30 Days of Truth - Day 20

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21 → (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22 → Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24 → Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25 → The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26 → Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27 → What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28 → What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29 → Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.

Well, let's see.  I am a girl who likes a drink now and then.  Matt and I like to try different wines and experiment with different beers.  I've become a fan of the dirty martini (preferably with blue-cheese-stuffed olives).  We even make our own wine (we brewed a special batch as our wedding favors) and Matt's recently started brewing his own beer (he's in the process of making a chocolate stout!).   I think alcohol, to a point, is perfectly acceptable.  But it's a pretty slippery slope.  And I worry about some of our friends on that slope.

Drugs?  Well, that's just something that I'm not on board with.  Sure, I smoked a little pot in my day.  I could probably count the number of times I got high on one hand.  And I never liked it.  It just made me sleepy.  I never had the desire (or the guts) to try anything stronger than that.  I had friends who got into coke, and it changed them.  I had a few friends who popped pills, and I never approved of it.  And I knew of a couple people who got into heroin.  That was scary.  But yeah, I've never really understood the draw of drugs.  It just seems like too much of a risk to me.  Too much can go wrong.  And addiction is not a place I'd ever want to try to crawl out of.