So much word to this. I've led a really sheltered life for the most part (compared to yours, really really sheltered) but I have alcoholism scattered all over the place across both sides of my family, and married a man with the same. I rarely have any alcohol at all, and when I do it's generally been a sip of wine to be polite. I just don't like the taste and am doing my best to keep it that way, because I figure if I ever start, there's an above-average chance I'll never stop, and having been around more than enough drunk people at college... why? Drinking because you like the taste or even for a little buzz I can see. Fine, whatever. Drinking specifically to get drunk ... way beyond my comprehension level.

I just can't bring myself to respect stupid people (or smart people who do stupid things deliberately) and it's hard for me to understand why anyone with any self-respect at all would want to be stupid. And drunk people ... definitely very stupid. Smoking-stupid and smelly. (Most) Drugs-stupid and dangerous. Unprotected sex with one night stands - criminally stupid.

People who accuse liberals of moral relativism and/or immorality make me laugh. True, I don't really care what you do with your own life, but your rights end at your nose. If you're irresponsible, you force other people to live in your mess with you, and probably clean up after it in the end. That's not fair, it's not right, and it's not something I will ever be able to tolerate.

(Sorry for the book. I think this rant has been building up for awhile. One of my cousins-in-law just went and married a girl with a meth(!) problem and I could shake him until his teeth rattled. They were friends before she got hooked and I imagine he thinks he's going to save her, but frankly, I don't think he has the first idea what he's gotten himself into.)