Ever onwards and we arrive at day 20.
Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Alcohol is a drug and can be equally as destructive as any other drug.
Personally I have no problem with alcohol in moderation but the important phrase there is I have no problem.
For some people alcohol is a huge problem either as a alcoholic or a binge drinker.
My own Father was a functioning alcoholic which means he didn't lay in a gutter drinking cheap booze he held down a job, went about his life but ALWAYS with alcohol in his system, he lived this way and died this way his death certificate read like a text book entry of medical reasons not to abuse alcohol.
I have little empathy for substance misuse blame the person who sells the drug if you like but ultimately it is about saying NO in the first place.
We need more substance misuse education and information for our children, we need more stringent policing and most importantly we need to stop the drugs getting to the streets.
I could go on (and on) about this subject, I doubt there will ever be a solution to drug and alcohol abuse, people will keep doing it and lives will continue to be destroyed.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Faster than a speeding bullet (and more deadly)
I recently split with my partner greenie, a lot of awful things were said and me being me shot off like a speeding bullet crossed with a hurricane and deleted every mention of him I could lay my trembling little fingers on.
In hindsight this was wrong and a very hurtful thing to do to someone I care about.
This is not a ploy to make amends as I fear that ship has long sailed it is a public apology to greenfly. I was wrong honey I should not have gone off half cocked deleting things does not delete you from my head or my heart.
I really do wish you well and hope that one day we can be friends again.
In hindsight this was wrong and a very hurtful thing to do to someone I care about.
This is not a ploy to make amends as I fear that ship has long sailed it is a public apology to greenfly. I was wrong honey I should not have gone off half cocked deleting things does not delete you from my head or my heart.
I really do wish you well and hope that one day we can be friends again.
30Days of Truth-Day 19
What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
My flippant response to those questions would be, NOT MUCH!
I don't want to talk about religion here nor do I want to particularly talk about politics. Two guaranteed subjects to upset or enrage people so I am not saying much about either of them. My religion and politics are nobodies business but my own.
I will say a couple of things though about British politics, it's corrupt and ineffective (like most all politics are) on so many levels.
So if you came looking for a high brow post debating the pros and cons of religion and politics I am afraid you came to the wrong blog. Is this is a cop out? yeppers!
My flippant response to those questions would be, NOT MUCH!
I don't want to talk about religion here nor do I want to particularly talk about politics. Two guaranteed subjects to upset or enrage people so I am not saying much about either of them. My religion and politics are nobodies business but my own.
I will say a couple of things though about British politics, it's corrupt and ineffective (like most all politics are) on so many levels.
So if you came looking for a high brow post debating the pros and cons of religion and politics I am afraid you came to the wrong blog. Is this is a cop out? yeppers!
Quote of the week
I really like quotes I am constantly impressed with how wise some people are. With that in mind I am going to try to find a quote that strikes a chord with me and post it here.
It has been said 'time heals all wounds'. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time the mind (protecting it's sanity), covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
It has been said 'time heals all wounds'. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time the mind (protecting it's sanity), covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Lazy blogger
I am a lazy blogger I am relying too heavily on the 30 days of Truth challenge. I don't need to think about what I am going to blog because it is a safety net I suppose.
I do have things in mind to write about but they are not formulated enough in my head to put fingers to keys so until then (unless something fabulous happens) this blog will remain thin in content.
I do have things in mind to write about but they are not formulated enough in my head to put fingers to keys so until then (unless something fabulous happens) this blog will remain thin in content.
Sunday, 5 December 2010
30days of Truth-Day 18
Your views on gay marriage.
I know quite a few people who are gay (please don't call them gay people, this seems to make the gay part more important that the people part in my opinion)
A person sexuality is their own business who they choose to desire or love is nobodies concern but theirs.
If two people are in love and want to marry they should have the absolute right to do that regardless of their sexuality.
Every couple should have the chance to stand up in front of friends and family (and in a church if they wish) and celebrate their love and committement to each other by taking part in a legal marriage ceromony.
I know many people will disagree with my point of view but this is my blog and my 30 days of truth.
I know quite a few people who are gay (please don't call them gay people, this seems to make the gay part more important that the people part in my opinion)
A person sexuality is their own business who they choose to desire or love is nobodies concern but theirs.
If two people are in love and want to marry they should have the absolute right to do that regardless of their sexuality.
Every couple should have the chance to stand up in front of friends and family (and in a church if they wish) and celebrate their love and committement to each other by taking part in a legal marriage ceromony.
I know many people will disagree with my point of view but this is my blog and my 30 days of truth.
Saturday, 4 December 2010
30days of Truth-Day 17
A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
My mother was an avid reader and there were always paperbacks in my home to which I paid no attention. I liked to be read to as a child but didn't read for pleasure. Every Christmas I would receive a book and every boxing day I just put it carefully on the shelf in my bedroom where my books lived unread.
When I was about eight or nine I was investigating a bookshelf one boring afternoon and I noticed the only hard backed book my mother owned it looked old so I took it off the shelf to see what it was.
The book was Little Women by Louisa M Alcott written inside was my mothers name in a child like scrawl. I asked her what it was and she told me it was a book she had at school.
I don't know why I began reading this book but almost immediately I became enthralled by the goings on of the March family, maybe because it was about a family of sisters and I only had a stinky tormenting little brother.
For the first time in my life I enjoyed reading, I could imagine the sisters in their house, I cried when Beth died, I willed Jo to marry Laurie. I can't remember how long it took me to read the book,when I got to the back page I saw a list of other books written by Louisa M Alcott and there began my love of reading.
It's not a work of literary genius it is a children book that was written in 1868, it didn't change my views on anything profound but it did change my view on reading and learning and most importantly of all that I had a creative and powerful imagination.
My mother was an avid reader and there were always paperbacks in my home to which I paid no attention. I liked to be read to as a child but didn't read for pleasure. Every Christmas I would receive a book and every boxing day I just put it carefully on the shelf in my bedroom where my books lived unread.
When I was about eight or nine I was investigating a bookshelf one boring afternoon and I noticed the only hard backed book my mother owned it looked old so I took it off the shelf to see what it was.
The book was Little Women by Louisa M Alcott written inside was my mothers name in a child like scrawl. I asked her what it was and she told me it was a book she had at school.
I don't know why I began reading this book but almost immediately I became enthralled by the goings on of the March family, maybe because it was about a family of sisters and I only had a stinky tormenting little brother.
For the first time in my life I enjoyed reading, I could imagine the sisters in their house, I cried when Beth died, I willed Jo to marry Laurie. I can't remember how long it took me to read the book,when I got to the back page I saw a list of other books written by Louisa M Alcott and there began my love of reading.
It's not a work of literary genius it is a children book that was written in 1868, it didn't change my views on anything profound but it did change my view on reading and learning and most importantly of all that I had a creative and powerful imagination.
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