I lack the qualities to fit into the lifestyle
Some people love to watch drunkard displays on the street but nobody wants to have one as a family... The day I got drunk felt like yesterday but it is already 14 years.
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How did it happen? I am not a drunkard nor do I find joy in drinking alcohol except for one... I love palm wine and I drink it a lot. One of the brothers we play football together in the community was celebrating in his house and he invited us, some of us went straight to his house immediately we finished playing football that evening and we were entertained with food and drinks...
I had not finished the food I was eating when they brought in the keg of palm wine and I felt like I had won a jackpot knowing that the palm wine was free and I could drink as much as I wanted, That was how the drinking spree started, palm wine has a sweet taste so you won't even realize how much you have drank or if you are drunk until you stand up.
I sat down and drank to stupor, it was so late in the night when I tried to stand up that I realized I was drunk, I could not even walk straight because the air was blowing me, I felt very light, thanks to my best friend then who was present at the event and he lived in front of my house, he was the one that took me home but he decided to go out again and leave me all alone at home but I refused and followed him right after he left without him knowing if only I didn't because I only went out to cause a scene the way drunkard used to do and they made jest of me the next day at the field. The part that amused me was my parents didn't know I was drunk, I just entered my room and slept off till the next day lol.
When it comes to peer pressure or being influenced into doing something, I believe the person also has an interest in that thing and hence why he or she can be easily influenced into it... There was a time I used to wonder why people love smoking cigarettes and how it makes them feel, my dad used to smoke it too so one day I decided to try out the cigarette butt and it only takes one puff before I started coughing, that was the first and last time I tried it...
I do not like smoke and can't stay in an area with too much smoke, I am going to lose my breath, and since cigarettes are all about puffing smoke, there is no way I can be used to that even if I want to, so no way I can be pressurized or influenced into smoking cos I don't/can't enjoy doing it and I know how injurious it can be to my health.
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Another thing I know that I can be influenced into loving is going to parties, I don't like crowds, they drain me of my energy, and at some point, I start to sweat and feel bored in a crowd, I don't know how to dance so it is not my type they want in a party cos what will I be doing when I see my peers dancing to the hot beat of the music and enjoying the frenzy, I will just sit down and be staring at them...
There was a time I sneaked into a night party hosted in my community because my mum was against it, I barely stayed for an hour before I went back home cos I just stood at a corner watching my friends dance, the fact that I could not join them to dance makes me feel bored and the noise was something else too, I guess I was not designed for that lifestyle, so even if I try I still won't like it because I lack the qualities to fit in such.
Last but not least, I can't be pressurized to do evil to earn money, many Nigerian youths are into Yahoo [ the act of faking their identities online to scam others] and some have even gone far into this act by using their fellow humans for ritual just to be able to get client, Karma is real and evil deed will be paid back with evil, it might just take time... I can't involve myself in anything that will cause tears to others just for my selfish reasons. The presence of the good ones is what keeps the world in existence.
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Not me laughing out my heart from your dramatic story.
Palm wine is very deceptive because you of its sweetness. I got to find out on time and so totally avoided it and anything alcohol. I do t have strength for drama…
You friend would have not allowed you to follow him out again🤣
I could imagine the kind of scene you must have created. Peer pressure does not work on me when it comes to drinking…
No matter what you say,, I drink not🤣🤣
lol if only he knew I followed him, he was also shocked to see me appear in front of him when he got to his destination😅... don't imagine please, it was not that bad but still embarrassing that I misbehaved😄
Ohh my God
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Now I get the full drift
You tagged along
You must have been strong to do that too
How far with you and palm wine? Still indulging?😂
I usually tell my friend that I would like to taste alcohol one day, but I want to be sure I am in the hands of safe people, so I won't be caught on social media streets the following day or doing something I would later regret.
lol nowadays people find themselves on social media without their permission, it is safe to drink it in your house with your husband away from prying eyes waiting to upload it online
I can imagine the embarrassment, I believe you've learnt from that. thanks for sharing...
I learned my lesson and it has never happened again, i am not a fan of alcoholic drinks too, and been long I tasted palm wine xd
Well said. People are only influenced to do the things that they have once had a thought about giving a try. If not, it is really hard and even almost impossible to make a person do something that they hate or are interested in doing in any way.
Also, another person that can be easily influenced is someone who has little or no knowledge or experience about a thing.
yea, sometimes it is curiosity that makes people succumb to getting influenced by others...
It's a great reminder that knowing ourselves and our limits is key to resisting negative influences. Well done!
Makes sense a lot. You can only succeed in pressuring me to do something if I'm actually interested in doing it in the first place lol. Some people however, can't handle peer pressure well, they'll do it anyway just to please their friends or belong "to the crew".
well, it depends on what they ask them to do, I don't think anyone will be willing to jump inside the fire to please their friend xd
Lol, right! That's a non-negotiable thing for perhaps, all people.
One of my cousin sat me down in 2015 and with what he said, he meant to say "aren't you tired of this poverty?"
He wanted me to learn yahoo, so I know so much about phones and the Internet. I told him that I would think about it and never even went back. Of a truth, in that moment I nearly gave in because truly I was tired of the poverty, but perhaps my fear of God and my convictions made me reject it all.
Good you didn't, I have them as street brothers too and most of them are now bathing soap since the normal way is not paying them anymore... Karma is real, It is my guilty conscience that will kill me if I do it. xd
Palm wine should be labeled with drink with caution because the sweetness won't let you know that you've had enough already. I've tried smoking with papers when I was still younger, the experience is enough to keep me off the real ones😂
lolz, yea my first experience with cigarettes also killed the urge to try it again xd... we don't have the good palm wine anymore, they have over-mixed the one they are selling now