This may not be what it appears to be.
Back in the day, I could tell you exactly what it was. No question about it. However, these days, life is extremely different than it once was.
BACK IN THE DAY
Back in the day, if you saw @papa-pepper with some sort of compressed green plant substance in his possession, it would most certainly have been marijuana. Now I'm not going to argue about whether or not there are medicinal purposes, a lot of plants have things that they are useful for. However, I used it in a recreational manner, not for medicinal purposes, and it was more like a wreckcreational manner.
All day every day I live to get drunk, high, and whatever else came my way. I hoped to die in the near future so I wouldn't have to deal with life for much longer and wasted my time away chasing temporary distractions like inebriation and physical pleasure. Each day I would wake up sober, and more often than not, run right back to the bottle, the weed, the cocaine, or whatever else I could get my hands on.
I would lie, steal, and manipulate to try to get what I wanted, and I was a very untrustworthy individual. Basically, I was on the path to self destruction and I would take you along with me if I got the chance. I paid no attention to the future other than looking for my next high or pleasure, and I certainly did not want a wife or any children.
THESE DAYS
These days, I am happy, sober, and have a wonderful and loving family. I've been sober for almost nine full years now and married for over ten. @Mama-pepper and I have five @little-peppers,and rather than living a hard, violent, messed up life for myself in the city, we live a wholesome, peaceful, and relaxed life in the country.
Rather than wanting to die soon I enjoy every day of life and look forward to more. Rather than poisoning my body and negatively infecting the lives around me I now enjoy a healthy life and have a positive influence on others.
Trust me, I couldn't have done it on my own, as it took an act of God to set me free from all that I had enslaved myself to. Without Jesus I can testify that I would still be drunk and high, I would be a terrible parent and a bad example, and my marriage would not have lasted. I still remember the old me and I'm glad he's gone.
Anyway, I was feeding our goats some alfalfa hay earlier, noticed the slight resemblance to a brick of marijuana, and appreciated the incredibly different life that I live now. It made me once again reflect on where I had come from, who I had become, and how much more I enjoy every moment of my existence here these days. Thanks for letting me share, and I appreciate the opportunity I have to share our lives with all of you. STEEM ON!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-alfalfa
Until next time…
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