It’s funny how life changes. Three weeks ago, the latest round of sonograms for my wife’s pregnancy revealed that we would be having a baby daughter. That, after hearing my daughters heartbeat for the first time was the two of the most magical things I have experienced, ever. Within the fuss and worry of our first child, I have found a strange serenity, a peace I have never known.
Eight years ago, however, that serenity was the farthest thing from my mind, I was too busy getting stoned off of my ass. I would wake up in the morning and get high, had five minutes free time at work, get stoned, and so on. I smoked so much the euphoria that pot gives you faded into this bland foggy misery. I was trying to obtain peace through chemically lobotomizing myself, and failing, all the while being miserable.
At that point, and my eventual recovery afterwards, fatherhood was absolutely unthinkable. I knew in my heart that I wasn’t able to care for myself, and the thought of fatherhood sc
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Yea! my first real post of substance
With the exceptions of a few close friends and family, I really don't discuss politics anymore. The reason? Simple, it's the current " if you're not with us you're against us" mindset that both major political parties are engaged in. Neither party wants to comprimise anymore, or when a comprimise is being discussed it is, more often than not, double-speak for "we're doing it my way."
The sad thing is, this mindset has now filtered down to the party faithful. I have seen the words "conservative" and "liberal" used as the most vile of insults when describing someone. I have also seen shouting matches and fist fights break out over political differences. Both sides believe that the other side is either evil, stupid, or both, and both sides believe that they hold the moral high ground.
So who is right? Democrat or Republican? In my opinion the answer is, it depends on the i