Shameful Post

     I got in late last night and was too tired to right a respectful post for today (I usually write my posts a day in advance).  I'm going to write a really long post about Cannabis/Marijuana and what I think about its usage in terms of addiction.  Should be fairly interesting for some people though it may be controversial (depending on your thoughts).

     That being said, I'm far far away from any drug on Earth and I'm simply still living clean and it feels fabulous.  Here's a little song I found when I was watching Conan one night.  It's from "Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros".  I thought it was kind of pertinent to my life because when I first watched it I think I was around 40 days sober, and the song was called "40 Day Dream".  I used to think drugs were my dreamland but I now realized sober life is where I want to be living.  Drugs were simply a nightmare that I convinced myself was magical.  Kudos to all my followers.  Look for my "Pot Post" tomorrow.  Adios.

Drug Addiction around the Globe

     I thought this was a very interesting video.  It covers the lives of addiction in Pakistan after funding for drug rehabilitation programs were cut.  It's interesting to see that drug addiction can creep up in any country on Earth; that we are all indeed human and share many traits.  I find it quite sad and discouraging that a government could let addicts who were actually getting treatment become infected by simply using dirty needles.  Even in a very strict nation like Pakistan drugs are still a major social issue.  Seeing grown men wasting away like dying animals is quite a sight indeed.

     I think we don't do enough for drug addicts in the United States.  At some point we have to recognize drug addiction for what it is, a medical disease.  Throwing drug addicts in prison only prolongs the addiction.  They may be clean for a few months to years but there is no real treatment.  There can be no hope to the future while being trapped in a cell with strangers everyday.

      Tell me what you think about drug addiction across the globe and in your home country.  Do you want to eradicate all drug addicts?  Is addiction a disease?  Let me know.

My Heart Aches for Lonely People

     Some of you have seen this video before, others maybe not.  It was a short A&E "Intervention" episode chronicling the life of an old semi-famous boxer who became addicted to crack.  I look at this video and I see a man who has been lost in a jungle of despair and agony for so many years that it's unfathomable.  I really don't think I've ever felt so scared in my entire life than after watching this video and seeing in this man everything I felt.  Only this man felt it for many, many years.


     I can't imagine ever putting my family through any of this.  This man is so lucky to have a group of people who loved him enough to tell him that he needed to get help.  I've never been so grateful for my family; the people who were there for me and still loved me after all I did had come to pass.  They were there to pick up the pieces and guide me toward a brighter future for myself.


     I don't want to ever put any of my future children through my addiction.  You can to this man's kids and hear the anger and frustration and sadness.  It's really chilling, it's really human.  At the end the man lets out a sad moan that is just heart wrenching.  Most people laughed at this and it become kind of an internet joke but I've never heard a sadder cry.  He was trying to not let anything come out but all the years of his addiction came belting through his voice.  It's like hearing a lamb being slaughtered or hearing a human being being tortured.  I don't ever want to see this... I don't ever want to be this....


     I haven't had any cravings to go back to drugs, and watching videos like this really effects me to the point where the thought of any type of drug sickens me.  I'm going to stay safe and strong and I'll hope you'll all do the same.  Love your family, love your friends... you never know when you'll have to depend on them and whether or not they'll be there for when you need them most.