+1: Agree.

Posted by andy evans (A) on September 24, 2014 at 12:22:35

In Reply to: Agree. posted by Rick W on September 23, 2014 at 23:28:01:

One of the great thing about being a kid is that it's the time when - hopefully - you're the most free of added chemicals. The exception would probably be sugar for a lot of kids, unfortunately. But hopefully this is a life without nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, uppers and downers and all the rest of it.

As adults we can elect to go back to that state which we lived and enjoyed for years where we were virtually chemical free. We can elect to cut out nicotine, caffeine, alcohol and whatever else. Yes - society, billboards and everything else will bombard us with attempts to turn us into consumers of their products but we stlll can shape our own lives.

I know from other forums - e.g. a golf forum where people talk about solutions to anxiety in tournaments - that in the USA solutions are often in bottles. I'm saddened by this. I grew up in a family of doctors who stayed as clear as possible of chemicals - the word was "show me a drug with no side effects and I'll show you a drug that does nothing". Drugs have their place, but not as a go-to first port of call for issues about living life with all its ups and downs. Life is life.

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Topic - Doping in the world of music - middleground 08:43:10 09/23/14 (18)

My wife used beta blockers for one performance - Chris from Lafayette 20:13:47 09/23/14 (2)

"I just don't get that nervous anymore." - tinear 08:08:56 09/28/14 (1)

You're coming down here from Oregon? - Chris from Lafayette 11:59:18 09/28/14 (0)

RE: Doping in the world of music - learsfool 19:37:23 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Doping in the world of music - fstein 19:35:01 09/23/14 (0)

Beta blockers are common in classical musicians - andy evans 13:52:59 09/23/14 (1)

RE: Beta blockers are common in classical musicians - mkuller 08:37:09 09/26/14 (0)

Doping? - Amphissa 12:01:45 09/23/14 (4)

If they enhance performance than doping is an appropriate word . . . - risabet 13:33:04 09/25/14 (1)

They don't make you play better so not PEDs - andy evans 07:41:08 09/26/14 (0)

RE: Doping? - middleground 16:15:59 09/23/14 (1)

RE: Doping? - Amphissa 20:37:31 09/23/14 (0)

RE: Doping in the world of music - Analog Scott 10:07:50 09/23/14 (0)

Violinists were and perhaps are the worst offenders - John Marks 10:01:47 09/23/14 (4)

Exactly -- no big deal at all. Some guys get nervous even tho they're pros. nt - Rick W 11:20:27 09/23/14 (3)

RE: Exactly -- no big deal at all. Some guys get nervous even tho they're pros. nt - rbolaw 12:03:47 09/23/14 (2)

Agree. - Rick W 23:28:01 09/23/14 (1)

+1: Agree. - andy evans 12:22:35 09/24/14 (0)

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+1: Agree. - andy evans 12:22:35 09/24/14 (0)

+1: Agree.

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