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I never knew this and never saw this particular set of evidence, but I can't say I'm surprised to see the correlation. Just another way to keep people from falling into harmful drinking habits, so I hope more people see this.

Diabetes may have a reputation for being "Manageable" and some even dicriminate agianst diabetics for being overweight or lazy, but that only applies to Type II diabetes. Type I diabetes is a nightmare. People born with this disease can never have a normal diet and many die young. The stress and pressure of the disease can drive people to drugs and alcohol, which is the last thing people with this disease need.

Joseph posts>>>Substance abuse is described as the excessive use of a substance such as alcohol or drugs<<<

I submit, the operative word “OTHER” would be accurate i.e. alcohol and “other” drugs. Alcohol is a drug, and separating it from other drugs is misleading, and nicotine is another example. I’ve observed for years at support groups and with online forums, addicts making this separation. Alcohol is a depressant, basically similar to benzodiazepine, it affects the vital nervous system, by slowing down vital functions, resulting in slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly. Exclusively, alcohol withdrawal can cause delirium tremens, and can be deadly.

Alcohol is the #2 killer, nicotine is #1. Many claim sobriety while slowly killing themselves with nicotine due to their view, that nicotine is not mind altering, but nothing could be further from the truth. Nicotine is an alkaloid and it affects the brain in several different ways, it changes the brain over the long-term by causing the release of noradrenaline. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, but also acts as a stimulant that produces a slight buzz. Nicotine being an alkaloid, as is heroin, goes directly to the brain.

We’re on the same page, I couldn’t agree more, it’s all chemical. All matter, including me, is made of chemicals. Chemistry being the study of the composition, structure, properties and reactions of matter is universal.

"We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden"

Woodstock
Joni Mitchell
I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an' get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

@Onceaddicted77 I guess if I still smoked weed I could turn up the Pink Floyd and stare at the sky and see which neurons I’ve blown away. But I see what you guys are are trying to get at.

Very deep brother, I like it

Dude are you smoking pot again?
But I agree. I think I told you once I thought about that a LOT when I got stoned. Lol but actually your on to something.

I'm off right now. And I listen to pink Floyd on vinyl still- to me it sounds so much better. In on dark side of the moon about to put on the wall after.
And I'm off today....so, yeah I've actually got pink Floyd playing as I type this.
As for everything else I've got a medical card. So read between the lines.

as you probably know because you have read everything i post, i study my Bible alot...A LOT
and recently i have been staying away from bible studies other people have written. reason being that if i read it without any outside influence i see things that i wouldnt have noticed. which is i believe how God intended us to read His word.
and also i have really been into the book of Eccclesiaties lately- which pretty much confirms what you just said my friend.
good thinking. the book of Genesis also has alot to say about how the cosmos works and all that if you really get deep. i think that all of knowledge (at least what humans can understand) is in the Bible, i recently have decided this after much study.
our brains are limited as we are human, but there is so much science in there its so interesting to see. i was raised a southern baptist, and was turned off from the Bible for a long time.
now i see that God didnt teach or preach religion. He only taught the WAY- thats what Jesus preached

i thought id thow that out there. after discovering this, thats when i decided im not religous- i ont believe in religion.
and i think all of our answers can be found in the Bible. like i said earlier- i think your on to something huge.
and soon i think many will see it. you are wise.
also ive been learning Hebrew and Greek- a whole lot is lost in the english translation.
suttle things that mean a lot and expain a lot...its interesting to me

i agree. the Bible is not a religous book at all. its Gods handbook on navigating through this life. simple as that.

beatiful.
Jesus said "love is the sum of all the commandments."
Heres something interesting since we are on the subject...
This is truly mind bowing too, ok so the book of PSalms- David wrote most of it but not all of it- and it not in chronological order for some reason. but Jesus said that we would know when the end days were drawing near by many things- i will only get into one specific thing tho.
He said "All of the Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy), the prophets (books of prophecy), AND THE PSALMS , must be fullfilled before his return. so i got to thinking...the Psalms must be fullfilled huh? thats not a prophecy book...so what dd he mean?
well i reread it in order. and one chapter even says "Seal this up, for this is for a distant generation not yet born." THAT THEY WOULD BE STUMBLING AS IF DRUNK-BUT NOT ON WINE. THEIR WATER WILL CAUSE THEM TO GET SICK, THEIR SICKNESS WILL CAUSE THEM TO SEEK RELIEF FROM THEIR TORMENT THERE SKIN TO BE AS IF ON FIRE AND THEIR BODIES TO WASTE AWAY AND THERE EYES SUNCKEN AND BLACK.
AND WHEN THEY SEEK RELIEF THEY WILL VOMIT AND BREATH DUST INTO THEIR NOSTRILS....THEY WILL BE A BYWORD TO ALL WHO KNEW THEM. (PARAPHRASING HERE ITS LONG)
THEIR DOCTORS WILL KEEP THEM SICK SO THAT THEY FATTEN THEIR PURSES-AND BOILS WILL ERUPT ON THEIR SKIN FROM THE POISON THEIR HANDS HAVE MADE AND THEY WILL SURELY DRINK IT!
IT WILL BE AS SWEET AS HONEY IN THEIR MOUTHS BUT IN THEIR STOMACHS IT WIL BECOME BITTER WINE. that got my interest i dig deeper- heres where i was mind blown, CHECK THIS OUT- EVEN IF YOU DONT BELIEVE JUST TAKE A LOOK.SCROLL DOWN

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