Blood Sugar Sex – Not so magical.

The following post is my musings, and therefore, my opinions. It is not meant to call anyone out, or to bash anyone in any way.

After a year of high school, it’s been interesting looking back on how I’ve changed. Most notably, my attitude towards things like sex, drugs, and alcohol have changed–though don’t worry, not too drastically that I would dream of doing any of them. In a high school environment where all of these things are so commonplace, such non-issues, it begins to rub into someone that these things are OK.

For proof, my level of swearing has definitely gone very up. Although swearing is no where as serious as the three things listed above, it’s a “pathway crime”, so to speak, and unchecked, it could lead to these things. Teachers, guidance counselors, and guest speakers always tell kids in schools how peer pressure is such a problem & an overwhelming cause of illegal or immoral behavior. I would laugh and tell the people around me that no one could ever talk me into smoking, or pass it off as a ‘cool thing to do’. While I still think this is true, I now see a much more subliminal form of peer pressure; a much more effective form of peer pressure. In high school, at least in my experience as a freshman, no one comes right up to you and says “Drugs are sweet. Wanna’ try?” or “You’re so lame because you don’t drink. Have a beer with me after school”. However the mere fact of being around these activities, and hearing about it so much by listening to conversations of more “adventurous” kids, I begin to believe they are okay practices.

I think this is where the danger lies. The slow and subconscious acceptance of these behaviors, which ultimately leads to bad decisions, maybe not right off the bat, but by the end of sophomore year, or junior year, or for the more stalwart, senior year.

One has to make a conscious effort to stay away from these things, and recognize the forces at work, to stay on the right track.

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