The Coach
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Post by The Coach on Jan 6, 2019 21:49:37 GMT -5
I am for personal reasons. Alcohol and drugs don’t bother me to be around and I have friends who partake in both.
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Post by LK3 on Jan 6, 2019 22:27:46 GMT -5
I wore a straight edge bracelet for a while years ago until it snapped. At the time I bought it I had never drank, smoked, etc., though I didn’t view myself as straight edge I just thought it looked cool and would go with my CM Punk merch lol. I think I still wore it after I eventually had alcohol, just because. If anyone asked about it I always said it was because I was a Punk fan.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Jan 6, 2019 22:32:20 GMT -5
I've been around the really destructive aspects of drugs and alcohol for most of my life, including watching tremendous athletes that should be on WWE TV now throw away not just their careers, but life, to drugs and "partying".
It's not something I need in my life. I *am* the look down on you straight edge type, because I literally don't see any reason to drink until you lose facilities, do drugs until you pass out or hallucinate. If your life is that messed up that you have a chemical need for self destruction, you need more help than lighting something on fire and putting it in your mouth or sticking yourself with a needle can bring.
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inreimwetrust
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Post by inreimwetrust on Jan 6, 2019 22:33:00 GMT -5
Never touched a drug or alcohol in my life.
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Post by Mark Martin on Jan 6, 2019 23:25:16 GMT -5
Yep I am. Never smoked a cigarette, touched a drug and never drink.
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Kyle
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Post by Kyle on Jan 7, 2019 12:07:22 GMT -5
I spent my teenage years as a devout straight edge. I got made fun of. A lot. I can say very confidently that it shaped me in to the responsible adult I am now. I drink, occasionally smoke, and use smokey mountain herbal snuff, but EVERYTHING is in moderation. I do nothing because I HAVE to. I love having a cold beer after work, but not getting drunk. I love hanging around my firepit with friends and enjoying a cigar. I love popping in a snuff pouch while I'm working. Hats off to anyone who is straight edge. It doesn't mean you're better than anyone, it just makes you self aware of your body and decisions, which the younger generation desperately needs nowadays.
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Jan 7, 2019 13:18:43 GMT -5
I don't drink, smoke, or do any drugs. Just never felt that draw toward them.
That's as far as it goes. I eat meat and processed foods. I wish I could swear off prescription meds but the medical establishment have their claws dug too deep in me already, the b*stards.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jan 7, 2019 14:24:08 GMT -5
I am not, but I don't begrudge anyone that is. I go through multi-year spells where I won't touch alcohol for no particular reason. I had my first batch of drinks in over two years this past December. I think classing it even "casual" would be a stretch. "Sparingly" might be a better word.
I think when you're James Hetfield, you're "x number of years sober", not "straight-edge".
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 7, 2019 14:57:07 GMT -5
I am not, but I don't begrudge anyone that is. I go through multi-year spells where I won't touch alcohol for no particular reason. I had my first batch of drinks in over two years this past December. I think classing it even "casual" would be a stretch. "Sparingly" might be a better word. I think when you're James Hetfield, you're "x number of years sober", not "straight-edge". According to Wiki he is lol. I'm not a big Metallica fan. I knew of the wrestlers minus Jackson and all the singers bar the Arch Enemy lady. I'll likely add more.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jan 7, 2019 15:21:44 GMT -5
I am not, but I don't begrudge anyone that is. I go through multi-year spells where I won't touch alcohol for no particular reason. I had my first batch of drinks in over two years this past December. I think classing it even "casual" would be a stretch. "Sparingly" might be a better word. I think when you're James Hetfield, you're "x number of years sober", not "straight-edge". According to Wiki he is lol. I'm not a big Metallica fan. I knew of the wrestlers minus Jackson and all the singers bar the Arch Enemy lady. I'll likely add more. That dude engaged in a lot of consumption during his younger years to throw his Xs straight faced. I know he prefaces it with some 'born-again' business, which I don't particularly get. As far as I've understood it, straight edge is something you really only get one shot at claiming.
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 7, 2019 15:39:44 GMT -5
According to Wiki he is lol. I'm not a big Metallica fan. I knew of the wrestlers minus Jackson and all the singers bar the Arch Enemy lady. I'll likely add more. That dude engaged in a lot of consumption during his younger years to throw his Xs straight faced. I know he prefaces it with some 'born-again' business, which I don't particularly get. As far as I've understood it, straight edge is something you really only get one shot at claiming. True, I mean there are varying degrees of the straight-edge lifestyle. Some go as far as being vegan and refraining from even casual sex. Steering clear of all drugs but making the exception for anaesthetic could potentially blur those already unclear lines in the eyes of some. In a business like wrestling, for example if a straight-edge guy sustains a serious potentially career-ending injury but could be fixed by surgery. Is he/she really breaking the code of conduct for something completely out of their control? I'm not calling you out man just wondering how some people interpret it.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Jan 7, 2019 15:55:08 GMT -5
That dude engaged in a lot of consumption during his younger years to throw his Xs straight faced. I know he prefaces it with some 'born-again' business, which I don't particularly get. As far as I've understood it, straight edge is something you really only get one shot at claiming. True, I mean there are varying degrees of the straight-edge lifestyle. Some go as far as being vegan and refraining from even casual sex. Steering clear of all drugs but making the exception for anaesthetic could potentially blur those already unclear lines in the eyes of some. In a business like wrestling, for example if a straight-edge guy sustains a serious potentially career-ending injury but could be fixed by surgery. Is he/she really breaking the code of conduct for something completely out of their control? I'm not calling you out man just wondering how some people interpret it. I dunno. I don't live the lifestyle, so I'm far from the guy to ask about hardline regulation. I just know that, from those I know that do live their life that way, now matter how hardline one may or may not be, the consistent factor is that it's sort of a one shot deal, i.e. we're all born straight edge, and you only get to break it once, whatever that definition may be for your particular approach. I don't begrudge Hetfield for getting his life in order or any of that, but for as reputably...'adventurous' as he and the rest of the guys in that band were for most of their run, to hear him flying the straight edge flag just seems kinda silly.
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TOOxSW33T
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Post by TOOxSW33T on Jan 7, 2019 17:13:46 GMT -5
I'm not Straight Edge as I drink every new year but part from that I don't smoke or take any drugs I won't even go to the doctors or hospital lol
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Post by 5th Horsewoman on Jan 7, 2019 17:54:32 GMT -5
I have toned it down a lot since having kids but in my teens did everything but meth.
Drink a couple times a year now but nothing more.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 7, 2019 17:58:04 GMT -5
A little insight on my original response- I am a frequent blood donor. Whole blood, platelets & plasma. I am also an organ donor. I like to think if I keep myself clean, there is less of a chance of a recipient having a bad reaction or complications from receiving my blood product.
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Post by snatch on Jan 7, 2019 19:02:28 GMT -5
I like beer, so nope. I also don’t like labels.
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 7, 2019 19:26:32 GMT -5
I like beer, so nope. I also don’t like labels. Appreciate the honesty!
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jan 7, 2019 19:30:18 GMT -5
god no.
And even if I didn't do drugs or drink coffee or whatever you're not allowed to do, I wouldn't sanction myself with the title. If I choose to not drink or use, then I'm simply abstaining. Putting a label on it feels dire.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jan 7, 2019 19:42:05 GMT -5
True, I mean there are varying degrees of the straight-edge lifestyle. Some go as far as being vegan and refraining from even casual sex. Steering clear of all drugs but making the exception for anaesthetic could potentially blur those already unclear lines in the eyes of some. In a business like wrestling, for example if a straight-edge guy sustains a serious potentially career-ending injury but could be fixed by surgery. Is he/she really breaking the code of conduct for something completely out of their control? I'm not calling you out man just wondering how some people interpret it. I dunno. I don't live the lifestyle, so I'm far from the guy to ask about hardline regulation. I just know that, from those I know that do live their life that way, now matter how hardline one may or may not be, the consistent factor is that it's sort of a one shot deal, i.e. we're all born straight edge, and you only get to break it once, whatever that definition may be for your particular approach. I don't begrudge Hetfield for getting his life in order or any of that, but for as reputably...'adventurous' as he and the rest of the guys in that band were for most of their run, to hear him flying the straight edge flag just seems kinda silly. There's a perfect example of why the label is so ridiculous. He used drugs for a long time. He stopped using. He's simply not using. The whole title is a huge turnoff to me. A lot of good punk music labels itself as SXE unfortunately, too.
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 7, 2019 20:05:31 GMT -5
I dunno. I don't live the lifestyle, so I'm far from the guy to ask about hardline regulation. I just know that, from those I know that do live their life that way, now matter how hardline one may or may not be, the consistent factor is that it's sort of a one shot deal, i.e. we're all born straight edge, and you only get to break it once, whatever that definition may be for your particular approach. I don't begrudge Hetfield for getting his life in order or any of that, but for as reputably...'adventurous' as he and the rest of the guys in that band were for most of their run, to hear him flying the straight edge flag just seems kinda silly. There's a perfect example of why the label is so ridiculous. He used drugs for a long time. He stopped using. He's simply not using. The whole title is a huge turnoff to me. A lot of good punk music labels itself as SXE unfortunately, too. But as Prophet of Ash said. What pleasure is there in getting addicted to something to the point your life depends on it? I'm *not* the look down on you type of person. I'm not even a dick about it like CM Punk used to be. Half my friends don't even know I am SXE. It's a personal choice dude. No-one forces you to be straight-edge. But at the end of the day - if you neither smoke, drink or take drugs isn't that essentially beating around the bush. It's basically all in the same, labelled SXE or not.
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