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every thing died
when my dad died every died on me i had nothing no where to go and thats when pot came into my life
Lost my best friend to marjiuwana
I was at a party with my best when he first tried pot. He had a good time and he still seemed aware of he's surroundings and in control. ...
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My Brother
Just this year i saw my brother acting really strange around the house. my mother and i were about to leave the house to go to the mall and my brother was out of the house ...
I will never forget what you did for me.
bak wen i was 14 years old, i was always hanging out with the cool kids, getting in lots of trouble, smokin and experiencing the teen life....
I love youu **** <3
Growing up , life was pretty ruth for me ... Had to deal with alot a bull. Today , i'm a 15 year old teenaged girl living with a single parent.....
The wake up
3 years ago, I lost my friend **** to a Meth addiction. He was always coming home late,
sad days
some of my family smoke and it makes me sad i love them very much and i dont want enything to happen to them how can i tell them to stop...
- Drunk on life.
Okay,my name is ***. I am on drugs, I can't stop. Mind you i'm not even tpying this, My hands are too shakey I too parinoid to do anything....
- Drugs and Driving - a Deadly Cocktail
I'm going to make this short because I don't like thinking about it much. When I was 17 I crashed a car with three of my friends in it...
- THTF
This one time, I totally greened out. I was feeling too high to function and my heart was racing. I woke up in the hospital....
More Stories...
September 2011
- A Drug Crime
- focus on something else
- things change
- when mary-jewana isn't so cool
- The green was mean
- Not Me
- Marijuana
- I wish I knew, I really do...
- My Friends Do It, I Don't
- When you least expect it
- What 3 years can do...
June 2011
- Drug Abuiser
- Drugs R BAAAD!
- I never really knew anything better.
- peer pressure
- Why make the choice i did
- You'll lose your best friends
- freshmen year kickoff
- 3 lives gone
May 2011
- it started off with once a day..
- It's harmless fun? Not.
- all my friends smoke pot
- From the Heart
- Stop and Think
- Just Lucky
- not happy with any thing
- the "best" night of my life...
- drugs - not for me..
- Scary times
- best friend
- '67
- Peer Pressure
- All the Downsides
- Bad influence, great model
- your better off...
- preventing drug use for teens
- ending the teenage years
- I knew him so well...
- The Plunge
- My Friend
- in class bad trip
- Four years in hell!
- dont do weed
- Date NIght
- were are they now
- waking up
- i didnt even know
- need help
March 2011
- After Math
- angry and confused
- how bad drugs and smoking are
- Wrong Way
- Meth took me away from myself
- peer pressured
- my down hill life :(
- High and Low
- it changed my life.
- A Promise
- the problems with hard drugs.
- 16
- Surrounded
- can't wait to see if you open up the gates for me
- Skatepark Scare
- Positive Change
- Miracle Baby
- The Break-up
- be cool, don't do drugs
- Crack
- Being real
- "I'll only do it once, I promise."
- i was a gross drug addict
- the diasease
- 19/03/2011
- who's that disaster in the mirror
- Lessons Learned.
- My grade 9 year
- all wrong :(
- Scared to death
- Help me.
- Welcome to my life
- She WAS Amazing...
- MaryJanee really is thee gateway druug !
- Day brake!
- "i thought id try it once"
- Marijuana: harmless? I think not!
- It only gets worse
- Drugs are what make r lifes change..
- Ecstasy
- It's not hard to say no, even with everyone around you doing them
- My story with drugs
- Be There, Done That
- Drugs are Bad Mk
- Drugs and me
- amazing?
- The Drug Addict
- rocky road
- me
- My story; (Dont do meth)
- it's not what you want.
- Gave me the wrong drug
- One thing always leads to another and so on..
- I lied to them all
- The unexpected
- Smoking Marijuana
- stay away from crack
- Scared Straight.
- they took over my life.
- Repitition
- High School
- The bad parents.
- Pills
- I want to save him. .
- EVERY DRUG IS ADDICTIVE
- Never.
- I got addicted
- They actually liked my better when i told them i dont like smoking weed
- My friend almost over-dosed.
- It only started with weed
- kills familys
February 2011
- My Inspiration
- I never though it would happen to me.
- Once and Only Once
- Not losing control.
- To bad it only took once
- Life gone down,
- All it took was a little convincing.
- the past turns into the future
- Life on the Streets
- Ecstasy.
- Doesn't take just once.
- Marijuana: Not So Harmless
- pills, weed, cocaine, ect.... "I'll only do it a few times, then I'll quit.. simple."
- everyone cried..
- Help
- I used to S.W.E.D
- what could have been
- My song I wrote about drugs & how they affect you, called "Frozen"
- Questioning my sanity with rave drugs
- I tried all kind of drugs!!
- The dangers of overdosing.
- I said i wouldn't
- I couldn't believe it...
- Rolling Away - A True Addiction!
- The gateway drug
- My story.
- Wrecked my life.
- My broken road..
- My rock bottom
- a powerful pill
- i don't need no drugs to calm me.
- It's Never Worth It
- I speak from experience
- nuthing good
- Marijuana
- A year to nothing
- From good .. To Bad
- Just good fun - Right?
- WEED IS GREED
- Not me
- Fake Happiness
- In the begining, you always think that it's just for fun but as time passes, you need it to be happy.
- Its Time to Quit.
- i wasnt addicted at first
- Ecstasy, pills and drinking.
- the monster
- He's not the same person
- cocaine kills
- I started smoking marijuna
- All time low
- How I survived
- Why I don't do it
- I used to do everything but PCP and shooting up
- We'll dance one day
January 2011
- parrents can to
- my drug adiction
- How I made the right choice in life, and you can too.
- Should I stay, or should I go?
- Ecstasy and how it can control you.
- done and over with.
- A Trip Down Memory Lane
- it's not me, it's you...
- the loss of a loved one
- mdma is whack
- My Brother... TRUE STORY
- No more I am worth more
- She`s lucky I was there.
- It's not always greener on the other side.
- Overdose Sent Me Straight.
- Drugs
- My biggest regret
- you think your safe with your freinds?
- Complete system shutdown.
- Failure
- My journey
- Even a Little Bit Can do A Lot.
- Marijuana & Bi-Polar
- Once Upon A "Trip" Down Memory Lane
- Unknown
- Who knew it would happen to me.
- you never know
- Lost in Ecstacey.
- I CHANGED!
- I will never
- Drugs may have been fun while they lasted but now i'm feeling the effects while trying to live a normal life.
- Stay Smart: don't let anyone tell you that side effects arn't real!
- Weed should not be smoked
- It could get worse
- How could i do this.
- oxycotin
- I cant believe i did this stuff!
- STREET DRUGS ARE NOT THE ANSWER
- Why do it?
- you dont know what your smoking...
- Oxy-contin use
- To young to care not old engough to know better
- She Let Go
- Drugs r bad
- My Life Story =D
- Just a Dream...
- Hungry Dogs
- My troubled sister
- I've Decided to Say No.
- dont smoek weed
- Dont talk to druggies
- Don't be Me
- How it can happen without even doing it
- I thought it'd never get this bad..
- Not cool @ all.
- its just weed.
- not even once
November 2010
- my brother.... i think
- I've been pressured to do marijuana
- not really harm less
- My True Drug Story
- Role Model
- Rollercoaster of drugggzzzz
- READ ME
- pills
- my reasons for not doing drugs.
- ECSTASY WARNINGS!
- hipocrit
- Pathetic fears.
- Drugs Changed My LIfe
- Brothers firt bad choice
- Crack Daddy
- Drug-Runners
October 2010
- Why I chose to stay smart
- I would of Never thought
- I've had good times
- Fun--but not in the long term
- "The Dance"
- Crack is whack
- Mind Altered
- DON'T DO EM.
- I m gonna take control...
- never have never will
- Never kiss a girl that does weed
- addicted
- To get that high once again...
- My friend
- All Of The Sudden Parties,weed,e.t.c
- it was laced
- Pill Thrill
- It all started out so simple...
- Tothemax
- Just say NO
- Wrongs And Punishment
- just one puff
- Weed..
- Halloween
- I would do anything to have my old life back
- Rock Bottom
- Fight your curiosity!
- It happens.
- I had a bad life and i hope that your is not bad as mine
- a life in hell
- everything
- The Wrong choices
- kidnapped my cousin.
- don't even go there.
- My Friends Mom
- Drug addicts galore
- Your life is bigger then Drugs!
- My story
- I m 22 now
- Dealing, smoking, sniffing
- Drugs
- 5 months on rock bottom
- ruined more than one life...
- Drugs.
- spare yourself the pain
- Parents can help!
- I'm My Own Person, & I Don't want To End Up Like them
- stories will be stories .
- My life. .
- Honestly Guys?
- Finally coming out the other side.
- regret
- Sleeping in the Park
- A Drug Addicts Story P.S. this is about my sister
- Entheogens
- Save your brain, don't do drugs.
- drugs hate me
- My story
- Within one year
- Damage done, forever gone.....
- weed adiction 2 a 10 year old
- It was hard to do, but I am happy I just said no.
- dope is for dopes
- My boyfriend and her..
September 2010
- F'd up
- The Cruelest Dream, Reality
- Why drugs are bad
- Shouldn't have even gotten close.
- The NiteMare Of My Life a.k.a TNMOML!
- Story.
- "He handed me that rather large bag"
- the days weeks months i thought i could handle it all
- Still Recovering.
- One last time
- Just say no!
- It doesn't take much.
- You think it's all a game.
- make the right choice.
- i picked the wrong path ...
- This is my story...
- Stupidity & Regret
- this happended.
- I've made mistakes.
- There is NO rock bottom
- Finding The Edge
- XTC - my choice of drug
- It's not worth it
- Look in the mirror
- F***ed up life
- Addiction
- Out of curious.
July 2010
- Marijuana Effects
- hopeless to happiness
- It's all true..
- Could have been me...
- I didn't know what to do
- Devils playground
- i hate WEED
- Rollin then falling
- mistake.
- it all started with a pretty bong...
- Everyones doing it...
- I'm my own person, I can do anything. I am unstoppable......NOT
- rags to riches to reality
- That's Not Me
- Just Once ?
- drugs!
- Curious, Image, Lost and now Found
- Some facts.
- What I have done :(
- I'm a girl in grade 8.
- Drugs and the Effects they had on me.
June 2010
- u think its fun
- BIG MISTAKE
- There is no such thing as Soft drug
- Things Keep Changing
- Drugs are bad!
- The Pain of 6 Years.
- I've been there, please hear me out.
- Drugs
- Do you hold the key to closed doors?
- You don't have to.
- weed
- My mom saved me, Dont know why but she did.
- no thanx
- He was My Best Friend
- dont ever do this
- Release
- i dont take drugs
- dealers nextdoor
- I remember when...
- Being Hooked on Drugs...
- The druggies
- how my life got wrecked because of drugs
- Overdoses
- There is hope
- Trying Something New
- Forever saying no to drugs
- Pot controlled me.
- Never lie or do something that you know you don't want to.
- Panic E-ttack
- never try drugs
- Never too late
- say no to drugs say yes to ur life
- peer pressure
- Say, "No Thanks"
- Daddy
- Candy
- Never For Me
- death by drug...
- What to do?
- (Dont.. Smoke 'Em If..)
- drugs.. are they really worth it??
- Its not all the same
- My best friend dead.
- anyone wanna bun?
- you'll lose. nobody wins.
- Just try it , c'mon nothing will happen ...
- out of control
- My Role-Model
- Never again..
- At the end of the day...
- Trust me, say no.
- Herpes
- Personal Experiences
- Started doing drugs...
- f'ed up night
- addicted
- CIG to BOOZE to WEED
- I started...
- What's the big deal right?
- Weed runied me.
- Revelation
- D.R.E.A.M. dRUGS rUINED eVERYTHING aBOUT mE
- My Life
- Drugs Can Ruin Your Life
- I was bad , and Now my life is gone.
- betrayal and pregnancy
- The Question
- Too Young...Too Late?
- weed is bad
- Breath
- Playing Russion Roullette with my life
- High school
- Drug free is the way to be!
- 1st time i smoke
- All F#$%ed Up...
- one night for the rest of my life.
- Road to Heroin
- Complete 180
- If only
- nope
- My sis changed cause of addiction
- Is it done yet?
- I stay drug-free
- the pain i realy hide but the ruth coulndt be hidden
- You say one thing. But mean another.
- Drugg Free
- saying no
- I thought it was fun at the time.
- Just to fit in.
- My Life.
- Its hard to get alway from it i know !!
- paychecks going to pot
- I'm 13years old...
- still falling
- sex, drugs, rap & hip-hop ...
- This is REDICULOUS !
- One little puff
- January 2010; a bad way to start off the year..
- A Continuing Story
- How Much is too extreme?
- Criminal Charges casue of stupid marijuana
- my sister and her friends think i will do weed.. ya right
- Teller.
- my friends said...
- it wasnt for me
- Just One More Time
May 2010
- How I said no from being asked to smoke marijuana
- My choices.
- Hero, to Friends
- Drugs aren't your friend. Friends are.
- help
- A-GEE
- me
- Never again.
- Rest of your life
- drugs are bad mm kay
- Only once
- straightedge
- leaving the earth.
- Drilling Deeper
- There is hope
- I thought it'd take all my problems away
- Runaway Fears
- Never Again...
- My Life
- A east side story
- the pond
- Weed addiction.
- Drugs are scandalous!
- My Story.
- This is why I'm against drugs.
- "im only gonna try it once"...or so i thought
- The popular and the confused
- 2 days, 34 pills.
- Bad trip
- home alone
- realy dank buds
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock N' Roll...Not the best combination
- running
- She didn't know.
- getting better
- the last time i seen him
- my sisters friend
- Here I am...
- Drugs Are Bad
- Fitting in
- proud of who i am.
- A "Drug War" Scenario:
- love drug
- dead, inside
- Drugs ruin people
- gateway drug
- This wasn't what I was looking for
- Drugs leave to new lifes
- never again
- They just mess you up
- I might throw up!!!!
- party madness
- man what was i thinking ??
- There was this girl...
- Still am
April 2010
- High school
- Choices
- i dont want to do drugs
- Doesn't take much to lose control.
- Another Day Gone
- once went to everyday , once went to 5 times and proboly more.
- Crack Cocaine No Joke!
- Story of my afterlife
- It was good at first ...
- in too deep
- dancing with Mary jane
- crack is murder
- Weed ate my Baby
- Scary Experience
- Mushrooms, Acid, and Ecstasy, 13 years old
- im 17 years i went down a bad path of drugs
- In my school there is a smokers section
- How My Life Changed.
- No way
- Everything Happens for a reson
- No, thanks
- drugs is murder
- Think Twice
- never again
- Tough Guy
- School Sucks
- Why Weed?
- grade 9 disaster
- Failure and hardship of late fix
- Drugs are Wack !!
- What happeneds
- Ohoh here comes my mom...
- My Drug Abuse
- What happens when u smoke crack
- A Word Can Ruin Everything
- My Friends Do Drugs
- i did drugs
- The Army and Weed
- weed
- my bad life
- Best friend mishap
- The New But Old Ecstasy
- im to young for this ....
- i told him no... thinking he would listen.
- Pushing
- Lost Control.
- Lonely.
- im to young for this ...
- i said i'd only do extasy once ...
- no i dont want that nasty stuff
- Losing Everything
- Paths of life
- a life gone astray
- Fixing my life
- Messed it Up
- Im in grade 10
- Torn out of life.
- Schizophrenia
- this is my story ..
- livelovedie.
- No to Meth
- For those who need help
- How I started...
March 2010
- Ever heard of 'too much' chronic?
- R.I.P Sis
- dont be like me and do drugs
- Stay in SCHOOL!
- No, because I'm straight edge
- Mari-jane brought me pain
- Weed Isn't Just Harmless...
- Peer Pressure- Praying Helps ;)
- A Commitment To My Passion
- 1 thing leads to another...
- Peer Pressure
- I can do much better than drugs.
- A Very Dangerous Kind of Fun.
- 'Just Say No'. It's not as easy as it sounds...
- The gate-way to lonely
- 19 and drug free
- drug dealing manslaughter
- Dopes a Nope
- help stop teens doing drugs
- scared
- Don't do it..
- One world , One wrong decision
- My one day experience turned into a two week experience.
- I never thought it would happen to me....
- My Mistake
- It all started when I was thirteen.
- He just Wont.
- waste of money and time.
- Marijuana
- Regret
- not for me
- why i don't do drugs!
- peer pressured
- Drugs
- Pot smokers, please read...
- Why?
- Marijuana
- The New Girl.....
- Blocked
- my dream came true
- How It Came To Be.
- Make the right friends
- peer pressure
- weed is wack
- PEACE
- my brother
- my addiction
- friend of a drug
- No, for me and her!
- Pressure free
- stupid guy!
- NOTforME! :)
- Just one hit..
- it was just one hit .... at first
- It's hard to pick the right words...
- Me v.s Drugs.
- One time leads to one big mistake
- Just One Time
- Can quit , but dont want to?
- Not EVER
- my life with drugs
- never
- Some Things Are More Important
- a broken family <`3
- lone wolf
- i got a problem!!
- She lost everything.
- One night!
- the only person that can ruin your life, is yourself.
- Never Ever!
- What happend when drugs enterd my family
- Long journey, Not over yet
- It's Painful to watch her
- Me? or The Drugs?
- DON"T DO IT!! a.k.a A PUFF can equal a place in HEAVEN
- how stupid can you be?
- Not a crack in the pavment
- my addiction since grade 9.
- How Bad I am with DRUGS
- High High school
- just cool it, but why?
- pressured into piff.
- everyone feels it and only some do it...but you don't have to!
- it was a sign.
- How I said no..
- she can't help her self.
- bad time
- I should've known.
- one times all it takes
- My friend
- Weed is a gateway drug to worse events, and to a future of bad things
- Meh, it'sz only one time...
- Dope over friends.
- Bad way!!
- Not Done.
- drugs
- my only friend is differnt now
- what
- freinds and weed.
- WEed
- Behind closed doors
- Its my life
- parents need to wake up
- one night could change your life.
- Night Prowler
- The EBO
- i said no
- Say no the first time.
- party and drug problem
- My life
- on day after school
- stop drugs
- My love affair with weed
- bad times
- Death Scare
- Bad Changes to Good
- I'm High on Life
- Addicted !
- Stuff happens
- pressure pressure pressure
- Stranger Danger
- To Much
- family and friends
- I can handle it.. so i thought...
February 2010
- Hurt
- Basketball or Speedball
- Everyone Does It?
- i may be alittle burnt.
- How drugs changed my life
- Strangers Giving You A Candy.....
- One dare can change your life.
- Why I don't use.
- i hope i helped
- two puff pass
- nOT PrOuD
- Pear Pressure!
- I regret...
- never again
- I never thaught it would happen to me
- Turned Out Wrong
- Say No.
- Dark clouds may hang above me but i know i'll get through it
- mush mistake
- Triplel Threat
- Why I Decide To Stay Drug Free
- Untitled.
- I used to do DRUGS!
- Night of complications
- Getting influenced by love
January 2010
- Scared Myself Away .
- Never been but already know
- My Story
- I "Thought it was cool! But i thought wrong.
- in ninth grade
- Numb
- Why I avoid drugs
- one bad decision
December 2009
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