Drugs were plentiful in college – Teenage Drug Abuse

I thought "Why not have some fun? It's not going to kill me."

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In high school I didn’t care what all the kids were into, or making myself look cool. I never once touched the stuff, drugs or alcohol while in high school. I was determined that I wouldn’t end up like those other kids, with embarrassing stories of booting in someone’s shoes or not remembering how I ended up naked in the front lawn…

Then I got to college.

I thought “Why not have some fun?  It’s not going to kill me.”

Sometimes there are worse things than dying. Being too high to get out of bed or the feeling I used to get when coming down.  That’s how you get hooked.  The high is short and the letdown is epic.  I would just lie there feeling worthless and unmotivated. For the longest time I hated my life and what I had become. There isn’t quite a feeling like waking up one day and realizing you have literally failed at everything you have tried. And the reason I couldn’t dedicate myself to the things I loved was drugs and alcohol, that fact makes me feel even more like a failure. The difficult part is getting out of the lifestyle before you’re in too deep.

Don’t ever be afraid to ask for help, and be honest with yourself. Otherwise you’ll never get yourself out of it. I moved away, took some time to get my priorities in order, and now I’m on my way to being in the military. I have never been convicted to having a “dream” or long term goals that I could see myself in 5 years, or 10 years. Looking back I think that had a lot to do with why I started using in the first place. But now I have something I want so bad I can taste it, and because of the poor choices I made a few years ago, this new dream of mine is in jeopardy. These decisions we make come back around, to either help us or haunt us.

Female, age 22

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Female, age 22

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