tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post2660660333545076409..comments2024-03-05T23:42:30.151-06:00Comments on The Poor Farm: A ConfessionJeffrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-35356001714381811192009-01-08T14:35:00.000-06:002009-01-08T14:35:00.000-06:00Jeff -- this is the best you've ever written. It'...Jeff -- this is the best you've ever written. It's one of the hardest things anyone can do -- but confession is really good for the sole.<BR/><BR/>I have long suspected that you had a problem with drugs. Having known you as a baby and a small, sweet, shy and curious boy, I was amazed at your personality change and at some of the regreatable life changing decisions you made as you grew into manhood. The divorce was bad, but that's a part of life and you just have to cope.<BR/><BR/>The real problem now (and you'll probably have this for most of your life) is staying off and clean. The measure of a man is not not how he looks or how much money or power he has -- it's how much intestinal fortitude he has and will he keep his word and faith.<BR/><BR/>I'm bettin' on you!<BR/><BR/>Nuckle KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-16557623207650927382009-01-03T19:09:00.000-06:002009-01-03T19:09:00.000-06:00That couldn't have been easy to write, Jeffro....That couldn't have been easy to write, Jeffro. I'm humbled by your honest & raw exposé. <BR/>Before I married Mr. Mo, I was dating a guy who had easy access to pot. I partook a few times. It didn't progress beyond that, but I was pretty impressionable, so had he been more heavily into the other stuff, who knows where I might have gone. <BR/>I do find it rather intriguing that alcohol is an "allowed" drug, but marijuana is not. When was the last time you heard about someone beating their spouse, or causing some kind of disruption, DWI, etc., when they were stoned? <BR/>It just seems backwards. I hear what you say about it being a "gateway" drug, but I've always wondered if that is due to the "black market" aspect. <BR/>Ah well. I'm less "on the fence" over legalizing drugs as I was 20 yrs ago. I was more about Darwinism back then. Sometimes I still question it, though.Mo Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626099339130021636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-87940812915354249682009-01-01T23:06:00.000-06:002009-01-01T23:06:00.000-06:00I wish I could speak publicly about my past use/ab...I wish I could speak publicly about my past use/abuse. I started when I was 14. Many of my "friends" ended up addicted to crack and have long-term health issues because of drugs and alcohol and/or the combination.<BR/><BR/>I'm still paranoid at times. Every time I see a cop I tense up. Haven't touched anything (aside from alcohol) since I was 21. It stopped being fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-87279819116430365102009-01-01T21:16:00.000-06:002009-01-01T21:16:00.000-06:00Jeffro,Great post. We had a lot of the same tempt...Jeffro,<BR/>Great post. We had a lot of the same temptations growing up. Except I would say you had a better dealer than my friends. At a certain point in my life, I think I would have tried just about anything, but wasn't presented a lot of options, thankfully. Older and wiser, with mandatory drug testing too. <BR/><BR/>Just watched a movie with a certain comic drug element to it: <I>Death at a Funeral</I>. It's pretty damn funny.Jerry in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156795615903611248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-61923366789722598712009-01-01T21:10:00.000-06:002009-01-01T21:10:00.000-06:00Good tale, well told and you have me convinced - b...Good tale, well told and you have me convinced - but then I am not the target audience for drug nor alcohol abuse. I do know that the abuse should never be legal - but there should not be a punishment beside marking one as stupid. But someone would say that is cruel and unusual.Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794620086508373660noreply@blogger.com