MCMLXXIII - thank you. I have commented to the happy clappers, I'd lose my job and family and any self respect by taking this urine-stinking banned-substance and possibly cause damage to the train-travelling public by smoking weed. Weed to me means a weakling who can't confront themselves or their issues. I have the odd drink and smoke a bit, but it is legal if I stick to the RDA. I'm not slagging anyone off, but certain advocates don't respect what impact a SINGLE joint or trace of marijuana would have on my entire life, were I to be drug-screened at work. Sure chronic sufferers of MS and other disease may get respite and I don't dispute that, but the majority have no lifestyle commitments like work or obligations to commuters. If you enjoy chucking your well-earned (or free, thanks to taxpayers, I'm not descriminative) money at criminals and drug-dealers, good for you. I stand to lose too much to get stoned and act like a half-head. Cue how positive it is and gnashing of teeth and stoners telling me I should still take it. Not for me, thanks. If you're in a position to want and be able to line peoples pockets while vegetating, that's your call. I cannot and will never allow myself to succumb to apathy. I care about my family, including my dog, more than me being high and not being able to make informed decisions that involve many of you and your loved ones. Please can ANYONE understand this?
Yours in despair,
Mart.
I loce all you out there but please understand others point of view amd this can go from being a great forum to an excellent one. I respect EVERY one of you, sometimes I disagree with a poster and I check new posts and I am heartened to see the same person REALLY going the extra mile and sharing personal information to a comparatitive stranger. You're all an real asset to this forum. Goody-two shoes, live by the book diabetics are often redundant. We are all (or nearly all) imperfect through our lives with diabetes. I try hard, not my absolute best, as I like to feel normal now and then and balance things out through BG intake. I fell asleep on the bus last saturday. Was on the bus and planning to get a meal in town (25 mins away) and felt tired. The result. Bus driver woke me up telling me I was at the terminus in Wolves City Centre. (Ironic, I said town and then city. We became a city in 2000, with inverness and brighton, thanks maam) I got up feeling drowsy and my brand new android tablet I received an hour before fell out my pocket. Luckily, the driver handed it in and I got it back on wednesday. I'm far from perfect and have the very very occasional lapse. We should all respect each other and we'll all thrive, whether we choose to take the advice or not, there's no experience like real life. Keep on keeping on!
