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Name: Crystal Preston. Straight Edge For 15 and a half years. My younger years were spent moving around a lot since I was a navy baby, which made it difficult to make and keep friends. I grew up with a father and step father who are both alcoholics. I saw how this hurt my family and wanted no part of it.  I lucked out and spent the majority of my growing years in Syracuse, New York which at the time had a well-known Straight Edge scene. I embraced the Straight Edge lifestyle when I was 12. I discovered Straight Edge through my best friend’s older brother, who also turned us onto hardcore music.  My first hardcore show was at the end of 1994. It was amazing to meet so many kids who felt the same way I did about drugs and alcohol. When I first started going to shows the most prominent band in Syracuse was Earth Crisis, which was, and still is a perfect example of a Straight Edge band. It was as though they knew exactly how I felt, and I was proud to be part of the scene. Growing up in Syracuse gave me an amazing opportunity to see so many great Straight Edge and non Straight Edge hardcore bands, as well as make many new friends that, to this day I keep in contact with.  The hardcore scene in Syracuse, and the people that I grew up with have made such a positive imprint in my life, I will never forget it. I am forever changed in the best way possible. I have also been blessed with my other half, Chip, who has been Straight Edge nearly as long as I have been. It is a wonderful thing to share something that is so important in your life with someone you love. I am very proud to say that I have been straight edge for 15 and a half years, and have no intentions of changing that. XXX.

Name: Crystal Preston.

Straight Edge For 15 and a half years.

My younger years were spent moving around a lot since I was a navy baby, which made it difficult to make and keep friends. I grew up with a father and step father who are both alcoholics. I saw how this hurt my family and wanted no part of it.  I lucked out and spent the majority of my growing years in Syracuse, New York which at the time had a well-known Straight Edge scene. I embraced the Straight Edge lifestyle when I was 12. I discovered Straight Edge through my best friend’s older brother, who also turned us onto hardcore music. 

My first hardcore show was at the end of 1994. It was amazing to meet so many kids who felt the same way I did about drugs and alcohol. When I first started going to shows the most prominent band in Syracuse was Earth Crisis, which was, and still is a perfect example of a Straight Edge band. It was as though they knew exactly how I felt, and I was proud to be part of the scene. Growing up in Syracuse gave me an amazing opportunity to see so many great Straight Edge and non Straight Edge hardcore bands, as well as make many new friends that, to this day I keep in contact with. 

The hardcore scene in Syracuse, and the people that I grew up with have made such a positive imprint in my life, I will never forget it. I am forever changed in the best way possible. I have also been blessed with my other half, Chip, who has been Straight Edge nearly as long as I have been. It is a wonderful thing to share something that is so important in your life with someone you love. I am very proud to say that I have been straight edge for 15 and a half years, and have no intentions of changing that. XXX.

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