I smoke sometimes. I'm 15. I don't plan to waste my life nor get lung cancer. I've done drugs. I don't plan to stop experimenting because in my mind every new trip and high is a new perspective. There's no reason to hate something you've never done. There's no reason to rule out anything because us as humans know nothing. I'm not constantly buzzed. I've never been caught. I'm not stupid enough to try something like heroin. I have straight As except chemistry, but come on, nobody's perfect. I am me. That's who I choose to be.
I disapprove of your choices but I respect that you choose what you want to do.
As long as you never put yourself in a position where you can't pull out (addiction) or affect anyone else I will withhold judgement.
However
I do feel that the fact that you're doing something illegal at an age significantly younger than the legal age does indicate something about you.
I don't know. Inclination to disregard authority? Recklessness?
I prefer to do everything I can to not get in trouble. That's just how I am. And that means that I do my best to stay out of things that could be construed as "doing the wrong thing" because I don't want to have to deal with anyone or anything even if I am in the right.
I like to play things very safe in other words.
Even the authorities are just people like us who have lived and experienced life in their own way. What one thinks is right may not be the same right thing for another and we all have the right to explore the colors outside the typical black and white some presume as the best way to live.
I never did any of it just for the heck of it, I used to be so against everything bad but then I realized I can't just assume and have to look at both sides. The cool thing about being an individual is having the free will to go against or with whatever you feel.
As long as you never put yourself in a position where you can't pull out (addiction) or affect anyone else I will withhold judgement.
I do feel that the fact that you're doing something illegal at an age significantly younger than the legal age does indicate something about you.
I prefer to do everything I can to not get in trouble. That's just how I am. And that means that I do my best to stay out of things that could be construed as "doing the wrong thing" because I don't want to have to deal with anyone or anything even if I am in the right.
I like to play things very safe in other words.
This actually happened in Canada though