X STRAIGHT EDGE X

Straightedge is about yourself. It is what you make it to be for yourself. Straightedge is about gaining and or maintaining control over your life by staying clear of the worldly temptations imposed upon so many of us. It's not about what other people do. Straightedge is keeping an open mind and not imposing your views on others. It is about self-respect and respecting others through that self respective people could releaise that when they say "So you don't drink or anything, WOW I wish I could be like that" then why the fuck don't they or is it that you won't fit into the social construct if they don't go to the bars and clubs or that they won't enjoy yourself more if they don't take a drug to quote "enhance your mind and way of thinking, to make things better" . They know for a fact that drugs don't make you more intelligent they fuck you up, over a period of time, some quicker than others and if they can't enjoy what they love to do with out the drugs they mustn't of enjoyed it in the first place. I don't mean this in a militant way, because I don't believe militance is the way to reach other people, I don't dislike people who aren't straight edge, I dislike their actions. Sure, I get made fun of by some friends and family for the choices I've made, but I don't let it put me down, I feel it makes me stronger. I'm not militant, but sometimes it makes me so angry when I see people ruining their futures. I think about the film Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hide, quite alot and to analyze what is it exactly? Dr Jeckel, a man well respected by society as a doctor and a polite person. Mr. Hyde, a creature unknown and detached from DR Jeckel showing the world he's darkside of life, uncontrollable and raged to murder loved ones of Jeckel after he had taken an experimental liquid drug to become this abomination. This also happens in life everyday where(for example) people go to a pub or club for the purpose to normally become drunk, which then becomes loudness, uncontrollable outbursts, aggression, brutalness, forgetfulness, and regrettable circumstances. People are always trying to make me out to be a hypocrite by trying to find something I do that is related to drug use in some way, shape, or form, or try to tell me that I'm an idiot for getting a straight edge tattoo on my body because I'm not going to be straight edge my whole life, how the fuck can someone say what I do and don't believe in and how I am going to live my life. Its like saying to a homophobe "how do you know you are going to be heterosexual for the rest of your life, maybe you might get attracted to the opposite sex one day". I am not a homophobe or a raciest all I'm saying is why waste a precious second of your life ruining your health by smoking and drinking(alcohol or caffeine), you should make each day as if it was your last day, you only have one life to live, don't waste it having no respect for your body or your health. It is a personal movement, a personal philosophy, a personal lifelong choice, and in my opinion a very healthy one, it means to be tolerant, respectful and, of course, clean. You even got to be respectful to yourself!