The Cucumber Pickle Theory of Substance Abuse

IN THIS BLOG I AM GOING TO USE THE CASE OF CUCUMBERS BECOMING PICKLES TO EXPLAIN THE AFFECTS OF CHEMICAL ADDICTION .

HOW CUCUMBERS BECOME PICKLES

SO TO START: WE ALL STARTED OUT AS CUCUMBERS AND AS A RESULTS
OF THE USE OF BRINE AND/OR VINEGAR (ALCOHOL/DRUGS) SOME OF US HAVE BECOME PICKLES.

NOW LETS TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CUCUMBERS GENERALLY LOOK AT PICKLES. CUCUMBERS SEE THOSE CUCUMBERS WHO BECOME PICKLES AS CUCUMBERS WHO ARE IMMATURE,TROUBLED OR WEAK CUCUMBERS. BUT THEY THINK OF THEMSELVES AS STRONG AND TOGETHER CUCUM-BERS; WHO CAN KEEP THEMSELVES FROM BECOMING PICKLES. THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE IMMUNE FROM BECOMING PICKLES AND THAT
THOSE WHO BECOME PICKLES ARE PREDESTINED TO BCOME PICKLES.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RISK FACTORS FIRST TAKING A BIOLOGICAL VIEW BASED ON THE PRESENT RESEARCH WE TO LOOK AT ONE’S GE-NETICS FACTORS AND HEREDITY. MANY THINGS APPEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SAME FAMILY: BODY SIZE, EYE COLOR, CERTAIN HEALTH PROBLEMS etc.. SOME THINGS RUN IN FAMILIES BECAUSE OF HEREDITY; OTHERS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE LEARN IN THE FAMILY SITT-
ING AND RELATED ENVIRONMENT.

PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH STUDYING INDIVIDUALS : INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO ABNORMAL PRE-CHEMICAL DEPENDENT PERSONALITY. AS A RESULT OF A FIFTY-YEAR STUDY SHOWING THAT MOST PICKLES HAD A NORMAL PERSONALITY(AS A CUCUMBER) BEFORE BECOMING A PICKLE. THE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE AS PICKLES ARE MORE OFTEN THE RESULTS OF WHAT THEY (SWIMMING IN THE BRINE AND VINERGAR/THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS )HAVE BEEN DOING AND NOT THE CAUSE.

RESEARCH HAS, HOWEVER, IDENTIFIED TRAITS OF CUCUMBERS MORE LIKELY TO BECOME PICKLES. SURPRISINGLY, THESE TRAITS ARE NEARLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MOST CUCUMBERS THINK IS THE GENERAL PRO-
FILE OF THOSE CUCUMBERS WHO BECOME PICKLES. KEEP IN MIND THAT PERSONALITY LIES ON A CONTINUUM. EACH OF THESE TRAITS MAY BE SOMEWHAT TRUE OF SOME CUCUMBERS.

FOR EXAMPLE , MOST CUCUMBERS LIKE NEW EXPERIENCES, BUT SOME CUCUMBERS ALMOST CRAVE NEW EXPERIENCES. CUCUMBERS WHO STRONGLY SEEK NEW EXPERIENCES AND SENSATIONS ARE MORE LIKE-
LY TO BECOME PICKLES. ALSO CUCUMBERS WHO ACTIVELY SEEK TO BE
WITH GROUPS OF OTHER CUCUMBERS(GREGARIOUS), CUCUMBERS WHO DON’T LIKE TO FOLLOW RULES(REBELLIOUS)AND CUCUMBERS WHO DO THINGS WITH LITTLE THOUGHT OR PLANNING(IMPULSIVE) ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME PICKLES.

THESE ARE NOT ABNORMAL TRAITS. THEY ARE COMMON.TO HOW MIGHT THEY RELATE TO SO MANY CUCUMBERS WHO BECOME PICKLES? THESE TRAITS ENCOURAGE SOCIAL ACTIVITY, OR “PARTYING” WHICH USUALLY MEANS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE CUCUMBERS ARE SWIMMING IN BRINE AND VINEGAR(WHERE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS ARE BEING USED). CUCUMBERS WITH THESE TRAITS ARE LIKELY TO (DRINK AND/OR MORE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS) SPEND MORE TIME IN THE BRINE AND VINEGAR. ALL OF THESE PERSONALITY TRAITS INFLUENCE WHERE CUCUMBERS GO AND WHAT THEY DO.

HOWEVER, THE PICKLEDOM/SYNDROME IS NOT LIMITED TO CUCUMBERS
WITH THESE TRAITS. THERE ARE ALSO, PERSONALTY TYPES THAT ARE FOUND IN CUCUMBERS WHO TURN TO PICKLES. THERE ARE TWO IMPORT-ANT CONCLUSIONS
TO DRAW THAT THIS POINT. FIRST,WHAT KIND OF CUCUMBER CAN BE-
COME A PICKLE? ANY KIND!

SECOND, PERSONALITY CAN INFLUENCE THE CHOICES CUCUMBERS MAKE
ABOUT THE USE OF BRINE AND/ORVINEGAR HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RISK FOR BECOMING A PICKLE, HOW LONG AND OFTEN A CUCUM-BER SWIMS IN THE BRINE AND VINEGAR