I believe that everything (nearly) with moderation is ok, whether it's eating meat, drinking beer, eating candy, smoking tabacco, having too much sex, watching weird movies... that is *with moderation*. (of course it does not apply to havey drugs but anything less)...
i don't eat meat, and many times it is me that has to explain why i don't, not those that eat it in every meal having to explain why they can't have a meal without. i have my reasons for doing it but i don't like to explain every time it. i do drink sometimes a glass or 2, but equally when there are people that don't drink, i respect them. i'm willing to have a non-alcoholic drink or non-alcoholic glass of wine with them if it makes them feel more accepted (drinking is not a necessity for me to feel good in company, but being forced to eat meat will me break even the 'good' habits if necessary, it's just against me). then, i don't smoke but i understand some do. and when they are out, they like to. due to bad luck with genes, i end up in breathing problems especially in winter when in cold, dry air ... i even exist. so adding to that air people who smoke, i too likely get problems. i don't want to make a noise of it (i am talking about normal cigarettes, just in case it will be clearer) but it has ended to a few embarassing moments.. like going out wiht my cousins in Turin, in a january ... a pub with them and friends: too many people smoking, so i feel bad inside because the smoke in the air makes me breath really badly, and the air outside is so cold it makes me breath badly equally ... both were bad, and i was somehow "antisocial" due to that, the entrance being the most easy place for me (the cleanest air, not sooo cold). and one of the really few times i remmeber i REALLY got angry to someone was when i was in a hospital, to one guy smoking ... i had told him at least 5 times the day before not to smoke INSIDE a hospital, or at least in an other department.. he did not do anything, so continueing smoking in there.. without realizing there were people that were not just visiting, that had problems breathing (okay, this happened in italy if it makes you feel better)... i hate to say "could you please go out to smoke? i have problems breathing in here" but sometimes it's just the thing i should say.. (in winter: i like the summer with the outside bars so at leat the air cicrulates). .. similarly, i do understand those that have other reasons. my cousin does not like to drink ANY alcohol, and i respect her. knowing her story helps to understand it, and i do not expect her to want to explain it to everyone. her dad used to drink too much when she was kid, and she has bad memories about it. ok, i am talking about cigarettes and alcohol .. and the not liking them. the drugs and not liking them can have similar reasons; bad personal memories, or just feeling against them personally-morally .. or whatever.
sometimes having to explain everything 20 times a day gets tiring ... "drugs" is a wide concept, and anything (sports, internet, not eating, alcohol, cigarettes, hash, coca, etc any drug, sex etc) creating dependencies can be seen as a drug ... i don't like even the excessive use of medicines, but sometimes there is no choise. medicines are drugs as well, even when we are prescribed to them and not as our choises. so i can be as anti-drugs as i want to be, but still rely on steroides to breath at all... and those _are_ drugs. i _do_ breath as long as i am here, and it's not always thanks to my miserable lungs... maybe it is just my way to understand all the other dependancy making habits and substances as drugs, but i definitelly classify steroides as drugs, thus i'm an addict (i chose to live= to be one?) ...
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