Longevity

Now I'm approaching fifty years of age and the innevitable letter of congratulations from the queen, I am often asked by youths, 'Skree, how come you've managed to live so long when many, most of your generation who played out with you are dead or fooled by insurance and pension schemes or other dementia whilst you remain youthful, fit and lithe as a twenty year old?'.
Well, it's hard to reply as mostly it's intuitive but I would say a few things
A. Stop smoking for a few years every now and again. Give those lungs a break and you'll enjoy it all the more when you start up again.
B. Don't drink everyday. For sure, dull and boring days can be perpetuated indefinitely but have a day off, at least once a week. But you have to ask yourself, is endless life of alcohol free drudgery worth living?
C. Don't stick with the same drug or newspaper everyday. You'll form a habit and develope a myopic world view.
D. Take psychedelic drugs when necessary. This may be as little as once a year. Remember Albert Hoffman discovered LSD and used it throughout his 102 years alive. These, alone, are drugs that enhance and sustain life.
E. Don't put weird shit in your food. No desiccated coconut and never put sultanas in curry
F. People who say things like 'children keep you young,' or ' heroin keeps you young,' are just kidding themselves. Look at them? They look knackered.
G. Always follow the green cross code.