straightXedge and "breaking edge" was a lot of drama for some of my friends in high school. Basically petty hs stuff that I didn't really get at the time. When really it was someone claiming edge and then going back on it after discovering the "wonders" of alcohol or weed. I've grown up pretty straight laced. I've never had any interest in drugs, in fact I was resolutely against them in my youth and it cost me one of my best friends. I've chilled out as I've grown older, but still have no interest in drugs myself. My family's policy on alcohol has always been really lax. If you can have it at home they won't be sneaking out to parties to drink and get drunk. So I've been drinking, in my family's company since I was about 12. Because of that I never saw the big deal about going out and getting drunk. I have a drink every now and then socially. I smoked cigarettes for about a year when I was 18, but have since quit. I hated smelling like smoke and it did nothing for me.
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on 2008-11-04 03:03 am (UTC)I've grown up pretty straight laced. I've never had any interest in drugs, in fact I was resolutely against them in my youth and it cost me one of my best friends. I've chilled out as I've grown older, but still have no interest in drugs myself. My family's policy on alcohol has always been really lax. If you can have it at home they won't be sneaking out to parties to drink and get drunk. So I've been drinking, in my family's company since I was about 12. Because of that I never saw the big deal about going out and getting drunk. I have a drink every now and then socially.
I smoked cigarettes for about a year when I was 18, but have since quit. I hated smelling like smoke and it did nothing for me.