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03-31-2013, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by lillyknitting

I can't agree with you more. Anything that is a fantastic money-making enterprise is taken over by the government and so-called "legalize". It is a huge money making conglomerate pushed by government and alcohol industries (including believe it or not the NHS and AA). It is glamorized, fantasizes we are totally brainwashed as a society to believe that one cannot possibly have a good time, or socially interact in any way unless we partake in the legal drug. We have been duped, we have been conned and we are paying dearly for it, not just in money but through health and the mass destruction of society along the way.

100% agreed with this and the OP. We are taught to like alcohol; did anybody here NOT spit out their first swig of booze, or throw up almost immediately after their first taste of wine? One of the saddest sides of being addicted to this "acceptable" (ugh) poison is that it takes a lot of work, time, energy and effort to get hooked on it in the first place. People don't wake up one morning and decide to become addicts.

I'm all for looking at the big(ger) picture. In general, DON'T follow the crowd.