My Take: Break the Addiction

This is my response to "Josh Howard Lies Less Than Other Pot Smokers" on ESPN.com by Henry Abbott
These drugs are illegal. It does not matter if "everyone else is doing it" in the NBA .However, in reality, every body's not doing it. Athletes that do drugs(and drink alcohol) are bad examples for younger athletes in high school and college who are pressured by smoking everyday. They say no to it because it will effect there grades, quicks, memory, heart, lungs, and there own credibility to themselves. Others fall into it because they don't want to feel like a looser, a square, or outcast.But in reality the ones who say no, quit using it, or never put themselves in a position to use it are the true succers. Howard's statement imply that he believes that it is perfectly fine, but it is not. Howard makes smoking a every day, OK thing, but it is not. We know that most NBA athletes grew up around drugs. Falling into that life style of drinking alcohol and abusing drugs puts a person into a category of weak minded, selfish, insecure, and depressed about something that that person did not get over in there life. Having those drugs even in the same room that you are in can get you behind bars. But some looked at athletes as the ones who overcame street life and forsook all that they thought they loved. I just hope and pray that Howard changes his mind about drugs before it is too late. I don't want to judge him, but I do hope that he and others can come out of there drug addiction to be example for kids in the streets, in the city, and in the field. In closing, the love for the game will cause you to let that kind of life go. By the way, not every body's doing it.




So ask yourself, "How do I break the addiction?" Well there's only one answer, JESUS. Ask Jesus to save you and change you today because tomorrow's not promised! Turn your life to CHRIST today! Watch HIM work(cleanse you) and fight your battles so you don't have to!