Living in my Reality

A friend of mine was talking to me today and we were discussing drugs and alcohol, and our sometimes problematic uses of substances. I was discussing how I wanted to change my life in certain ways and that in order to do this I have to question the eleven years I have spent smoking grass in the morning. Even before that time I have since high school created a reality where I was juggling my academic career, the perceptions of my family and the reactions of my peers. In any case, my friend said to me that he stopped smoking at Christmas and hasn't started since. Like me he has used substances in a chronic and addictive way, while functioning at a high level in school or employment or social settings. He said, "I just started to need to live in my own reality. Trying to be the man and do all that and be high too ... its just arrogant. It's time to be humble." So thats my word today non-existent people, live in your own reality. My problem is using drugs to avoid my life but for you it might take on another form entirely. Anything that isn't helping you achieve your dreams that you do just to get by isn't a crutch, its a tether holding you back from moving forward in life.