April - 2010

High school

Western Canada

As a teen,i know that atleast once someone has wanted to try drugs. And normally ends up on a regular basis doing them. Ive been telling myself ever since i was five years old that im not gonna smoke or do any drugs of any sort. Now that im almost sixteen, i feel the urges to even try it. I wanna smoke cigars, for some reason.Its just something i've been thinking about for awhile. Every one i know atleast smokes.. And i've just wanted to try, and look "cool". But i know that its wrong, and i dont wanna do it! I always get asked if i want a smoke, and i take them. But i dont smoke them. I just dont understand what i should do. I know that i'm not going to, because ive experienced my brother go through drugs ever since grade 8... He said the same thing as me. And i dont want to turn out like him

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Choices

Atlantic Canada

I Know drugs Are a choice that ruin your life. And they are terrifying when i think about it! I have read the what to say if your offered them or somthing. i belive i am strong and i will never do drugs, I Can barely breathe when i walk past people smoking. I Was just wondering because my brother does some drugs and my parents CARE! but they arnt anymore becuase he is 18 and he makes his own decisions now. But he is my brother and sometimes when i think about it he hasn't always made the best decisions but he isnt stupid! he has a real hockey talent and it scares me to think "What if somthing happens to him?". I Wonder what will happen to my family!? I never want to put them through stress and frustration NEVER I love my parents and who wants their kids to die? I Just wanna be sober FOR Most of my Life i will deffently NEVER pick one up after what i see people when they do drugs. Its horrible....

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i dont want to do drugs

Western Canada

well this summer i started hanging out with this kid and over time i notest their was somephthing about him and i thout no their cant be and then one day i went to his house and it was a mess no dry wall or any thing but their was a stero and one time i said weir is all your shtuf he said he sold it and the summer after that i was hanging out with him again and then more kids were hanging out with him and their were kids that were 6 years old and younger and i notest he was foresing them to give up their stuf so he can buy drugs

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Doesn't take much to lose control.

Atlantic Canada

One night last march, I got drunk for my first time, I loved the feeling of not caring, a little bit of control lost but it didn't seem enough, so I started smoking weed I felt so low, I started to smoke weed everyday by may, Through out the summer I didn't smoke weed at all really, I just drank but as soon as school started, I started to smoke weed at least 4 times a day if not more, I started failing school One night, I ended up hanging out at some crack house, because my friends were partying there, I snorted MDMA and did ecstacy tabs, i was hanging out with crack heads...people who I never thought I'd be with.

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Another Day Gone

Central Canada

Got interested in trying marijuana, and what better day to start then 4-20? Everyone else was doing it? Stupid mistake. I took 9 suicide tokes from the pipe, but I didn't feel stoned.

And then it hit me.

Tunnel vision, treadmill-walking, rushes and fear I have never felt before in my life. Then finally someone decides to ask if I've ever smoked before and my closest reply was "I thought so"... I thought I was going to die.

But I never wanted to do it again.

This promise to myself only lasted as long as 2 weeks. I had smoked again, but couldn't tell you what happened. There had been too many times since then, but I can tell you my first 50 times smoking weren't the best times ever. I remember repeatedly getting motion-sickness and I've actually ran out of class and thrown up. Not to mention my alcohol intake was already over-bearing and I was only 14.

I swear I had become almost addicted to smoking weed, because I remember needing it, and doing anything to get it. I would steal money from my parents just to buy a gram to smoke at lunch with my friends. I would bike 20k to get into town in the summer just to get drunk or high with "friends".

Then the new school year started, again. Only this time, there was a new friend added to the picture. She brought around something I wish I would have never tried before in my life.... Ecstasy.

1 pill a week turned into 2 pills a week, progressively turned into 2 pills in a day then turned into 3, 4, 5, 6, 14. Then to mixing with weed and then to alcohol.

Then E turned into speed, then into trying to find any other possible way to take the pills because my stomach was so disoriented from putting so much chemicals into them I couldn't hold anything down.

Now I had ended up loosing rapids amount of weight because E and speed makes you loose your appetite. I had lost 40 pounds of muscle in a matter of 6 months. I was down to 97 lbs.

I started experimenting with more drugs. I then tried cocaine (even though I had tried it before then, but nobody knew that), and it eventually led into smoking crack for my first time. Then my second, then my third.

My last drugs taken were taken in a 4 day period... I last took marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and possibly speed but I can't really remember the rest of that weekend.

And I told myself after that weekend that I was 18 now, I had to stop doing drugs and grow up. I haven't touched any drug since then, and I am going on 5 months sober in about 2 weeks, which is the longest I have been drug free since I started. I am proud of myself and want to keep it up. Its like my own personal goal and I feel better about it each month that goes by.

Point being though, drugs are not something that anybody should try.

It ruins friends, families, and most importantly yourself.

I have broken friendships by peer-pressuring friends to try the drugs I was taking so I wouldn't be alone, and to this day some of them are still using.

I broke my family and lost my child.

And I still suffer from insomnia and depression.

And life still rolls on...........

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once went to everyday , once went to 5 times and proboly more.

Western Canada

grade 6 ; all my new friends wanted me to smoke weed so i tryed it just so they would like me. ended up , they like me for who i am so does weed , im obbsesed with it , cant stop.

about a month later ; friends birthday , they wanted me to drink , so i tryed it , now i drink when theres partys .

grade 7 ; me and my friend were talking about extacy , she wanted to try it so i did to , im still in grade 7 , im 12 , ive done it 5 times . twice i was snorting it in bathrooms, i like , im on the wrong path only a little bit though , ill get off before i go completely on the wrong track .

but dont try it , dont try anything . becase of Extacy my eyes flicker atleast 8 times a day and about once every day or 2 they roll back and it still trips me out .

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Crack Cocaine No Joke!

Western Canada

When I first got into high school, I thought that all drugs were bad for you, and you should avoid them completely. That's what all of my teachers taught me. That's what my parents taught me, that's what they told me on TV. Anyway, that all changed a couple of weeks into my first year.

Suddenly it became "cool" for kids to go out to the far end of the field an pass around the crack pipe. At first, I thought that it was lame, but then even my best friends began smoking crack at lunch or after school.

Eventually, one Saturday night while hanging out with my friends. A friend pulled out a crack pipe, and started loading it with rock.

"Woah, what the heck is that?" I asked him. "I thought we were going to watch a movie."

"Dude, chill. Smoking crack before watching movies totally makes you get into it way more than if you're not high," he replied.

Because I didn't want my friends to make fun of me anymore, and actually because I was kind of curious, I smoked a rock or two with them. Then we watched the movie. I laughed way harder than I usually would, even at the lame parts. Also, we ate two entire pizzas, which was weird. After that, it was over for me--I was chasing the rock for good.

People think it's cool to smoke crack, because it's a lot of fun, but there are drawbacks to it too. I went from a "B" student to a "C" student in a matter of weeks. I quit the basketball team, and now I spend my free time just hanging out in my room and smoking rock. The worst part is that I started trying even worse drugs now, like heroin and meth. People say that crack isn't a gateway drug, but it is.

I know it may seem cool to want to smoke rock, but it isn't. It will fry your brain and make you into an apathetic loser that spends all day long eating Cheetos and downloading cartoons on your computer. I can tell you from experience, don't do it! Crack is WACK!

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Story of my afterlife

Other

I have been doing hard drugs my entire life, and i really and truly cannot stop. I dont even know how i started, but its always how its been. You may laugh at that commercial, but its very true how these things happen quickly. Before i even knew it, i was out on the street to get high, and i mean anything from gasoline, cough medicine, or dishsoap. Please if you think about doing drugs, think of me before you do.

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It was good at first ...

Northern Canada

a month ago i smoked pot and at first it was a really good high (no anxiety etc) but then i started having crazy real dream-like hallucinations!! the tv show i was watching came alive and i was part of it. i was yelling and screaming at the tv and even ended up calling a random 1800 # on a commercial because the person in the tv ad actually said "call this number" stuff like that. i knew in the morning that it was from all the drugs but it was almost like i was dreaming yet still awake. it was like my dream was real. my roommates noticed me acting crazy and let me know that i was acting ridiculous. i couldn't even write on a piece of paper i was in such an altered state.

now i stopped cause i went to the hospital i havent touch anything since and i dont hang out with the same people i did before im doing alot better in school

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in too deep

Central Canada

My name is XXX and I am 16 years old. I started smoking weed in grade 9..but back then I only did it once in a while with my best friend. However, ever since grade 10 (i'm in grade 11 now), i've been smoking bare spliffs/blunts on a daily basis. It was just always around and so easy to obtain. My friends would blaze everyday and I would just smoke with them for the hell of it because I never thought that I would get addicted or that the effects people talk about would affect me..but truth is they did and now cutting down is going to be one of the hardest things i've ever had to do. I've built such a tolerance to it that I don't even get high anymore unless I smoke different strands everyday. I used to be really smart - even was on the honor roll but weed completely ruined that for me. My marks went from 80's to 10's and i'm down waaaay too many credits. I can't even wake up on time for school anymore because weed has just made me that lazy and i've lost all my motivation. I love getting high but i'm starting to realize that it's not worth it in the long run and that's what really matters. What really bums me out though is that weed has impaired my short term memory so badly that I can't even remember anything past yesterday anymore..

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dancing with Mary jane

Western Canada

I am a 16 year old boy, with a drug problem, and this is my story.

It was grade 8 when i tried weed for the first time. it was with my friend who had tried it before and one other friend. I wasn't pressured into it. I didn't even make any plans to try it. my friend told me he had it and i chose to do it.

The second time i did it, i was with an older kid, he was in grade 9 and i was still in grade 8. i bought a joint off of him, and he taught me how to smoke it properly. after that, i had fallen in love with weed. i was hanging out with all the older kids. we would all go and smoke weed after school at the same stop. in grade 8 i didnt smoke everyday but they all did. i knew that if i wanted to smoke weed i could go get it from that same spot.

I got this one guy to start smoking weed, and he started to become involved in gangs, and selling drugs, and weapons. that is when i started to change.

It wasn't all about getting high anymore. i started working for people, selling drugs for them. i eventually got caught by the school principle for selling drugs and almost got kicked out.

I have been selling drugs since grade 8. i am now in grade 11. i got expelled 2 days ago for selling ecstasy to a girl, who overdosed off my stuff. my education is now ruined. i have no school that will take me.

i KNOW i have a drug problem, because no matter how many times i get arrested, or caught by the cops, or my parents . i don't learn from it and stop. i just find better ways of not getting caught.

Even after i get arrested for weed, the next day i will go and buy weed. Even after my girlfriend tells me not to smoke weed, i still smoke and lie about it. even after my parents find weed on me, i make excuses and go off and smoke more, and end up getting caught again.

This year, ive tried shrooms, ecstasy, and salvia. not to mention i drink every weekend. i never thought i would ever get into these kinds of things.

doing Ecstasy is the most retarded thing a person can ever do. there is no denying that it was a amazing experience, its nothing like weed, or drinking. ecstasy gets in your head, no matter what, you will always have that thought in the back of your head, if you want today to be a good day, you know you can always do Ecstasy and it will be a good day that you will remember for the rest of your life. When i did it, all i did was walk around and smoke weed and i was having the time of my life. i was the last one out of my friend to try ecstasy, and i loved the fact that i had never done any other drug besides weed.

The point is, Drugs took over my life, its what i look forward to. I stopped skate boarding because of weed, i stopped playing guitar, i stopped playing sports. i adopted a whole new life style. at first i really liked it, but now that i just got expelled i can see now that i have to make changes in my life if i want to have a good future.

I still smoke weed, and drink to this day. who knows. ill probably smoke weed tomorrow. who knows, someone might convince me to do E with them, and ill probably do it.

I think part of the reason i started to do other drugs is because of the ammount of marijuana i smoke. it has come to a point where my tolerance is so high that it hardly affects me. i could easily smoke weed and go to school without anyone noticing any difference what so ever.

I started to seek a new , Better high, with different effects. i got so used to the same thing happening over and over again that it got boring. even though it was boring i never stopped.

i feel likes there is so much i haven't said. i dont wanna keep writing because i know its pointless. no one is going to read it. no one is going to reply to this, no one is going to ask any questions. no one is going to care....

i feel like giving up on everything....

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crack is murder

Central Canada

i use to smoke crack with my cousin intill one day when me and my cousin were smoking crack on the balcony he got sooo stoned he feel off the balcony. now (2010)he is paralized and in the hospital . this happend two years ago im soo angry at my self BECAUSE CRACK AND ANY OTHER ILLEGAL DRUG IS (MURDER)

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Weed ate my Baby

Other

I used to think marihuana was great. I would smoke it and feel better and it gave me time to get away from my annoying parents. Everything was great... until it happened.

Because there were no good places to smoke up in my town, me and my imaginary friends would go down to the power plant. It just made everything more dangerous and fun. One night i was out at the plant smoking when a security guard came up to me. I tossed my marihuana cigarette away near some half-empty barrels. The guard told me to leave and that the power plant was a dangerous place to play.

Two days later i went back to the plant anyways because i was addicted to marihuana and needed my strong cigarette. When i got there, the strong cigarette had turned into a radioactive monster. I ran but it chased me all the way home. I didn't have enough fire to burn it so i was defenceless. The marihuana monster reached in through my bedroom window, trying to grab me, but instead it grabbed my baby.

Its hard to recall all of those events because it hurts my heart every time. The marihuana monster eventually got sleepy and passed out, which gave me ample time to break off small pieces and smoke it. I sort of thought it was funny that the radioactive marihuana monster was still healthier for me than any "medication" supported by the government.

This is just a reminder and a lesson to anyone who is worried about drugs.If you do drugs they will eat your baby too. I just hope its not too late already.

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Scary Experience

Western Canada

I am thirteen and i have been smoking Marijuanna for about a year now , It was a school night and i was getting high with my older sister while my parents were asleep, We smoked 2 bowls of very chron weed form a pipe, and we got really high, i got to my room , then i forgot that i got down there, i decided to lye down on my bed, so i did tried to go to sleep then i thought i just dreampt out my entire day and it was a dream, then i walked upstairs to my sisters room, started to cry then fell on the floor and started freaking out , my eyes rolled over ,and i was rolling around, i passed out 5 minutes later i woke up the next morning and i stayed home because i was puking the entire day. Ive never had anything happen like that to me before, I am still smoking marijuana but i wish that i would stop

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Mushrooms, Acid, and Ecstasy, 13 years old

Central Canada

I'm a 13 year old male and lately i've been exparminting with Mushrooms, Acid, and Ecstasy. I don't do drugs all that much, once every weekend or second weekend, but i've noticed that they pull you in (drugs do not people) the very first drug i did was marijuana and it gave me tons of energy and didn't relax me, then i did mushrooms, i was having a good trip tell the lazer pointer from the rave i was at shined in my eyes and i stopped tripping, i was still high from the shrooms but i wasn't seeing stuff, and it made my trip go bad and i started lashing out and balling because, as i said to my older friend "the mushrooms left me, they don't love me!" and i was extreamly sad and depressed, so i was givin' a tab of acid, that was... extream, i thought that there was skeltons walking around, i wasn't scared or paranoid, but i started seeing things like monsters and stuff, it wasnt scary but, it was awkward, i don't think i'd do acid again, i liked the shrooms much better, and then this past weekend i did 3 pures of ecstasy, pures are pills that are 100% MDMA, MDMA is the drug in ecstasy that make you feel "good" so to speak, sad to say but i had sex under the influence of ecstasy, now my sex drive is way to low, on ecstasy it makes you horny and happy, and makes your sex life so to speak run at 110%, thankfully my friend was watching over me, he was making sure i was cooled off, and drinking water, he gave me a little bit of water every 10 minutes because he said if you drink it to fast well on e you will feel sick, he would take me outside every couple minutes, and he made sure i was ok, the feeling of e was amazing, but i really dont think you should do any man made drugs, you really shouldn't do any and this site is supposed to stop you. Try to stay out of drugs, respect your friends, if your friends do drugs respect them, if they try pressuring you then lose em' but if they dont pressure you then you can still be friends, if they offer you a "hoot" or a "hit" that's not pressure so just say no, they wont beat you up, thats not pressure, if they start asking, "why not?" and try convincing you to do them, then thats pressure, otherwise your good. i hope i helped.

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im 17 years i went down a bad path of drugs

Other

im 17 years i went down a bad path of drugs about 16 years old coke and extacy i dont feel like the same person at all it kills me every day to know i went from a kid to this i think about it morning to night i cant sleep and when i do it does not feel like it i have such real dreams i dont know if its real life or not iv lost hope i feel im to messed up and its to late im to the point i feel there is nothing left to do but stay high on e . iv been with out it for 4 months i cant take it im ready to off myself or do dugs till it does it for me i want so bad to feel myslef i hope one day i cant stop kids from going down the path i did

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In my school there is a smokers section

Other

In my school there is a smokers section and some of my friends are into the cigarettes and even weed, and one time they asked me to go with them so i said fine just standing around with them, talking, but not doing any drugs, the reason why I dont do it is because my grandmother died of cancer and she never had or even did any drugs. I might want some drugs some times but i know what to do, and that is say No. Everytime I am in a situation where there is drugs or even drinking involved i know i have to stay strong because my grandmother died of cancer with out any drugs. Then i think to myself do i really need these drugs in my life even though i have two great loving families a great life, a great boyfriend and thats all i need. I even think to myself some times that im glad im not into drugs because i am a dancer and dancers done need that. So dont let peer pressure get you into drugs, just learn to say No and stand up for yourself and it may be hard but just do the right thing that you think is right for you, and also just think of the people around you and how it can affect them.

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How My Life Changed.

Other

As a highschool student I've tried and did so many drugs just because how i was living people don't see how or why teens do drugs. For me it was the things i was getting into i felt alone and scared that's all i had. Drugs were my best friends and because I was so attached to them I only hung out with people who i thought were friends because they had access to the drugs I was addicted too. Living in the city I live in Isn't the easiest thing to do I'm surrounded with things that bother me i have a lot of problems I faced many things, Drugs were always the answer to everything until this past summer I was arrested by the police and taken to a psychiatric Ward at a hospital, I met a lot people whom had problems like me I've been clean since the first week of October. Who ever is reading this there is hope and it does get better the Police really saved my life, but at the end of the day it's the decision's I made I know if I did not stop Id be in jail i wouldn't have hope. But trust me If i can do it anyone can. Believe in hope, Fate, Destiny most importantly yourself. Drugs are around us because we choose them to be.

I was an Addict. My message is clear I love my life without drugs and you can love you're life too!

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No way

Other

In grade nine (Yes, grade flipping nine) I went to a party with my friends. The parents werethere, and that was the only reason I went. Otherwise I would have stayed at home. Well, a group of girls and boys was in the corner, so I went to check it out, (Well, actually my friends pulled me to it to see what was going on) and I saw that they were smoking. I also saw green leaves which I later realized was Marijuana. They were NINTH GRADERS!

I was devastated. The parents were stil there, but they didn't see. One of the coolest kids in the school walked up to me with a cigarette and a bag of marijuana and put it in my hand. I wouldn't take it though. She kept trying to shove it in my hand, but I guess she was high or soething, maybe they also had beer or alchohol, because she got so angry that she opened the bag, puled out the contents and told her friends to hold me, and they tried. I was trying to run, but they had like three guys who grabbed hold of me. One guy grabbed both my arms above my head, then the two othrs grabbed one leg each. One girl grabbed my stomach so I couldn't move. They weren't laghing, it wasn't a joke. They wanted me to eat it. They were going to force it down my throat.

I was strggling to get loose, but I couldn't. The girl who was drunk, tried to open my mouth, but I was tryign not to let her. They called another girl to grab my head so that I would stop turning away from her, but I wouldn't even let THAt happen, I was thrashing so hard. The parents hadn't noticed yet.

She kept trying to force the leaved into my mouth. She was drunk, I could see it clearly. She was always accidentally plunging it onto my ears or some got in my hair.

For about two minutes were stuggled until the music shut off. I didn't notice until I felt somebody pulling me arms. I thought it was the guys torturing me, but I couldn't see. My eyes were tightly shut. There was tugging until I opeed my eyes and there were a bunch of tenth graders pulling the ninth graders away. And among all of them, beating her up I saw... My brother!

HE rarely ever hurts ANYONE. He's really nice, and he's has NEVER hurt anyone on purpose, but he was beating her up. The parents showed up and saw what was happening, and they helped me up and asked what happened. I told them,and they brought the girl into anotehr room, after turning the music on for the rest of thep arty. She brought ll the kids in the room.

She explained to some of them what they had done. Told them how they'd hurt me and her. Then she called their parents. She told everyone's parents, including mine.

My parents showed up and I was crying. I ran into them. i felt childish, but I didn't care. They had taught me well. I went home lsitening to them tell me how proud they were of me for not accpeting the marijuana even though all my friends were trying to peruade me to.

I was really happy that Ihadn't taken it. The next day at school I tol the girl I wasn't happy, and that if she EVER tried to do what she did that night I would beat her up myself. She asked me what she'd done wrong. Tat's whn I realized that when she d taken them, she pretty much was sleepwalking. She didn't know what she was doing. She forgot about forcing the marijuana into my hair and ears. I never did forgive her though. She's not a good crowd to b in anyway. I've leanred who my true friends are.

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Everything Happens for a reson

Central Canada

You never think about it when you take that first puff of weed or the first time you take that pill.You dont relize what your doing till its done and over with.And those people you think are your friends and sit there and watch you do it or tell you to there really not because a real friend wounldnt let you and they would stop you.I remember the first time i did drugs it was really had to relize what i had just done to myself and now i truly know that i screwed up.Some times all i can think about is when that next high of mine is.My boyfriend is hard into drugs and it scares me some times and i dont what may happen next to him.But if you ever think its cool or smart dont do it because it will never end goood!

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No, thanks

Central Canada

In grade eight, I had some friends that lived on my street. There is a forest by our houses, and we were walking through it. We came across kids that also went to our school, and were in the same grade. They were smoking cigarettes.

I was offered one, and said "no thanks, I'd rather not inhale toxic chemicals". My friends and I walked on.

I'm first-year university now, and the kids who offered us the cigarette either dropped out of high school or are struggling to get through. They no doubt smoke cigarettes and do other drugs. I hope they will do well in life, but the path they have chosen for themselves isn't easy. I am glad my friends and I just said no.

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drugs is murder

Central Canada

my brother and i do drugs.one day he came home with cocaine,and a gram of weed he spread some coco on the table and he started sniffing and 2 mins he started getting dizzie. he ask me if i wantedto smoke a joint .sowe went out to the balcony wicth was 16 feet high we smoked the joint he was sooo high, singing ,laughing for no reson and saying hi to strangers then a hot chick past by he stood up and screamed ( hello sexii) to the girl he tried to reach for the girl that was pretty far away and fell off the balcony 5 mins later the abulance came he died because his head landed on a beer bottle ...... this was 10 years ago ..today i am left in this world without my beloved brother... so do not do drugs

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Think Twice

Northern Canada

hi i am 15 years old and i was taking drugs for 2years and i realised that the only thing drugs bring to me was that it was putting me furter of my mom,dad,sister and brother so i went to go get help and now i am sobber for 1 month and i feel so much better than i was and everything is so much better whit my familly you dont need drugs to live you need to learn to accept life as it is and be whit pepol you love

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never again

Central Canada

I entered high school hating drugs and every thing to do with it but later that year my best friend stared smoking weed and then after a while so did i. After a few times i started thinking about what a wast it was $10 for one gram i was running out of money and i started slipping in classes. is it really worth

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Tough Guy

Other

Im 12 years old, in 7th grade to be specific. Already, i'm hearing about my class mates getting high and drunk. One of my friends actually woke up on the other side of town on the street, and the next day he was saying stuff like:"oh man, i went to some mad party last night, I got sooo high, i dont remember a thing! Apparently I was *this* close to trying some acid!" He said this as if he were the coolest kid in the world, he actually called me some names for not tryin stuff like that. But finally, and I knew this would happen, Carma came its way and stung him hard. That day, I saw him sitting in the office, bawling his eyes out,like actually scream crying, tough guy huh? Well it turns out that he was caught with some of his fellow druggies smoking weed outside. Now once every week, they have to go to the office, and have their desks, backpacks, clothing-you name it, they''ll search it. Yeah, you sure are cool now.

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School Sucks

Western Canada

Okay, so I'm pretty sure MOSTLY everyone at my school smokes weed, I don't because I don't want too, but it just sucks that everyone does it, I feel like the odd ball out. I don't mind I guess if my friends do it, but I do feel left out so yeah drugs suck.

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Why Weed?

Central Canada

I'm 16 years old, and I started to smoke weed halfway through grade 9, after that my grades dropped a little, but i found it hard to remember things, and i was losing concentration alot. Then i noticed my "friends" starting to do other things, like LSD, Ecstasy etc. I didn't want to start doing really bad drugs, so I knew I had to stop smoking weed, or they were gonna try to get me and do these bad drugs too. I've been clean for almost 6 months now, My grades are improving, my memory is actually better than it was before; and to top it all off, i have a great new circle of friends. Skip the middle step, don't do what I did, if your friends are smoking, ditch them and find a new circle of friends. Trust me its better in the long run

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grade 9 disaster

Central Canada

i am 14 years old before highschool me and my parents got along great but then as soon as i started grade 9 i started smoking pot i had a 76 average but now im barely passing about a month ago i quit for the most part but my parents dont belive me because they found chat logs on my computer talking about drugs now they are threatening to kick me out ... weed isnt even that fun had i known i would make my mom cry i would never have done it.

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Failure and hardship of late fix

Atlantic Canada

Many students arrive Canada with high hopes. For the first time appreciating Canada's great nature had firstly opened up my mind to become a more agreeable person.

The new environment, new friends and school, everything seemed to be all set, until I would finally graduate and become a part of this society.

It was not long after the next new year that my first interest and opportunity to discuss about marijuana. Pot, weed, chronic, or ganja commonly refers to marijuana. The guy who I got close at school began a 'weed' topic and the slangs were too new for me to understand. The kids who did - some that I have never suspected for, were nice and like any other students in the school. So, why not? and I gave a try.

Since my first overdose, I could never forget about how dangerous abusing drug REALLY is.

After the very first trial, which lasted about a week, I've experienced severe insomnia and had to use every other night in order to get to bed.

During the breaks for school, I constantly used them as much as when I'm alone.

And one day, I had severe chest pain and had to go over lung surgery on both lungs - which I think probably caused by inhaling unfiltered smoke and residual chemical (i.e. pesticides)

Since the near death experience (which is very very painful as each breath brings pain) I somehow managed to get into one of the respected school.

Soon after beginning of the school, I found many who did not smoke before would do now, and stupidly got hooked on to it again. Year after, I failed out of the school. (had many many many many problems in between...)

Another year of regular visit to psychologist, school counselor, and local addiction service, I have gained much support and information about strategies to quit. I am currently preparing for my future career, drug free.

I believe ever-holding the drive to light up an another joint is indeed the quitters' attitude. The drive would NOT completely disappear, but hides around every other corners in our lives. Please think twice (really) if you have not smoked, it ain't cool (and the lover hates your breath). If you are quitting, pick a day now! You'll thank you later.

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Drugs are Wack !!

Atlantic Canada

Alright So one night my girlfriend was coming over and we were only supposed to hang out and watch tv like we usualy do, But then I found my brother's marijuana that was in his room, He had a " joint" , So my girlfriend arrived and I told her about what I found in my brother's room. Me and my girlfriend were talking about it and how I didnt like my brother ruining his life, when she asked me If I wanted to smoke it, I was scared but I wanted to impress her cause I was her boyfriend and I should be tough and stuff, So we smoked it and I was sooo scared :s ..

After that it was like she wasnt the same girl at all anymore cause she asked me If I wanted to go have sex !

I had to say no cause I wasnt ready for a sexual relationship Her mom picked her up and I went to bed , we talked about it in the morning and everything was alright after that , but Its just to say you shouldnt do drugs they can really mess up your mind

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What happeneds

Northern Canada

I`m in grade seven i do weed and drink. and i cant help it. my story is I did weed with my friends then my friend put weed in my pocket and stuff and i knew it was there and she told me to bring it to school so i did and then i got suspended. i knew it was the wrong decision and im dumb. Just Don't do drugs they lead you to no where

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Ohoh here comes my mom...

Atlantic Canada

Hi. I am gay. I used to think that bein g gay was bad, until my 'friend' gave me these pills with a happy face on them.

I became addicted because they made me happy. The girls never laughed at me anymore and the guys treated me like one of there own. The only problem was my mom. She knew something was wrong and tried to talk to me about it, but I wouldn't give in.

After three years of being high and gay, I decided that it was wrong and went to a doctor to talk about my problems. He said it was natural to try and fit in, espashally aince I was gay. But the doctor also said that there were other ways to fit in.

I am now in college and I don't take drugs. Infact I got a boyfirend because I acted like myself. So basically if you talk to someone about your 'problems' they will help you and you can be yourself and happy.

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My Drug Abuse

Central Canada

I am 17. Three years ago, at my high school, my friend was selling cocaine and marijuana out of his locker. He offered it to me and I said no. He convinced me there was no danger so I bought three sacs of cocaine and seven sacs of marijuana. He said it was the best. I got addicted and my life changed completely. I had to go to rehab and guess what, I am still there today. Believe me you do not want to make the same mistake as me.

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What happens when u smoke crack

Western Canada

It was a tuesday night. The boys said it was just gonna be another fun chill session. It started off cool, then my friend pulled out a little rock. I did not know what it was but he popped out his pipe and started passing it around. As soon as i noticed i was smoking it. And then my lungs felt like a giraffe had stabbed me with its hooves. I started getting angry and depressed. I punched my dog in the chops. Before i knew it i was selling crack. My daughter hates me. Im 18 i have a kid and i am crack dealer.

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A Word Can Ruin Everything

Northern Canada

Once was around 7-9 , my friend bought some cigars , she said try it , she told me that if i didnt, i was a Loser , So I did, After 1 hour , someone saw us, told my parents, That was a memory i cant forget . I never wanted to do It , Please, Dont make the same mistake i did

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My Friends Do Drugs

Atlantic Canada

It's difficult to be part of a group of people you've known throughout highschool, and who you consider to be your best friends, who choose to do something different with their time than you do.

I have a close group of friends from highschool and we know eachother very well. We've practically grown up with eachother during a stage in life when you're trying to define yourself most. By being so close to one another, it's difficult to separate the bad things they do from the good person you know.

We are now turning 23, and have known eachother for aproximately 8-9 years. For the past couple years, my friends have taken an interest in experimenting more with drugs. I have to admit, in highschool, I tried marajuana a couple times but never caught on to the hype of it. They continued to do so on a regular basis. My friends went to school, held good jobs, and we were all fine when we got together. You wouldn't assume that you could do drugs and hold down a regular lifestyle. With your friends as examples, you would think doing marajuana was harmless.

Wrong. Those marajuana sessions now include the experimentation of other drugs such as coccaine, LSD, and mushrooms. The lifestyle that what they thought was a harmless drug, marjuana, has led to much more serious and compromising substances. Out of the 3 who did the most drugs out of my group of friends, not 1 takes school seriously nor tries to take much responsibility for anything that they do. Mind you, all 6 of us had just as much potential to do great things coming out of highschool. We were all capable of getting good grades and getting into university. But I wonder, now, those friends who had just as much potential succeeding in school, spend their time discussing how they know how to roll a joint.

I do have one friend who feels the same way i do about drugs and would rather obstain from them. And our druggie friends do try to get us to do the drugs with them on occassion. But ever since that time in highschool when i tried it, i decided it was not for me. And from then on, realized, had not only a responsibility to myself, but to my family and the ones who look up to me, to do good and succeed. Don't just think about the moment, but take control of it and think about what you can do in the future.

Taking drugs is a selfish way of life. Drugs not only takes over your own life, but takes over the lives of the people who love you and care about you. Everyone has a responsibility to not only do good for themselves, but to also be a role model for those who need someone to look up to.

One way to stay away from drugs is to constantly remind yourself that by you not doing drugs, you are that 1 person who is strong enough to say no. You may be that one person who someone sees as living proof of a way of succeeding without drugs. It takes a lot more strength to not take drugs than it does to do so.

As for my friends, I hope that they do stop. They may not think I'm very cool, but it doesn't matter. People will constantly try to challenge the good, and sometimes, you may not even know how to defend yourself. You may even feel alone and defeated for not being one of them. But ask yourself this, if they really cared about you and loved you, would they put your life in jeopardy?

Know who you are, know the ones who love you, and know how to say no to drugs.

Good luck and much love

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i did drugs

Other

i did drugs i got kicked out of my house for i stoped and i got welcomed back so dont ever do drugs it makes your life go upside down.

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The Army and Weed

Atlantic Canada

I used to smoke a lot of pot. It never affected my work, either in school or otherwise. It is habit forming though, and I spent a fair amount of money on it.

Then I decided to join the Army. They have a no drug use policy. So I decided to stop smoking pot. It was easy.

Now I don't smoke it anymore.

It's up to you to decide what goes into your body.

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weed

Other Canada

i am 12 years old.i am in grade 6 and i am doing the D.A.R.E program its about bullying,peer pressure,and drugs CST XXX is a police officer and he helps us alot.Someone in my grade had a brother that gives him weed and he thought it would be cool if he brought it to school and then he got suspended for 2 days because he had it and was smoking it.

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my bad life

Other

My story starts when i was 9 i started smooking i was doing cocane and ice i would have party's when my mom and dad went out,i would be cooking up drugs and selling it by the age 13 . Then one day i was out on the streat selling marawana and i got a little to high and passed out, i was unconchess for about 3 hours. After that i went to rehab and now i am living a helther life i have 2 kid's and i live in canada

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Best friend mishap

Western Canada

Ok so my best friend from grade 1-3 and i still love her todeath, she started drugs and i was really scared when she told me this but i let it slip cuz she said she would stop. A couple of weeks later she came over again and she told me she was still doing it.... One of her friends knows a dealer and will have sex with this man for drugs and beer. she takes beer in coke cans to school and now she is givving this laced with Cockane to ym friend and i just can't handle this.This girl also steals money drugs and condems from 1 her mom. 2the liquor store 3 the drug store and my friend would have never done this. she was such an angel before and now im so worried... what should i do???

Sighned, confused

Help a Friend

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The New But Old Ecstasy

Central Canada

MDMA is currently taking over my school. This is the purest form of ecstasy that used to be used in 70s. I know this because I researched it when my boyfriend first started doing it... This drug makes you extremely happy and lovey dovey when you are on it, but the after effects are horrible. Once you do MDMA you are NEVER going to want to stop. The drug makes you feel so good you will become addicted to the feeling of it. Once this happens, your brain starts thinking that your real life, is the most horrible thing ever. It makes you depressed and everything, friends, school, family and the things you thought you used to love, will start to seem depressing... My boyfriend doesnt talk to me anymore. We broke up 2 days ago because he is never happy anymore and thinks that everything in life is absolutely terrible. We've been dating since grade 9, I am now in gr 12... MDMA has ruined his life and our relationship. Please, if you are reading this, dont do it. I am 18 years old and i have had my share of drugs but MDMA is something you dont want to mess with. Your not only messing with drugs, your messing with your whole life.

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im to young for this ....

Western Canada

ive been smoking weed since i was 11 , im 12 now and its almost been a year . i only did it cause i met new people and i wanted them to like me . it was a bad desicon , when i started smoking weed , i started drinking and now i do extasy and its hard to stop . anyway dont do weed just cause some new people or anybody says its cool , its not and it leads to other stuff ...

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i told him no... thinking he would listen.

Other

i told him no when he asked me if i wanted some.. i thaught he would listen but obviously i was wrong. he forced me to.. and i tried and i got addicted now im like a lost child.. dont no where to go!

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Pushing

Central Canada

I am in grade seven and I started smoking marijuana cuz I was pushed and bulleid into it I kept doing it for others to stop puching me and I got higher up and did coe, meth and crack

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Lost Control.

Atlantic Canada

I was 13. Tried pot for the first time . I thought i'd be cool, and fit in with the crowd I wanted to be part of. Boy, was I wrong . after a year of smoking pot, I tried ecstasy, and loved it . I binged on E, for a good 6 months, and then just totally lost control. By age 15, I started snorting oxycotin, cocaine, speed, and valium. I did that everyday for a year! Once they stopped doing what they were supposed to, I ended up smoking meth, and shooting heroin. Let me tell you, it is one hell of an addiction. I am currently 17, and can proudly say I am 7 months clean. But, I definitely have to take it day by day, because if I slip once, there's no turning back.

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Lonely.

Atlantic Canada

I was thirteen when I started drinking and smoking weed, I only did it on weekends only. But then I stopped drinking, and just smoked up almost everyday or whenever I had the chance. When I was fourteen I lost a lot of friends because I was always cranky and I treated them badly, I started hanging out with older people and snorting t3s, perks, ketamine, oxys, ritalin, concerta, diladas, wellbutrin and other pills. I did that almost everyday, I'd pop them occasionaly too.

By fifteen, I was out of control, I smoked weed almost everyday, snorted any pill I could get my hands on almost daily, and about two or three times a week I'd do ecstacy and acid.

I've also tried coke, but it made me more angry then I already am so I stayed away from that but I cannot say no to drugs, and still today I'm doing the same thing. I have no friends anymore, only the drugs.

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im to young for this ...

Western Canada

im to young for this ... story: i was 11 when i tryed weed . it was ... 420 . it felt great till after and i couldnt stop doing it . i still cant stop . im 12 now , its almost been a year .

when i started blazing , i started drinking . i became a complete stoner and on boxing day i almost got alchol poisining . and i did mdma . 2 caps my first time a half my second time 3 my third time and that was E not mdma and the lat time i did it i only did half but i blazed at the same time , i got really really messed up and when ever im high or drunk i smoke ciggerates , but i dont when im sober .

my best friend went to rehab , age 15 because he boyfriend made her do meth and she got addicted right away , i miss her sooooo much . she was like my sister . she wouldnt let anything happend to me .

my other best friend just went to rehab, age 14 . cause of drinking . she had a.p 4 times in 3 months . she got pulled from a cop from almost underneath a moving train . i was there one of the day it happend , everyone was crying , i miss her alot to

a couple days ago a socail worker called my dad they said i was snorting mdma in a bathroom , i was with 3 other people ... now they have to come talk to me then me and my dad and my dad made me have a pee test at the doctor cause i told him i wasnt doing e but he didnt believe me .

when i was drunk one night i had sex with the guy i liked, the next day i realised he didnt use a condom.

a girl jumped me when i was on caps , i couldnt fight back cause i was wayyyy to shocked, now my nose hurts . ALOT

thats why you shouldnt start blazing ... you dont want to end up like me ... just remember , IM 12 . so even if you like 18 dont try it . go ahead and drink but with friends that dont do drugs . please .

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i said i'd only do extasy once ...

Western Canada

about a year ago all my freinds wanted me to try weed so i did , they were new friends and i wanted them to like me . then everytime i was hanging out with them they would want me to do it again , so i did . it was about the begining of november when one of my best friends and i met this guy who was going out with one of our older friends , he was an extasy dealer ... me and my best friend were talking like a week later about doing it so we called my mom asked for money , called the dealer told him to meet us in 30 minutes and first we just bought one each but like 2 minutes after we took it we bought another , i should have listend to my boyfriend when he told me not to do it cause it was horribile . i met another girl and she did them once and a while so i did a half of one with her , it was fun that time cause it was only half then about 4 months ago i did 3 caps ... it was fun at first , i wasnt hungry , i NEEDED gum and my jaw was hurting .. about 1and a half hours after i took them i felt that there was unicorns where i was , i like couldnt see them but i knew they were there anyway i got grounded cause i didnt go home for a whole then 4 days ago i took another one , i got in a fight but i couldnt fight back , i was to shocked and i didnt go home that night either but me and my friend were outside laying on this like low roof and we felt like we were flying in the stars and i didnt hep that we smoked some weed during that to anyway everytime i have money i want to buy it now , but lucky i have a couple friends who tell me to not to but just dont ever do extasy and try to stay away from weed . people say its a gateway drug but i KNOW it is .....

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no i dont want that nasty stuff

Other

One of my friends offered me to take the needle and to do cocaine and the acid pill. I said yea right I'm not doing that stuff because I do NOT want to die like all you idiots.Then a few weeks later they did it again I said I told you already I don't want it.

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Losing Everything

Central Canada

I did not abstain from drugs. It started when I was fifteen with ecstasy and progressed to oxycodone (a highly addictive pain killer) I was addicted to 'oxys' for almost 2 years. I lost all my friends, the trust of my family, a year of school, most of my possessions and thousands of dollars. I stole in order to keep getting high. Drugs completely took over my life. Now after almost two years of sobriety I am still trying to straighten out my life. I have bad credit, and a lot of debt. I also suffer from depression as a direct result of my drug use. I can only imagine the damage I have done to my body and my brain, if I could go back in time knowing what I know now I would have never done drugs. I know now that it's not for me.

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Paths of life

Central Canada

After a really traumatizing summer, and a battle with depression, the stress was only begining. My first year of highschool was the year I made more than a few wrong choices. Seeking a cure for my pain, and a group to belong to, I fell right into drugs. The truth is, anyone can be a druggie, but it gets you nowhere. Within a yea of use, I was smoking weed on a daily basis, and drinking kicked in too. I kept on going; started doing things like cough syrup and acid. I woke up in emerge on Christmas at 4am from acohol poisoning, and since then, I've been clean. A clean life is a life of peace and happiness. Don't turn to drugs, turn to friends or a family member. Thank you for your time.

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a life gone astray

Central Canada

i started smoking weed at about 9 or 10, my best friends dad was a small time drug dealer, nothing crazy, weed and shrooms mostly. i didnt touch the shrooms till i was about 14, thats about when i thought that i should take it to the next level. we ate the shrooms and tripped out in my friends basement, we had a hell of a time. after that there was no limit i wanted the next high. Acid, coke, ecstasy and eventually i ended up trying meth and crack. i was so strung out on drugs by 21, i was purse snatching for drug money, one woman fought back, we got in a fight. the police barely made it in time to save her life. i was charged, spent time in jail and rehab. its been about ten years since ive been free and clean. ive learned alot.

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Fixing my life

Western Canada

Im a 15 year old girl and marijuana made my life pointless. Ever since i started smoking when i was 14, my life spiralled downwards. I was kicked out of school, having trouble at home, and eventually lose most of my friends. When i quit smoking weed, i went back to school (got on honor role!) lost 15 pounds, got a job and felt happy. But it was a lonely life... the one friend i had left was always getting high and we never really hung out again. So I started smoking weed again and slowly watched my life go down the drain AGAIN. Now i got kicked out of school, fired from my job, gained 20 pounds and and depressed. Its time that i stop this drug for good! Its not4me.

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Messed it Up

Central Canada

My curiosity of drugs started in grade 9. I started smoking weed. In grade 10, I took e for the first time. I was hooked! I did it everyday for months at a time. On my 16th birthday me and my friends in total took 66 caps. Everyone was close to overdose. I went to work the next day and I received multiple comments that I looked "green". I didn't stop though.

In grade 10, not only did I try caps but I went to coke, to acid, to shrooms, to crack, to oxycotten and once I even sniffed heroin. I was in bad shape and I am so happy that I have pulled myself together, my relationships with everyone are so much better, I'm living back at home, and I'm going to graduate this year!

The point of my story is that if you want to just smoke weed, be prepared to branch out into other drugs. It probably will happen. So just don't start. Life is good as it is.

Keep in mind: Not everybody stops. Not everybody gets better. Not everybody survives drug addiction.

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Im in grade 10

Western Canada

Im in grade 10 and i only started smokin up regularily at the beggining of this year. I didnt think much of it. I told my parents that i did it somtimes and they dissaproved, but just so long as i did it responsibly and only on the occasion, they didnt see the big harm in it. its now midway through the year and ive blazed over 300 times. Ive been caught by teachers and let off with warnings, if i get caught again ill be expelled. As im writing this, its the first time i feel sober in months. My grades have dropped drasticly, i dont get along with my parents and thers at least one big fight every day. i smoke out the window every night once my sister is asleep. i cant stop and i need help, i just dont know who to ask. I cant tell my parents how much i smoke because ill be too upset about how dissapointed they are in me.

Get Help

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Torn out of life.

Western Canada

I have had relatives die from Alcohol and substance abuse. I had a grudge against the world and it turned me into a monster. I felt like I had used drugs myself. I thought about suicide but my mom talked me out of it. I hurt and was torn out of my life, then, I realized that it was a lifestyle that was pushed upon them. I still really hurt but I've had lots of help.

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Schizophrenia

Western Canada

Hi, Im 19 years old, and this is my quick story about drug use and the consequences.

I was a good kid before high school, didnt like to party much or anything. I liked to keep to myself, was good in school, and liked saving money to buy things that i wanted. I first got drunk on my 15th birthday, and promised i wouldnt do it again. I broke that promise. A month later i had my first marijuana joint. 2 weeks later i tried salvia for the first time. I began smoking uncontrolably, having around lots marijuana every day. This lasted for several months, ending on New Years Eve. I didnt quit smoking weed because of a resolution. That night, i ended up in a bathtub, crying in pain and covered in vomit, unable to move yet everything was racing around me. This was the effect of too much drinking and too much marijuana. For some time after that night, the mere thought drugs made me feel nauxious. For the last 2 years of school, i focused on being good. I got into shape, played football, even graduated early.

On my 18th birthday, i got a craving for drugs again. I began going to nightclubs. I soon couldnt drink beer, it wasnt strong enough. I found myself with a cocaine problem. I began hanging out with gangs and got into illegal activities. I had cort dates to deal with my actions. Soon i couldnt afford to eat, couldnt pay rent, and risked losing my job. However, i knew this wasnt me. I managed to cut off my rockstar lifestyle, and even tried enlisting in the army to get away from it all. They wouldnt take me because of my drug history and record. This put me in a deep depression, i figured i would never be able to have a job, i thought i was useless. I decided i may as well continue to snort coke, my life was over.

The worst was still to come.

A few months later i began feeling really weird. I became violent randomly, couldnt control my emotions, began hearing voices and seeing demons. I thought my friends were going to hurt me, and had spurts of solipism, where i believed nothing was real, it was all made up in my head. I figured it was time i saw a doctor. I was diagnosed with a mild case of schizophrenia. I now have to take pills daily, I have to go to the psyche ward at the hospital every month, I put on a bit of weight in a short time, and its become even more difficult to work with the side effects of my medication.

This was rock bottom. But it didnt last forever. Recently, my depression has ended, I began working out, I am slowly getting rid of my old lifestlye. I even got into University for the next year. However, my schizophrenia never goes away. I may have to take pills for the rest of my life, and expect that i will be put in a hospital as an inpatient at least once. This is no ones fault but my own. I accept the consequences of my actions, and accept that it is going to take a lot of work to reset my life.

My only escape now is when I daydream about what I would be doing now if i never began doing drugs to begin with, and i hope returning to school will help me acheive that dream. I hope my story will help you realize the dangers of drug use.

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this is my story ..

Other

ive been up all night , reading all these stories . and although mine might not be as extreme , its still important none-the-less. so, while my parents raised me they tried their hardest to hide me from drugs, alcohol, dating, anything that comes with high school pretty much. even though those police came in to our schools and explained everything about drugs to us, i never paid attention because i have extreme ADHD. and let me tell you, marijuana is the WORST thing you can do when you have ADHD. anyway, by the time i got to high school, things changed.. i became friends with a real persuasive girl. if she wanted you to do something with her, there was honestly not one thing you could do about it, she's probably the most persuasive girl in the world. she told me one day that she smoked weed, and that it was really awesome .. and then told me that she wants me to try it with her. i obviously said no , of course. i barely knew anything about it other than it wasn't good for you, hell i didn't even know what marijuana was till grade 8 .. but she was just so damn persuasive, that a month later in the middle of the summer, my best friend [who's a bit of a trainwreck these days, i might add] decided to join us 2 and try weed .. you feel so relaxed, out there, and all you want to do is sit there for hours on end and eat. but , thats really only the first couple times .. after a couple weeks of constantly blazing , my brain started to become .. lazy, i guess. but i didnt care - i kept smoking weed almost everyday . school became terrible. by grade 10 , i failed every course first semester - didnt even go to the exams . i was kicked out , because i would skip school and get high all day . oh, and lets not forget that i gained about 40 pounds because of all the munchies i ate. about a year ago, my brain was definitely fried. it got so bad to the point that, everyday seemed different - it still does. i couldnt concentrate on something for more than a couple minutes - i still cant. and by the next day , i couldnt remember a THING about the day before - i still cant .. this past september , i went through a nasty breakup with my ex boyfriend who i was very much inlove with. i had one of the BIGGEST meltdown's in history right infront of my parents - who had no idea i was into any drugs or alcohol at all. i told my mom about everything , how i cant remember what happened the day before , how i cant concentrate on anything , how everything seems so hard. she instantly put me in therapy , which instantly got me into anti-depressants , and a social worker .., a new friend from my new program i was attending was going to a party and invited me . he got me alcohol and i was stoked . but the thing was, i didnt know anyone at that party but my friend that i brought , and him . that night i drank all my liqour , and i blacked out , i puked all over the house , rolled in my own puke , my friend had to call my mom to come get us , and someone stole my cellphone .. that was DEFINITELY a wakeup call for me . i realised that , even though drugs are fun for the time being .. they can really mess you up. its been a few months without drugs , and im telling you right now i havent been this happy in years. my new boyfriend that i love very much , is still into the drug scene - he loves his pot .. i dont think he goes a day without it . but i dont let him peeer pressure me into those things, because my brain is still completely messed up from JUST smoking weed for a year and a half .

my best friend , is still smoking weed. she dropped out of school , and was recently arrested. the persuasive girl that got me into all this , is currently pregnant .

and because of my boyfriend , ive met atleast 30 new people , who all smoke weed , and each one of them has atleast tried a stronger drug , or does a stronger drug , many of them do MDMA and cocaine. atleast 80% of those people have been in jail at some point in their life too.

still thinking about doing drugs ? you'd be stupid if you did .

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livelovedie.

Other

I had it all. Was in grade 11 and and my own suv bought and paid for as a result of hard work as a salesmen at an electronic store. People i was around on a daily basis were all smoking weed and of course i wanted to try it so i did. Biggest mistake of my life. As time went on i started smoking more weed myself because i had my wheels. I was introduced to many pot dealers and became friends with most. As i saw all my friends making more money faster then me, they were selling weed and i was selling Car audio equipment. I started selling weed on the time to my friends. Turns out i had a good connection for low prices. I started selling more weed just thinking about money. couple months later i got a routine phone call for a small amount of pot. When i got to the spot to drop off the pot, five guys came out of the bush and started smashing my SUV. I drove away and thought i was safe until i noticed them chasing me. Had a long car chase of going though red lights ect. In the end i got bear maced which is the worst feeling in the world, and Hit a BMW. One year later i owe an auto insurance company $20K, Can no longer afford to have a car because i need to pay the insurance company. At this point i wish i didnt smoke weed in the first place. If possible Nip It In the Bud and dont start smoking pot- it will send your life down hill and thats it. end of story.

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No to Meth

Western Canada

Soo...i was at a highschool party and i was asked by my best friends if i wanted to do meth...i felt very pressured and i was nervous of what would happen if i said no. I didnt want to disappoint my friends but i also didnt want to do meth, b/c i knew what the long term consequences were. So i made my decision and i left my best friends.

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For those who need help

Other

For those who need help and are starting to look to drugs: Volonteer, join an ''out of school'' activity find something that you like to do it will keep you occupied and you will think more because you know if you are doing drugs you wont be able to concentrate on the things you like to do.

From anonymous 10 year old seeking the right path for my teen years

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How I started...

Western Canada

When I was in elementary school about grade 6 we took the DARE program and we all promised to never try drugs. I even got a metal for doing well in the course. When I went in to high school in grade 8, I had a few friends that just completely changed who they were, and became something else. They all became "stoners" and smoked alot of weed. When I hit grade 9 a bunch of my friends started drinking on the weekends, and partying alot. I wont lie I had alot of fun. Eventually I started smoking weed as well.. Once this all began I started going down hill in school, well I had a hard time going to school. In grade 10 I tried extacy. All this happend basically through out the rest of high school.

One of my best friends began doing Cocaine in grade 11, he over dosed and had a massive heart attack and nearly died. Thankfully he survived and now is living with a heart condition. I always swore I would never do anything other drugs then what I had already tried. Because from my friend nearly dying I didnt want to risk my life. About 6 or 7 months after I graduated from highschool I began hanging out with the "wrong crowd". They were all considered "coke heads". I eventually tried it. I had a extemely rough time, and did it for about 2 years straight. I got to the point when I probably should have gotten help and probably should have told my parents about the problem I was having. I eventually stopped hanging out with the people I was spending alot of time with. And got clean on my own. I started going to NA meetings all alone and talking about my problem. It helped alot. I have now been clean for a full year and dont have a problem with it at all.

I know everyone has heard this a million times, but iam going to say it one more time. DONT DO DRUGS. It took me a long time to figure out a had a problem. Now iam in college and having a great time.