let me start out my explaination from how i found straight edge to my past to my main reason and then to my minor reasons.
i started claiming edge when i just turned 14. i found it when i was reading a biography of davey havok [singer of AFI] and i read that he lives a straight edge lifestyle. i didnt know what straight edge was so i researched it out of curiosity and once i knew what it was, i immediately knew it was for me. i started claiming edge but wasnt open about it until 6 months or so later. i've never smoked, never done any drugs, and i've never been drunk or had anything more than a sip of alcohol and the last time i had alcohol, i was 10.
my main reason: i never knew my biological father. drugs turned him into a horrible man. drugs turned him into a man that would abuse my mom mentally and physically. not to metion he attempted to murder her a couple times and tried kidnapping me as well. when my mom and him first met, he was the greatest guy anyone could ask for. but drugs turned him into another person. growing up without a father and with a distant mother isnt easy, i know a lot of you know what thats like. i blame drugs for not having a father and growing up without a father figure and family foundation has affected me. thats the main reason why i'm edge.
growing up, i was raised with my grandparents. my mother really wasnt there until i hit JR high, but even so, she was still distant. my grandfather is the closest thing i will ever have to a father. he brought me up to be a good person with a big heart and most importantly, a gentleman. he always told me to never do drugs or smoke and stuff. HE has never done drugs or been drunk or smoked and because he is the closest thing i have to a father, every little thing he tells me matters so much to me. He is another reason why i am edge. i love him so much.
my grandmother is an alcoholic and my family has been plagued by alcoholism. also, i've seen my step dad when he's drunk and its really a great dissapointment. thats another reason why i'm edge.
growing up in school i was taught to not do drugs or smoke and drink but thats a minor reason.
the last reason is because its common sense. its better for your body. isnt having a clean body better than a body with lots of poisons and impurities and toxins running through your vains? thats deffinantely not a healthy way to live.
I'm Strait Edge, well because it's how I was raised. I was raised to not smoke, not drink, not do drugs, and not have sex before marriage. I CHOSE it though. I didn't take my parents' teachings at face value. I never have. I've always been one to find things out on my own. I tried wine once. but it was a sip, under my parents' supervision, and it was gross. I like the taste of some drinks, but I always get virgin ones, because first of all, I'm underage, and second, I don't want to allow something else to control my actions. I also have the added benefit of not getting in trouble for it. lol.
I became straight edge when i realized sxe people will rule the world last time i smoked was about 5 it was cool like sxe kids but dont do drugs there bad and you will lose scene cred and your myspace fiend count will drop and you dont want to do that why dont you guys just kill yourself so you wont get tempted
The reason I'm straightedge is because I used to smoke, drink and I realized it was stupid, wasn't for me. I will not lie but I broke edge when I didn't take it seriously and I have regreted it ever since. A lot of people around my town think it's cool to smoke, drink, do drugs etc. etc. Everything straightedge is standing up against. I believe it's a good choice it just took me awhile to get in the right direction.
I am sXe because for all my perceived "accomplishments", I am really just a ticking timebomb. I was bordering on alcoholism, and drug abuse, and I am making a stand here and now to turn my life around.
sXe is the right path to take. there's no two ways about it. What's constructive about getting smashed up 24/7?
Hm, only drank once in my life, and smoked a few times, and simply didn't find it fun. Honestly, I only found it gross, and not at all appealing.
Have one brother who had been to rehab twice, and another one who got kicked out of 4 high schools for drug sales. I love them to death, but had no intentions on following in their footsteps. My mom also has a very low tolerance for alcohol, and when she is drunk all it does is piss me off. I did not want to be that person.
My brother has since died, and I want to be able to live my life fully and not under the influence. I want to be fully aware of my surroundings at all time.
Lastly, I work out 5 days a week and my health is very important to me. I also just don't find it safe to drink or be under the influence of drugs, because the only person I trust with my body is myself, and what am I supposed to do if I'm barely coherent?
Growing up as a kid where I live, I saw people all the time, drinking, smoking, talking about it, as a kid, I wondered about that stuff, all the time. When I would go to family parties, I saw my cousins and uncles drinking, more, more, until they were acting like complete idiots creating problems with my family, saying stuff they probably shouldn't have. When I got older, I noticed some other family members getting involved with smoking and drinking, my cousin nearly died because of peer pressure and was sent to the hospital to pump out all the alcohol he had in his stomach. Now, going to high school, I literally hear kids talking about getting "fucked up" or other stuff, everyday, in almost every class. Now, I didn't mind it at first, thats their choice. Thats fine. But once you hear it every single day, it really gets to you, and you end up saying, "Fuck that." I have many friends who drink and smoke and I respect that, its fine, in fact I hardly have straight edge friends. But I get to choose how I want to live, and this is what I chose. To me straight edge isn't a label, I hate it when people call it labeling yourself, cause it's not, straight edge to me, is like a movement, it's life.
Oh and that "SxE Merch" Crap, is ridiculous. Straight edge isn't a mark to made by fucked up corporations who have no idea what straight edge is and just want the money, to anyone that's reading, don't by that stupid shit.
To that one guy that's mocking straight edge. How the fuck do you lose popularity by doing drugs? I dont know where you live, but it must be a nice area, huh? If you do drugs, people wont like you? Wow, doesnt sound right. All I know is that where I live, the most E you can do makes you the coolest kid.
Cris: That "SxE Merch" isn't something by a corporation. It's stuff I designed (most of it is based on my own straight edge tattoo) to show my pride in being Edge. I like wearing clothing and pins that show my commitment to others. Sure, SxE is my personal choice, but I also want to shwo the world that I am making these choices. I put it up there for others to show their pride. If you don't like it, that's fine everyone is allowed to have an opinion on how they show their pride.
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My cousin almost went to prison for murder, possesion etc and he didn't know b/c he was high..
His debt ruined my Aunts life, he was my idol.. 2 Kids I know dead from alcohol (none were even 21 yet).
Mainstream culture worships false idols (beer, drugs, sexual conquest money etc etc)
But mostly b/c after I made the choice living clean made me happy, and is helping me fill out what it means to be me.
let me start out my explaination from how i found straight edge to my past to my main reason and then to my minor reasons.
i started claiming edge when i just turned 14. i found it when i was reading a biography of davey havok [singer of AFI] and i read that he lives a straight edge lifestyle. i didnt know what straight edge was so i researched it out of curiosity and once i knew what it was, i immediately knew it was for me. i started claiming edge but wasnt open about it until 6 months or so later. i've never smoked, never done any drugs, and i've never been drunk or had anything more than a sip of alcohol and the last time i had alcohol, i was 10.
my main reason:
i never knew my biological father. drugs turned him into a horrible man. drugs turned him into a man that would abuse my mom mentally and physically. not to metion he attempted to murder her a couple times and tried kidnapping me as well. when my mom and him first met, he was the greatest guy anyone could ask for. but drugs turned him into another person. growing up without a father and with a distant mother isnt easy, i know a lot of you know what thats like. i blame drugs for not having a father and growing up without a father figure and family foundation has affected me. thats the main reason why i'm edge.
growing up, i was raised with my grandparents. my mother really wasnt there until i hit JR high, but even so, she was still distant. my grandfather is the closest thing i will ever have to a father. he brought me up to be a good person with a big heart and most importantly, a gentleman. he always told me to never do drugs or smoke and stuff. HE has never done drugs or been drunk or smoked and because he is the closest thing i have to a father, every little thing he tells me matters so much to me. He is another reason why i am edge. i love him so much.
my grandmother is an alcoholic and my family has been plagued by alcoholism.
also, i've seen my step dad when he's drunk and its really a great dissapointment. thats another reason why i'm edge.
growing up in school i was taught to not do drugs or smoke and drink but thats a minor reason.
the last reason is because its common sense. its better for your body. isnt having a clean body better than a body with lots of poisons and impurities and toxins running through your vains?
thats deffinantely not a healthy way to live.
You guys don't have a fallow option what's up with that?
Go Edge Or Go Home
Straight Edge means I'm Better than You!!! That's All!!!!
I'm Edge because it's better. Better for you, for me, for everyone.
I'm Edge because I don't want to ruin my life with wordly pleasures. I'm Edge because I want to enjoy and live my life to the fullest.
I'm straightedge because I'm smart.
I'm Strait Edge, well because it's how I was raised. I was raised to not smoke, not drink, not do drugs, and not have sex before marriage. I CHOSE it though. I didn't take my parents' teachings at face value. I never have. I've always been one to find things out on my own. I tried wine once. but it was a sip, under my parents' supervision, and it was gross. I like the taste of some drinks, but I always get virgin ones, because first of all, I'm underage, and second, I don't want to allow something else to control my actions. I also have the added benefit of not getting in trouble for it. lol.
E-mail me if you want to.
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I became straight edge when i realized sxe people will rule the world last time i smoked was about 5 it was cool like sxe kids but dont do drugs there bad and you will lose scene cred and your myspace fiend count will drop and you dont want to do that why dont you guys just kill yourself so you wont get tempted
sxe 4 life yo
The reason I'm straightedge is because I used to smoke, drink and I realized it was stupid, wasn't for me. I will not lie but I broke edge when I didn't take it seriously and I have regreted it ever since. A lot of people around my town think it's cool to smoke, drink, do drugs etc. etc. Everything straightedge is standing up against. I believe it's a good choice it just took me awhile to get in the right direction.
I am sXe because for all my perceived "accomplishments", I am really just a ticking timebomb. I was bordering on alcoholism, and drug abuse, and I am making a stand here and now to turn my life around.
sXe is the right path to take. there's no two ways about it. What's constructive about getting smashed up 24/7?
Hm, only drank once in my life, and smoked a few times, and simply didn't find it fun. Honestly, I only found it gross, and not at all appealing.
Have one brother who had been to rehab twice, and another one who got kicked out of 4 high schools for drug sales. I love them to death, but had no intentions on following in their footsteps. My mom also has a very low tolerance for alcohol, and when she is drunk all it does is piss me off. I did not want to be that person.
My brother has since died, and I want to be able to live my life fully and not under the influence. I want to be fully aware of my surroundings at all time.
Lastly, I work out 5 days a week and my health is very important to me. I also just don't find it safe to drink or be under the influence of drugs, because the only person I trust with my body is myself, and what am I supposed to do if I'm barely coherent?
Growing up as a kid where I live, I saw people all the time, drinking, smoking, talking about it, as a kid, I wondered about that stuff, all the time. When I would go to family parties, I saw my cousins and uncles drinking, more, more, until they were acting like complete idiots creating problems with my family, saying stuff they probably shouldn't have. When I got older, I noticed some other family members getting involved with smoking and drinking, my cousin nearly died because of peer pressure and was sent to the hospital to pump out all the alcohol he had in his stomach.
Now, going to high school, I literally hear kids talking about getting "fucked up" or other stuff, everyday, in almost every class. Now, I didn't mind it at first, thats their choice. Thats fine. But once you hear it every single day, it really gets to you, and you end up saying, "Fuck that." I have many friends who drink and smoke and I respect that, its fine, in fact I hardly have straight edge friends. But I get to choose how I want to live, and this is what I chose. To me straight edge isn't a label, I hate it when people call it labeling yourself, cause it's not, straight edge to me, is like a movement, it's life.
Oh and that "SxE Merch" Crap, is ridiculous. Straight edge isn't a mark to made by fucked up corporations who have no idea what straight edge is and just want the money, to anyone that's reading, don't by that stupid shit.
To that one guy that's mocking straight edge. How the fuck do you lose popularity by doing drugs? I dont know where you live, but it must be a nice area, huh? If you do drugs, people wont like you? Wow, doesnt sound right. All I know is that where I live, the most E you can do makes you the coolest kid.
Cris: That "SxE Merch" isn't something by a corporation. It's stuff I designed (most of it is based on my own straight edge tattoo) to show my pride in being Edge. I like wearing clothing and pins that show my commitment to others. Sure, SxE is my personal choice, but I also want to shwo the world that I am making these choices. I put it up there for others to show their pride. If you don't like it, that's fine everyone is allowed to have an opinion on how they show their pride.
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