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Post by ET had AIDS on Jan 7, 2019 20:36:38 GMT -5
theicwguy, I went a year without using anything, and I simply thought of it as such: I'm sober. Sobriety is what it is. I don't need a title for it. As things stand right now, I enjoy to indulge. I don't do it daily or hurt other people in the process. I do appreciate you don't look down. I can respect your lifestyle and do, but still don't see why it needs a label. I don't label my use.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jan 7, 2019 20:38:30 GMT -5
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. Addiction is terrible too, I'm not denying this. There's a line between recreational use and being a full-blown drug addict though.
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 7, 2019 20:46:52 GMT -5
theicwguy, I went a year without using anything, and I simply thought of it as such: I'm sober. Sobriety is what it is. I don't need a title for it. As things stand right now, I enjoy to indulge. I don't do it daily or hurt other people in the process. I do appreciate you don't look down. I can respect your lifestyle and do, but still don't see why it needs a label. I don't label my use. I respect that you don't use it in a way to hurt other people and of course there are varying degrees of addiction. Like you said, dipping in and out of that indulgence is one thing. Glad to hear your not hooked. Hell, I'm at college studying art and design and literally 3 quarters of the guys/girls I'm around daily - smoke/get drunk regularly, even currently do or have done drugs in the past. I don't judge. I like that we can have differing opinions but agree at the same time. I personally like the label as I think it sums me up pretty well plus I enjoy hardcore punk music.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jan 7, 2019 20:49:24 GMT -5
I still like Minor Threat. lol
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Post by Darkhawk on Jan 7, 2019 21:47:40 GMT -5
I've never drink alcohol, taken drugs other than prescribed medication for when I get super sick or smoke. Usually it's people who I hate that regularly smoke/drink and I choose not to walk the same path as them. Plus being clean from everything really makes you look younger and not age as fast.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 8, 2019 4:18:00 GMT -5
Nope. I don't drink, because alcoholism runs in my family. But I smoke and vape like a smokestack. I'd like to give smoking up, but until I finish school and land my job, I'm just too stressed.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jan 8, 2019 12:21:22 GMT -5
I am, but not for the same reasons. My indigestion and acid reflux problems are why I don't drink. I quit smoking just cause they are like $13 a pack in Chicago. F that. And as far as drugs, I have a very addictive personality so I don't want to be an addict, which is exactly what I'd be. I hate the term and think it's a trend for image reasons, the same but different kind of thing. For the better though obviously. I don't identify to it. I just dont drink or smoke anymore. These are reasons why I’d stop but I’ve cut down on drinking/going out so I don’t have the acid reflux problem as much. My cigarettes cost £8.75 (used to be £6) but I’ve cut down on smoking drastically so I’ll buy a box a week if that. To answer OP, no I’m not straight-edge, would be cool if I was though because my nickname is actually Edge lol
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 8, 2019 12:33:16 GMT -5
I am, but not for the same reasons. My indigestion and acid reflux problems are why I don't drink. I quit smoking just cause they are like $13 a pack in Chicago. F that. And as far as drugs, I have a very addictive personality so I don't want to be an addict, which is exactly what I'd be. I hate the term and think it's a trend for image reasons, the same but different kind of thing. For the better though obviously. I don't identify to it. I just dont drink or smoke anymore. These are reasons why I’d stop but I’ve cut down on drinking/going out so I don’t have the acid reflux problem as much. My cigarettes cost £8.75 (used to be £6) but I’ve cut down on smoking drastically so I’ll buy a box a week if that. To answer OP, no I’m not straight-edge, would be cool if I was though because my nickname is actually Edge lol If you have a female partner then technically you are a 'straight' edge lol.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jan 8, 2019 12:39:30 GMT -5
These are reasons why I’d stop but I’ve cut down on drinking/going out so I don’t have the acid reflux problem as much. My cigarettes cost £8.75 (used to be £6) but I’ve cut down on smoking drastically so I’ll buy a box a week if that. To answer OP, no I’m not straight-edge, would be cool if I was though because my nickname is actually Edge lol If you have a female partner then technically you are a 'straight' edge lol.
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Post by Zigzag on Jan 9, 2019 17:59:32 GMT -5
I'm being kept alive by prescription meds, so...
Even if I wasn't, still, I enjoy alcohol on special social occasions. Glass of wine or bottle of Guinness.
That's all. I agree with the whole 'Straight edge is only broken once' point in this thread.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on Jan 9, 2019 18:26:12 GMT -5
I've been Edge my whole life, was introduced to it all thanks to Rise Against and realised I was living the lifestyle without knowing. That band along with other hardcore punk bands got me right into it and it just gets stronger and stronger, especially with AFI, XTRMST and Eighteen Visions (all 3 are 3 of my favourite bands) all leaning hard into edge lyrics and such.
WExKEEPxTHISxOATH
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 9, 2019 18:30:58 GMT -5
I've been Edge my whole life, was introduced to it all thanks to Rise Against and realised I was living the lifestyle without knowing. That band along with other hardcore punk bands got me right into it and it just gets stronger and stronger, especially with AFI, XTRMST and Eighteen Visions (all 3 are 3 of my favourite bands) all leaning hard into edge lyrics and such. WExKEEPxTHISxOATH Wow bro! Rise Against is 1 of my all-time favourite bands...EVER! AFI too hence why I listed McIlrath and Havok above.
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Post by The Sexy Psychotic on Jan 10, 2019 2:42:03 GMT -5
I've been Edge my whole life, was introduced to it all thanks to Rise Against and realised I was living the lifestyle without knowing. That band along with other hardcore punk bands got me right into it and it just gets stronger and stronger, especially with AFI, XTRMST and Eighteen Visions (all 3 are 3 of my favourite bands) all leaning hard into edge lyrics and such. WExKEEPxTHISxOATH Wow bro! Rise Against is 1 of my all-time favourite bands...EVER! AFI too hence why I listed McIlrath and Havok above. Ha they were mines for years till I discovered Eighteen Visions, need a heavier sound in my life
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Post by RybackV1 on Jan 10, 2019 20:08:05 GMT -5
I was until like 16 then had my first drink. Then later on I had some issues but have luckily been all clean since August and plan to keep it that way
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Post by BSR on Jan 10, 2019 21:16:57 GMT -5
Hell no lol
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Post by Crossfit Jesus on Jan 15, 2019 15:22:24 GMT -5
I’m straight edge as well. I feel weird at time with my friends cuz I’m with them at times when they’re smoking and drinking and I’m just there doing neither haha
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Post by theicwguy on Jan 15, 2019 15:35:44 GMT -5
I’m straight edge as well. I feel weird at time with my friends cuz I’m with them at times when they’re smoking and drinking and I’m just there doing neither haha
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 20:14:38 GMT -5
Im definitely straight edge, never have touched any alcohol or weed or cigarettes or drugs or whatever throughout my life. I respect anyones right to do whatever they want as long as it doesnt hurt anyone either, but I never saw the appeal tbh so I just never got into anything. Its hilarious when I tell people I dont drink or anything, they cant believe ive never touched anything at least once.
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Post by hellojoeivers on Jan 21, 2019 9:21:11 GMT -5
When I was 18 I'd just started going to local metal and hardcore shows, Myspace was in full swing, and being straight edge was 'cool' in the scene. All this was going down and I did something stupid when I was drunk. In the aftermath I sat down and thought 'yeah, I'll be straight edge, that's something cool I can put on my Myspace'
I stuck to it for about 4 months or so, then when I went to Download Festival the first time, I broke in about half an hour. On the last night I ended up getting food poisoning from eating a burger which I knew wasn't right, and ultimately ended up in hospital shortly after getting home. I didn't drink again after that, then about 6 weeks later I was sat on my couch in my flat and just kinda had a conversation with myself. I realised that while my 'reasons' for claiming the lifestyle weren't particularly good (IE: doing it because it was 'cool'), it was something that I did believe in. That was August 2007 and I've been straight edge since. I became vegetarian in 2012 too
As for a few things discussed here; I get people saying that they don't get the whole idea of labelling yourself. I mean to each his own but if you don't get it then you just don't get it. I was a bit elitist in my earlier years but I'm older and a bit wiser now, I see things in colour rather than black and white. I struggle with excess in my life, I'm not good with money, space, eating, things like that. I know I'm not perfect, but I know that by making sure I'm clean of anything that can alter my mind, I can at least have the best shot I can possibly have at being the best version of me that I can be
As for James Hetfield. Look, he drank a lot of booze and took a lot of drugs, he'd not shy away from that. For my first 24 years I ate a lot of meat. The truth is it's never too late to make a change. To be honest, Hetfield is more qualified than any of us to be straight edge. If you can claw back from that lifestyle and live a clean life then you've earned those two words more than anyone
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2019 10:34:40 GMT -5
I don't label myself, but I've not once ever sipped alcohol, puffed a cigarette or even seen a drug. I'm 27 next week.
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