Saturday, November 05, 2005

"Shine on you crazy diamond"

A Pink Floyd lyric to a former band member Sid Barrett

Do you ever go crazy?

Ever let go, step outside yourself?

Do you do it chemically, or with alcohol, speed, mdma, dope whatever?

Most of us start out trying everything then we tend to fix on our drugs of choice.

Further down the road we either keep on going to oblivion or back off to being occasional users.

Weekend partakers if you will.

What if you took the wrong road?

What do we mean?

Apart from any moral arguments about laws on drug usage this might still be missing the point

Which is?

That moving into a space of pleasant relaxation without drugs is more interesting than having to rely on drugs.

Drugs all have decidedly negative effects over time.

These effects are psychological, psychical, relational, physical wear and tear on our systems, not to mention the financial costs.

Conversely learning to see the beauty in nature, to meditate, relaxing without having to use drugs has only positive cumulative effects over time.

Improve your health, your life.

Observe for yourself how pleasant it is to feel good 24/7 rather than having to recover from feeling the effects of whatever drugs you use.

Choices, they are always yours, make one today!

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