AverageJosie got me thinking... I knew that I had been to a lot of states but damn, according to the map-link thing on their blog, I have visited 78% of the country. That's pretty sweet. The only places that I have not been to are the states in the North west, minus Washington. I have lived in 6 states: NY, NJ, IL, TX, MA, and ME. I have only been to Europe once, which was my time abroad. Now I am completely obsessed and want to go to Europe every year from now on. If I stick with golf, then I might be going to Ireland next year for fall break which will be amazing. I absolutely LOVE Ireland. I spent my past Thanksgiving vacation in Dublin with some friends. The people there are so friendly. I also love Dutch people. I went to Amsterdam for a weekend and it was insane. The people (who didn't work in the red light district) were so genuine and nice. I felt like I was in a completely different world when I went there. Weed was legal, which was just so weird because people smoked it out on the streets in public which was so different from what I am used to. Coffee Shops were sweet because you could just chill out there all day and talk to interesting people from all over. The red light district at night felt like sin city. I couldnt believe a place like that really existed. I also went to a few museums: The Anne Frank House, The Van Gogh Museum, and the Heineken Factory to name a few. I loved my time there and I will definately go back some day.
With this ramble about Amsterdam and legalized MJ, I just started thinking about this thing that I watched last night that I was really disturbed by. It was called True Life: I'm Addicted to Meth and it was on MTV. Seriously, what the hell. The two people it focused on were complete wastes of life and just didn't care. This one guy stayed sober for 2 days and treated it like it was the biggest accomplishment of his life. I didn't even feel bad for them because they completely ruined their lives by theirselves. It is so scary how something that is "fun" can destroy your life so quickly. I could never let a recreational drug control my life. The only thing that the the people on the show worried about was how they were going to get their next buzz and it was really quite disgusting. I don't have a problem with marijuana use because I think it will get legalized in the states some day. I saw how the system worked abroad, which was pretty much the same as alcohol. The emergence of Crystal Meth scares the hell out of me because it is seemingly easy to make and so much more dangerous than what people think. My younger sisters are only 5 years younger than me and the things they are experiencing in high school, as far as what their classmates are doing, seem soo much different than when I was in high school. I just hope to God that they make good decisions and don't get sucked into the bullshit that is high school. Sure, I wasn't the best kid in high school but I would never, EVER even THINK about doing meth, or anything along those lines. Yeah, thats about all that I want to talk about publically on this subject.
Cheers, Meaghan
1 comment:
its weird but i don't think that any addict intentionally gets addicted in the first place. all they want to do is have a good time or ease their pain. it may seem strange that i am saying this in such a calm matter, but some people don't know where else to turn. there are numerous alcoholics in my family and it's not something that they meant to get hooked on. just like drugs, people use alcohol to have fun or ease their pain and sometimes they get hooked. it sucks but it happens and it's not always easy to not look harshly on those people (i'm guilty of it myself) but try to think about the various ways that it could have started in the first place and then maybe your mind will change a bit. .SMP.
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