Beyond Understanding

We all know those commercials that say things like friends don’t let friends drink and drive or friends don’t let friends do weed and so on and so forth. But what they fail to realize is that it’s not that simple. How do you tell your best friend that they need to change their habits without pissing them off? Don’t get me wrong, I’m nowhere near the little miss perfect who has never took a single sip of alcohol before in my life. I don’t find anything wrong with that. My problem is with the people who drink a ton then go drive around town. But Drinking is not my main reason for writing this little rant that is sure to piss off a few people in this world. It’s the drugs that really get me. All thru high school I knew people who did different drugs. Hell, half of my graduating class took at least one type of drug every day their senior year. If you were doing them then staying home, I couldn’t really complain. It’s when you take them then come to school where you have responsibilities. It’s getting high and drunk then leading the team or band onto the field that drives me insane. But I can handle being driven insane; life is not meant to be sane after all. It’s people who only get high because of the people that hang around them that make me want to scream bloody murder. Ok so you got into the wrong crowd or fell for someone in the wrong crowd. Big deal. Life goes on. But doing things just because the people you are around do it is beyond my understanding. I know it’s not my life; it’s theirs so I have no right to say anything about it, and so I won’t. I’ll be the good friend who listens when they talk about it and then hope they don’t get hurt doing it. What else can I do? You can’t tell your friend, “hey I love you but you have to stop doing drugs” they will laugh at you or it will cause a huge fight. I need someone to explain to me what the appeal of drugs is. Maybe if I understood that then I wouldn’t have to fight the urge to judge people who do drugs. The only exception in my eyes is cancer patients. If they take marijuana that is monitored by a responsible person then I see no harm. Why you ask? Simply because it helps them keep food down and makes them feel better from all the chemo they go thru. Call me a hypercritic or whatever you want. I know my point hasn’t been very clear but let me clearly state my view point on drugs. It’s your life, if you want to do it then knock yourself out. I won’t judge you, but I will not support you. So to everyone who is friends of someone who does things like that just sit back and watch. If it gets to extreme though, you do need to try and get them help.