Last week, while standing in line at a place I absolutely HATE and will not name, a man standing to my right was having a conversation with someone about how much he hates prescription medication. I could kind of feel him on preferring to be med free because that's how I roll too. I don't believe that I need to take a pill each and every day of my life to be ok, especially when that pill doesn't even work. And especially because taking a pill isn't going to change my physical reality. I do believe that some mental disorders require a "drug for life" plan to stay safe and sane, but not all, and I am in the not-all category.

So anyway, as the line inched along I could do nothing but continue to listen in on his conversation and continue to secretly agree with him, that is, until he said...

If God, and my weed, and my crack can't keep me cool, then I don't need nothing else.

I immediately flipped my SideKick and jotted this revelation down. I had to. It was one of those "What The Fuck" moments. Who in their right mind would actually tell someone, everyone in the vicinity, that they are a well and functioning crackhead?? I have heard a bus load of folks admit to being weed heads without shame, but never a shameless crackhead, NEVER. And since when did crack become a prescription med substitute? Probably around the same time that they started handing out medicinal marijuana cards to mothafuckas that ain't even sick! And about that marijuana, why is being a weed head cool??

Listen, I know that times are extra bad right now, and for some, good times are a rare occurrence, but damn! There comes a time when we just have to put the blunts and crack pipes down and receive the help that people offer. Doesn't matter if you actually want to stop or not, you have to realize that you are addicted and stop lying to yourself and those around you. If you're ingesting stuff for no damn reason at all, but to run away from problems that are still gonna be there whenever you come down from your high, then guess what? You are addicted. Ok!! And you know what else? That shit isn't cute, or cool, or anything else other than a cry for help and we hear you.