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I get a lot of PMs when the paranoia level gets deep and it is interesting to see how many folks won't say anything about it publicly. But seriously guys, here are a few tips to keep you out of the dark place:
1. If you are smoking, ingesting, injecting or otherwise taking in recreational drugs that you do not have a prescription for, cut it out. You don't make good decisions when you are on them. They are contraband and you will feel a lot better when you don't have to hide anything.
2. If you are messing with illegal machine guns, silencers or sawed off shotguns that you have not paid the taxes on, cut it out. You know you are breaking the law. Think about how much better you will feel when you have nothing to hide.
3. If your friends are doing dope or carrying illegal weapons, don't let them ride in your car, and don't ride in theirs.
4. If you have been drinking, don't get behind the wheel.
5. If you feel like hitting your spouse, go get some air.
6. Don't steal anything.
7. If you get a traffic ticket, pay the fine or fight it. Don't let it turn into a warrant.
8. If you are addicted to kiddy porn, please commit suicide.
Always remember that cops are as human as you are. They cannot read your mind nor do they want to. They are blissfully ignorant of your existance until you do something to come on their radar screen. You are not important enough for the FBI to care what you say in an e-mail or on the telephone unless it is in the commission of a crime. You just are not that important.
If you will keep these few tips in mind, you will stay out of jail. You will feel much better about yourself. You won't have to worry about being stopped by the police. Hell, you will even be safer from bad guys.
Take all the money you saved from quitting the dope and put it in a personal retirement account. This will give you peace of mind when you get older, and you will get older because you quit the dope.
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