On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties

Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by issa on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:30PM (#34101293)

This sounds very strange to the uninitiated, but I grew up in a part of the punk music scene that was rebelling against drugs and alcohol. As someone who has never had a drink, I've never seen the appeal, and I always wonder why more people don't give it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge

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Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by kyleyeats on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:32PM (#34101314)

Your comment made me try this URL which works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sXe

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Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by issa on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:50PM (#34101438)

even better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xvx

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Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by mattl on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:50PM (#34101436)

Wikipedia Straight Edge is the link bellow

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Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by oggadog on Thursday December 22, 2022 @09:03PM (#34101532)

This is actually pretty big in Sydney, and I was inspired by a few people I'd met that were in hardcore / punk bands that were all straight edge!

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Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by rufus_foreman on Thursday December 22, 2022 @09:04PM (#34101540)

I love straight edge music. Some of my favorite memories of the early 90's are from living in a squat where we would get some money together, get a keg and get trashed listening to Fugazi's Repeater.

Which also might sound strange to the uninitiated: we rebelled against straight edge people.

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Re:On why I gave up drinking in my early twenties by holler on Thursday December 22, 2022 @09:25PM (#34101674)

Same reason people don't give up their morning latte, a relationship, food, behavior, or anything else that brings them pleasure.

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