and i'm young, so why not drink sometimes?
I'd like to know what made you guys decide to go straightedge... What makes you convinced that you totally don't need booze to live your life to the fullest? What makes you know it was the right choice?
i keep arguing with myself about whether or not to be straightedge. i know i should never do drugs again... but i'm not an alcoholic, and i'm young, so why not drink sometimes?
I'd like to know what made you guys decide to go straightedge... What makes you convinced that you totally don't need booze to live your life to the fullest? What makes you know it was the right choice?
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Re: why?
Wed, July 20, 2005 - 2:38 PMFeed your soul. It is rediculous to attempt as an eternal being to find lasting satisfaction in a world that is temporary(regardless if it is a sXe attempt for happiness or not). If a man is starving stale bread seems pleasurable when eaten, similarly if one is searching for happiness in a pleasure staved world temporary endevours seem pleasurable. But if one gives that same man a nice fresh pizza he will immediately loose his taste in the stale bread and just relish the pizza. I contend that you have not eaten the pizza, which is found in spiritual life and therefore are still attracted to the stale bread. Look for that pizza. -
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Re: why?
Thu, July 21, 2005 - 8:35 AMGreat response Nityananda. Once you try the pizza its hard to go back to stale bread. I think that a spiritual life is more rewarding than a life of indulgence. I don’t feel I’m missing anything by not drinking. I drank three times in my life.
1.When I was 15 I drank half a Busch beer and threw up.
2.I drank half a 40 ounce and took off my clothes and danced on the bed.
3.I drank champagne and a sex on the beach at my cousins wedding.
Why pay money for something that destroys your health, giving you temporary pleasure followed by hangovers. I decided to go sXe because I have a lot of love ones, both family and friends, who were either alcholics or junkies, but are now sober amd others died prematurely while wrecking their bodies and relationships. My best friend died at 22 thanks to the abuse of drugs. He was wild and free as it was also a sXe, but when he moved to WA and I to NY, he got caught up w/ the wrong crowd. It is true that some can enjoy wine in moderation, but than again if you play with fire you might get burned. My life is one without drugs, caffiene, booze, and cigarattes, but I realize that there are many paths. I have friends who are sXe and friends who drink and drug. I know it’s the right choice because I feel that being sober is a high. I don’t need to drink something that tastes awful and destroys my liver to feel alive. -
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Re: why?
Thu, July 21, 2005 - 9:46 AMi couldnt agree more. i am usually the life of a party anyway, and thats without any substance. it just masks reality anyway, its an escape to avoid being urself, and the fear of what others will think of the "real" u. spirituality helps us understand that what others think is not important, what is important is how WE treat ourselves, and with that love, give it to others, then we all benefit.
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Re: why?
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 8:38 PMyou are the only one who can figure out why or why not to go edge. when i went, it only seemed natural. i had never had a romantic relationship with drugs or alcohol and it just never entered my mind to make those things a part of my life. if you are struggling, ask yourself why you drink. more often than not the answer to this question is going to be something insubstantial. we do things not because we want to, or because we feel they are necessary, but often because they are put into our heads by other sources. the media, friends, parents, etc. look into your own heart and find the real reason you do these things and perhaps then you will find your edge.
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Re: why?
Sat, January 7, 2006 - 2:55 PMTo me to like to be in sober mind and light memory. I do not require superfluous dopes, I without alcohol and drugs feel myself excellent. I do not need to drink to be pleased, I do not need to smoke to relax
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Re: why?
Mon, June 19, 2006 - 10:36 AMmy advice- figure out what's in your heart. straight edge is supposed to be for life. and that's why it's such a joke to so many people. because all these kids want to score "scene points" and claim edge faster than you can say 'you'reafaggot'. they dont think about it and actually try to comprehend what's going on inside their hearts. You have every right to drink or smoke or do whatever the hell you want- but THINK before you jump right into edge. Just because you arent edge doesnt mean you're a druggie. I know plenty of people who are just clean because they dont want to claim edge because they dont know if it's something they would want to be for the rest of the their lives.
I chose to be edge not to follow a trend but to be my own person. I know I dont need drugs or alcohol because I see myself in the mirror every day. Im the only proof I need to know that a self destructive behavior doesnt describe my lifestyle. Im proud to be clean and where I am today. Ive gone through some shit and Ive dealt with all the addictions and suicide. I control my own life now- Im happy because of what I have and who I am. Life's too fucking short to spend it wasted and fucked up. Im straight edge because I want to live my life.
I know being edge was the right choice because it's what is in my heart. Im proud to be drug free and strong and where I am today. I have no doubt what so ever that I will stay edge for the rest of my life. Tha'ts how I know it's the right choice.
