An elderly man and woman were standing in the grocery store line together and reading about a meth lab that had been found in an old farmhouse earlier in the week.

The woman turned to the man and asked him, “Why didn’t we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?”

The man replied to her by saying that he did have a drug problem when he was growing up. He told her he got drug all kinds of places.

“I was drug to church for weddings and funerals,” he said.

“I was drug to family reunions and community socials regardless of the weather,” he continued.

“I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.”

“I was drug upstairs to my room when I disobeyed my parents, lied, brought home a bad grade, spoke ill of my teacher, or didn’t try my best in everything that was asked of me,” he said.

“I was drug to the kitchen if I got caught smoking a cigarette, and I was drug to the sink and my mouth filled with soap if I used a four letter word.”

“I was drug to pull weeds in the garden and to clear cockleburs out of dad’s field,” he went on.

“I was drug to nearby families and neighbors to help them mow the lawn, chop firewood, and repair the clothes line if they needed to help and I did it without accepting a dime.”

He finished by saying, “Those drugs are still in my veins and affect everything I do still today. They are stronger than cocaine, heroin, or any other drugs. If more kids these days had that kind of drug problem, America would be a better place today.”

Boy if that isn’t the truth! How many of you have had that kind of drugs in your system? I know I sure do! Be sure to share this with your family and friends.