usn ret Loc: SoCal High Desert

50 th HS Reunion

At my 50th high school reunion a friend asked me, 'Why didn't we have a drug problem when we were growing up?'

I replied that I had a drug problem when I was young:

I was drug to church on Sunday morning.

I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.

I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.

I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.

I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the pastor, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.

I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity.

I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds.

I was drug to the homes of neighbors to help mow the yard, repair the clothesline, and if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, my dad would have drug me back to the woodshed.

Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, or think.

They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem, this world would be a better place.

God bless the parents who drugged us, and for those that didn't, I'm really sorry...

WILLARD98407 Loc: TACOMA, WA.

good thing the Navy had the opportunity to straighten you out.

usn ret Loc: SoCal High Desert

It didn't take, I am still screwed up as ever and as I get older, I tend to reminisce and I still remember with great distaste getting my mouth washed out with soap. Yep, it really did happen......

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Dad drug me out to play baseball when I was seven. This was before T-ball. He managed my team for two years until I could really play. I loved it. Summers were filled with baseball. If it wasn't practice and a game it was pickup baseball with the guys around the neighborhood.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

skeeth

Also, I was drug out to milk the cows, slop the hogs, and cultivate the corn.

kerry12 Loc: Harrisburg, Pa.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Unfortunately, today these drugs will likely land you in jail.

Waterfall9

The young generation for the most part can't remember why those things were important. There are
expectations of more entitlements with an endless supply of income.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Don

SWFeral Loc: SWNM

Yes I remember being drug to many of those same things. Yet I had a sibling who was born an addict before anyone even knew what that was. He turned to drugs even though he was surrounded by"strong family values." My parents didn't neglect a thing, yet they had a son who was a drug addict back in the mid-sixties, and introduced the family to a nightmarish existence for which we were woefully unprepared. So I don't appreciate your smugness. No one chooses addiction, though they make horrible choices because of it.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Somehow I think there's more to the story. Nobody's "born an addict" except those poor children whose mother used drugs while they were in vitro. However, depression CAN lead to drug usage and depression can be biological. Don't label usn ret with smugness, however. It was merely a play on words....in this case the word "drug" and a description of our lives in the 50's and 60's.

JustMePB Loc: Currently Indian Trail, NC.

Unfortunately, in today's society of ours, this is so true.

JustMePB Loc: Currently Indian Trail, NC.

Well said.