There are millions of people that a lot of their acquaintances think have it all together when in reality they are a split second away from losing it if they are encountered with the right (or wrong) catalyst. Those 6” between people’s ears can be a football field of torment and demons that even those that know them the best are oblivious to.
People don’t OD on it, they simply go to sleep and then wake up ready to eat an elephant. Tokers don’t get in drunken bar fights and beat someone half to death with a pool stick. They don’t get in a drunken stupor and beat their wives and kids. They don’t even want confrontations. Think of how many talented singers actors drank or drug abused themselves to death. Elvis, Tom Petty, Prince, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Chris Farley, Kurt Cobain, River Phoenix, Len Bias, Belushi, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Hank Sr.. Thats just to name a few yet Willie Nelson and Trigger are still getting it done good as ever at 87 years old. It’s not a wonder drug(In the therapeutic sense) and its not for everyone yet neither is Florida-Georgia Line yet we allow the youth of America to pollute their ears with it so it is what it is.
This is an issue much like the election and the flag change, there are tons that support it but won’t publicly avow it. I have a unique and compelling argument from my story that I shared on FB prior to the vote that I started to share here but didn’t. A few publicly agreed and thanked me for being brave but nowhere near what most would have thought. As many if not more texted me or PM’d me saying the same but were afraid to do publicly. It’s a shame that in the year 2020 people are afraid of being ostracized for simply stating their opinion on issues such as these.
