[windysan]

Originally Posted by TexasDumb

WINDYSAN,

I grew up in the 70s...the Vietnam War was raging. Body counts on the 6 o'clock news everynight - I actually thought that soon enough we'd kill them all and they would have no more fight in them.

But, at the time, Vietnam had the 5th largest ARMY in the world...

My father was prescribed Valium for the last 20 years of his life.
I would always "sneak" some for me and my friends....
I guess I never took them on a regular basis as to get hooked...

As far as your mention of growing up in the DRUG CULTURE, we here sure did.

I mean, our teachers in High School, told us we ought to act right and look forward to our futures.....My only future I saw was getting drafted and DIEING in a rice paddy for a 'no good war."

So, we lived hard as if it was our last few years on this planet!

Of course, the war ended when I was a senior in High School and I missed the DRAFT by only about 6 months!!!

When I graduated from High School, we were high-altitude bombing Vietnam as a good-bye present, ha.

Oh well, live and learn.

Glad you didn't have to go. My uncle went then afterward stayed high and drunk for 20 years. He cleaned up and got sober but that war sure had him messed up.