Nutrition: The Truth About Drugs and Alcohol

Alcohol:

You know that it’s not good to get drunk and all, so I’m not going to go there… Let’s talk about nutrition.  Alcohol converts into sugar in your body and it kills brain cells.  It’s also very high in calories.  The general rule with things like this is:  If it isn’t healthy and doesn’t benefit your body, don’t put it in!!

Smoking and drugs:

Yes, I’m lumping them into the same category.  These two things are immensely unhealthy for your body.  Besides the fact that you will, most likely, kill yourself with them (one slowly and one quickly), it goes back to the same rule: If it isn’t healthy and doesn’t benefit your body, don’t put it in!!

Remember, you are trying to be the most successful person that you can be...  This is an enormous time for growth and learning in your life...  Alcohol, drugs and smoking will ruin this so don't do it.

But, if you MUST partake in any of the "party" elements listed above (no, I'm not condoning here), always be careful...  Moderation is the key...  Never drive after (or during)...  And NEVER do it the night before a test!  You think math is hard when you AREN'T hung-over?  The next time you are in this state, just TRY to remember the quadratic formula! 

And, of course, don't do anything right before a test either.  Last semester, I was walking around the classroom during a test and smelled something that I hadn't smelled since the last rock concert I attended.  Yep, one of my students REEKED of the stuff.  Dang, I could smell her from 5 feet away.  I'll bet the students all around her were catching a secondary buzz off of her fumes.  So, how's she do on her test?  She got A's on all my other tests... and failed that one.  She made a very poor decision that day.

And, hey, if you still don't believe that eating right and avoiding all the bad stuff won't make a difference in how you feel, let me appeal to your ego...

You want to LOOK good, right? 

That's me on the left.  No, I'm not showing off what a great "hair day" I was having...  Although it was a pretty good hair day and I don't get many of those.  I have SERIOUS hair issues.  That pic is me at age 41.  Yeah, that's right...  41, baby!  And  NO wrinkles yet!!  I still look really young because I switched over to eating really healthy stuff when I was in my early 20's.  I've never smoked, never done any drugs, never drank alcohol.  Smoking, drug and excessive drinking makes you look really old really fast!