Do not try this today
Different time
Different upbringing
70’s Fort Lauderdale-Miami drug scene
Father
Raised during Great Depression
World War II
Served under General Patton
Marching
Helping
Liberate
Europe
He loved his boy
One day
He put a hatchet on the kitchen table
Told his teenage son
“If you ever touch drugs I will chop your hands off”
I have never used illegal drugs in my life
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I love the note at the end, this is not parenting advice.
I think that threat definitely worked. It certainly made an impression
I’ve had a similar upbringing by parents from the same era… But it’s still a very myopic view IMHO…
Damn straight, my friend!