I've been straight edge for my whole life considering the fact that I've never tried anything but all of my friends smoke weed and/or cigarettes and drink. I don't care obviously, I let them do what they want and I don't judge them for it but being around them when they're smoking or drinking gives me a constant reminder on why I'm straight edge. I don't know if its rude, but I look at the way they seem to involve weed or alcohol in a lot of parts of their life and sometimes seems like it's the only way for them to have fun and it always reminds me that I don't need that stuff to have fun. I'm not sure if this comes off as rude, because I really don't want it to be. I would never judge my friends for the things they do and I always remind them of that but having this mindset makes me kinda feel like I am. I'm not sure if anyone else has had a similar experience but I just wanted to put this out there.

What do you do to remind yourself of the reason for the commitment? Attachment to items, a particular song, a hobby, etc…

Family, education, reliability, Cooking and going to the gym, the swatch, XXX music playlist, and my adidas sambas motivate me to remain committed and to follow through and wake up in the morning. Some days I feel like my brain is absolutely shot and then 15 minutes later after some laser focus everything is great knowing that I’m the absolute captain of this computer we have in our heads that we should be maintaining.

When I was about 17 or 18 years old, I met a bunch of “straight edge“ people in the scene who turned out to not be edge at all, and it lasted about two months for me before I separated myself. I am now in my 30s and have a newfound understanding of straight edge. Since then I’ve battled with addiction with alcohol and have been sober for a few years now and have decided to claim edge based on the principal it actually means something to me now as opposed to when I was a kid trying to “fit in” for a couple months I know a lot of folks would have mixed opinions on this. I do have quite a large amount of edge friends who have been nothing but supportive and encouraging of me claiming edge again

straight edge made me feel safe to go back into the punk scene without fucking up my life or my body to feel accepted again. im ready never to go back xxx

I have bouts of depressive episodes, and I will have days where i don’t want to be awake. I’ll take 7-8 melatonin and sleep for about 10 hours and wake up and take more to go back to sleep. I’ve been sober for 6 months now and have been pretty good about doing this kind of thing. It was definitely prevalent when i was homeless sleeping on a couch. But i am curious if yall would consider behavior like this breaking edge? I guess it could be seen as like “escapism” because you’re using a medication to skip the day. I guess the only difference between booze is that you’re awake as with this you’re asleep. Also don’t do this! The rebound insomnia isn’t worth it.

I smoke and very occasionally drink at the shows, so I don’t want to cause any beef but I really am a huge fan of their music.

Hey guys! So I go to a lot of concerts but most of the bands I listen to drink and smoke. The only Straight Edge bands I know are Sue and Have Heart. I first heard about Straight Edge in High School when the lead singer of Have Heart came to talk to us about being Straight Edge. I worry that if I start embracing Straight Edge with like patches and stuff I'll be seen as a poser. I've never smoked or drank and frankly it kinda disgusts me. I love the free water at concerts and hate when people spill beer on me or smoke near me. I also don't mind being mistaken for a minor when I get the X's drawn on my hands at shows.

Also 100% open to checking out more Straight Edge bands!

Hello, my xvx band recently dropped an EP.

Can find it here: https://xdegradationx.bandcamp.com/album/freaks-to-the-front

We are looking for a drummer, we have some people filling in at the moment but would love someone permanent.

Thank you

Heya!! I went to this festival called Whole last year and loved it. I planned the whole year to go again this year. Health got in the way. To be honest, addiction.

So I’ve put my anger and resentment of not going to making some art, and produced a little pocket sized zine for craving management! If anyone would like to see it or buy one, let me know and I can send you a link for purchase, we can trade or I’ll just send you one for free if you feel like this is a tool you’d actually use 🖤

Hey there, I'm planning on moving to Glasgow in the new year and have been told there's a decent edge community in the city - very exciting!

Anyone on here an active member of the scene? Got any recommendations for venues, local bands, other social things happening amongst sober punks in the city?

Would love to know some of the spots to be and even meet up with a couple heads when I move over if possible.

All the best 🙏🏻🤘

Australia used to have some great edge bands back in the early 00's but what's around these days??

Does anyone here know about the straight edge culture in Santa Barbara, California? I go to UCSB and it’s possibly the least straight edge place I’ve seen in the world: everyone parties and drinks and hookups and I hate it. Is there a straight edge culture here at all? I want to meet like minded individuals

Hey everyone, my band Absentlight just recently put out our debut EP “A Side Effect of Mourning”.

We are a straight edge band out of Washington state and Illinois. I am putting the link to our Bandcamp in case anybody wants to check us out. We are also on all streaming platforms

Check us out I guess 🤷‍♂️
You can follow us on instagram at @patronofbeggars too if you’re into that

Any straight edge out here in the West Midlands UK? Seems impossible to find anyone

For example I keep my original XXX playlist that plays 24/7 no matter what I’m doing with about 20h of old to new X music. I began building my kitchen routine around growth and my gym routine is traditional weightlifting like from Pumping Iron. Before X, I was not using the gym regularly and usually just during sports seasons which defeated the purpose of ever growing. X keeps my energy levels way more leveled out and my mental health plus the gym routine have made education and career choices much more close to me and more valued personally. The gym came with x is all I’m saying.

https://youtu.be/UmKSU8T7p18?is=_xxotC4_TLrXawF8

From T&F Podcast/Hellsheart Merch Co-- the last part of the Top 25 Victory Records Albums of 1990-2000. What do you think should be on the list?

PART ONE OF THREE

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https://youtu.be/D4YMoqgzyOA?is=E7KDK1oG_sAL_cBl

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Is there much straight edge powerviolence out there like explicitly edge shit? I'm fairly new to the whole subculture and have only really stumbled upon the metallic hardcore and beatdown and youth crew sorta stuff and I was wondering if there were any out there

Let's say it's a hypothetical fundraiser for your favourite worthy cause.

Would you break edge for charity? What's your price? Would it matter if you had to drink one drink or actually get drunk? What other factors should be considered here?

No, there's no "we'll double your contributions, if you cover up your tattoos" clause, haha.

I'm coming at this from a microeconomics perspective, but I also think this is less offensive and less unethical than other scenarios where people's identity / lifestyle could be leveraged this way (vs for example religion, or being vegan, etc).

(Disclaimer: I think too much about the effectiveness of charitable giving, etc.)

Been absolutely pumping the hell out of this album since it dropped last week!!

Hey y'all just asking since I was born In 2001 and have been edge for 3 years asking if there's any fellow Gen z edgers?? gen z's drinking less than previous generations.