born again straight edgers

i was wondering how people felt about people who start out as straight edge and then eventually break edge, usually between the ages of 18-25.
contrast this with people who use drugs for a good so many years of their lives and then become straight edge.
personally, i find i respect the people who become straight edge after at least experiancing what it's like to be on drugs.
now i'm going to go X up and bar hop.

Being straight edge is for peeps who don't have access to drugs.

if your not now, you never where, motherfucker!!

I'm Bookedge. I only read books. Magazines are for lowlifes. Scholarly journals are for junkies.

I feel pretty much the same as you, in that I respect someone a lot more who breaks a habit through choice rather than someone who has never experienced something, says it's bad, then decides to do just that a few years later.

Straightedge? More like HOMOEDGE!!!!#^&^@$*@*&^ OMFZ!&*(@&



....sorry.

You're the man.

Who Cares. These people can do whatever they want just don't preach to me to change my life

Im on the edge does that count?



I know plenty of straight edgers (assuming this is drug/alcohol free) who have nothing to do with Christianity and being born again!

Some people are just not interested in doing drugs in the first place. It's not everyone's thing. I mean you have to admit, you have to be a little crazy to want to do drugs.

*Edit for grammar*


[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by RadioPortishead]

Has the edge? Has the Edge gone DULLLL?

People can do whatever they want as long as they STAY THE FUCK OFF MY LAWN.

word.

so you have more respect for someone that tried drugs and no longer does them than you do for someone that never tried them.

if so then that's absolutely fucking retarded. so doing drugs somehow makes you a "better" person or some shit? dunno what kind of crap that is. but ok.

some people just don't feel the need for that kind of thing.

I'm one of the ones that used to and now doesn't. not that I never would I just don't actively seek anything out. no need for it.


[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by Norusdog]

[Edited on Feb 22, 2005 by Norusdog]

I was basically straight-edge until I was 25. And while now I recognize it as a manifestation of my control-freak nature, in the end it served me well. 18-25 were pretty productive years for me, and I wouldn't be where I am now if I spent my time partying. That isn't to say you can't do drugs/drink and still be productive, of course - but most people in that age group get so distracted with that stuff that I feel like they don't always realize their full potentials. For me, that would be sad since my life revolves around being a productive and creative person - but not everyone needs that in their lives.

You don't need to step in shit to know it's going to stink.
I find it's the people who are surrounded by drugs, but can still maintain their chosen lifestyle that tend to be the better people.
Of course walking around with a holier then thou attitude tends to negate any positive outcome from their choices.

I started drinking, smoking and doing drugs at 11 years old.
by the time I was 21 I had dealt with an addiction to hard drugs and quit, but my problems with alchohol became increasingly worse until I finally quit that at 26. close to a year later I quit smoking tobacco.

it all sounds very simple when I just put it down to when I started and quit, but I promise you it was never simple, or easy. because I started at such a young age I had never really learned to grasp the concept of moderation, I did drugs to get fucked up and drank to get shit-faced, it was always all or nothing. as far as drugs were concerned I had to hit rock bottom and see some really bad shit happen to understand that if I didn't quit, I wasn't going to be alive much longer, plain and simple.
alchohol on the other hand ....well, when you wake up with no memory of the last couple days except some swollen knuckles and blood on your shirt, you do the only thing that makes sense and start drinking away your worries and guilt. it's been over 10 years since I've touched the booze and much longer for the hard drugs. I did fall off the tobacco wagon after 6 years, I smoked again for almost 2 years then finally quit again, that was 2 years ago.

but, I don't, and never have, considered myself to be "straight edge".

also, it seems to me that alot of kids conveniently call themselves "straight edge" untill they hit drinking age ...coincidence? I think not.

My philosophy towards life now is that I want to experience as much of it as I can before I croak. You can't do that by placing limitations on yourself. That's why I'm no longer straight-edge or vegetarian. Drugs, alcohol and food are a huge part of human culture. By placing limitations on yourself you're placing limitations how you can experience the world, and that just doesn't jibe with my outlook - but that's just me.

Nice

"Edge 'till 21"
"Edge until my friends aren't around."

I really hate the straight edge holier than thou additude. I think it's great and all if you don't drink/do drugs/etc, but don't act like you're so much better than everyone else. "Harm no one, and do what ye will" and all.

I do have a lot more respect for people who are straight edge after having given up alcohol/drugs, and actually know what it is they're giving up. I didn't drink until I was almost 21, but never called myself straight edge. Now that I've drank for a couple years, I'm trying to quit. But it's for myself. If I do stop completely, I won't look down on anybody else. It's just what's best for ME, and that's all that should matter. (That wasn't in response to Thunderboltz, just the little quotes at the beginning)

I don't care what people do or how they label it as long as they respect my right to live my life the way I choose to. I won't judge a straight-edge or someone who experiments, as long as they don't try to convert everyone they encounter.

I've never known a straight edger who didn't break it eventually. By contrast I know plenty of people who simply don't drink (or smoke/drugs whatever) who stayed that way for as long as I've known them. Personally, I think SE is just as much of a crutch as the things those folks proclaim to be free from.

Thank you

Steak edge for life!