My Life Changing Experience

Drug abuse was also a part of my life from middle school until I was 21 years old. I think that a big part of me becoming addicted to drugs came from the type of boundaries, according to structural theory, that I had when I moved in with my parents. In my grandparents’ home I was never allowed to play with kids in the neighborhood, if I played outside, my grandma was always with me. My grandparents had very rigid boundaries and as a result began accusing me of doing drugs and smoking

My relationship with drugs first began during my senior year of high school. While most of my peers attended their first parties years earlier, my first was not until I was already 17 years old. I still remember feeling so cool for attending my first party and having my first sip of alcohol. The feeling of being drunk was unlike anything I had ever felt before. I felt liberated, like I could break out of my quiet shell and be that fun, goofy person that everyone wanted to hang out with. Prior to this night I had never used any type of substance, legal or illegal. Since then I have continued using alcohol while also trying various different types of drugs including caffeine, marijuana, tobacco, and adderall.

During my high school years I’ve joined a club called Future Farmers of America which I really had gotten involved with for three and a half years. This being my first time in a club I found myself to be really busy throughout my school time, not only busy but I loved being part of that group. The reason why I loved that group was because there were judging teams and livestock teams that I was really good at. Rite before my senior year was about to be over I decided to leave school for good only because I thought my job was more important. So once I left school I thought it was ok just to do anything I wanted. This is where my whole life took a turn for its worse. Now getting involved with drugs and gangs I was completely far away from an education or a job. Being on the streets was my job. This only landed me in jails and prisons for a period of time.

I did very bad things without care or control. My behavior was terrible. Whenever I was under the influence, I did everything in my power to hurt people with my behavior. And it was not long before I found myself alienated and estranged. My actions had driven people away from me, or perhaps I pushed them away. Gradually, I began losing friendships and relationships, and declining socially, mentally, emotionally, and financially. Every aspect of my life headed towards a downward spiral. Eventually, I became so alone, and my loneliness hurt. And when it hurt, I'd drink. It became a cycle, a never ending cycling of me being hurt and then drowning my misery in drinking. I never thought it would end or things would ever

I started hanging with the wrong crowd to fit in which led to me focusing on the ways of the street instead of school. I began to smoke, drink, and sell drugs. My mind made me think that that was the true way of life. Without the guidance from my

Drugs and alcohol will put me in a state of depression which will harm me. Alcohol and drugs go against my moral principles and my ethics. I simply know that alcohol and drugs are wrong. I know that they will hurt me. They will destroy me from the inside and from the outside. I will lose everything I love in life. Along with it hurting me, they will hurt people around me. If I drink alcohol and drive, I will be putting every single other driver around me at risk.

Ok where should i start...it all started when i was 15 i started smoking pot and after awhile it was not working so i started doing acid but that stopped working so i found this kid downtown and he introduced me into coke man i was living the life than well that's what i thought, i always had money and i was always able to get high right thats what its all about...no it's not i got kicked out of my mom's house and i never went home to my dads so one morning i woke up and i didn't have money and i was freaking out so i went to my mom's when she was at work and stole 100 dollars from her dresser went out got high went back to my friends and it

As every teenager there is one thing they all want to do and that is to fit in. For many, fame is the game. The only option is to fit in, but how will they ever achieve such a thing? When they looked around each corner all they all see one thing, people laughing and enjoying life. Maybe if you go near them and they will offer you marijuana. This marijuana is supposed to help you with your pain, reduce stress, and help you have a good time. Too good to be true, right? That 's because it probably is. This is one of the most common traps people fall into. They look at what the marijuana will do to make all the negative possibilities go away and excitement come and to not worry about future outcomes. It is begining of a new life and

I never thought about my consequences before I would participate in something wicked. My mom and plenty more other people have always told me to follow my first mind. I grasped every word, because I knew this would be helpful for me throughout my future. I affiliate myself with different kinds of people. Although, some of them are positive while the others are negative. I have been in a recent situation where my friends offer me marijuana. One of my friends asked me several times to try this and if I would not do it I would be considered as a lame person. I could hear the voices of my peer pressuring friends. I thought to myself “My mom would be crushed if she found out I was a smoker.” I thought about all of the consequences I would face physically. I have the worst case of allergies, and I knew smoking would not make things any better for me. After, the long thinking I have done I finally responded to my friends, and said “NO”! My friends said “That is okay Aliysha you shouldn’t be smoking anyway.” I realize that it is better to think things thoroughly. I should not let anyone pressure me into doing something, which I am not comfortable

I needed something more, something stronger. Though alcohol was my first true love, it was difficult to get. I was young and didn’t have many older friends who could get any for me. That is where marijuana came in. The feeling of ease and comfort that marijuana gave me satisfied my desire for a very long time. I smoked anytime and all of the time to tame the feeling I had for so long. So, I started hanging out with people who were avid marijuana smokers and they introduced me to a couple of other things. I made new friends such as Klonopin, Ativan, and Xanax. My goal became to not only fill the void, but to forget about it

It was one life-changing experience I was seven years old when I became grateful for the things that I had. I remember packing for this big trip my parents were planning for a year now. I precisely recall my mother telling me to go through my closet and pick clothes I did not use to give away, I didn't know why, but I didn't ask, I just did it. As the day got closer I remember my parents had accumulated a great amount of things to give away. I quite didn't understand why they were gathering so many things and for what reason.

A life-changing event is not something to be taken lightly. Throughout our lives, we encounter many obstacles and changes, some of which bring us joy and excitement, others of which may be hard for us to handle. When I look back on my relatively short life, it may, at first, be hard for me to think of an event that has truly molded and shaped the person that I am today. I have encountered several changes, but at the time, they felt like mere speed bumps along my path. Looking back now, it is easy for me to see that these changes were not by chance, but were placed in my path to form the person that I am today.

I was in the band in college and my sections drank and smoked a lot. There are many people that I went to school with that started smoking and drinking because they were pressured by their friends. I was one of the people that was pressed to drinking alcohol. I turned to drinking alcohol when things went south with one of my best friends. Also during that time I continued to have father issues, and I was doing an internship that was not going well. So I turned to alcohol as a way to help me get through my problems. I later discovered that drinking did not help with the issues that I was having; it only made it worse. Later on I got kicked out of my internship because of my alcohol abuse and went back to school to finish my

Everyone has that one experience that makes them look at life with a new set of eyes. My life changing experience happened a little earlier than most. It was the summer before first grade. We had gotten an exceptional amount of rain in the past months even though it was summer. I did not notice, though, because summer was every six year old's favorite holiday, next to Christmas and their birthday. My summer was supposed to be like any other but it quickly took a turn. For the best or for the worst? That is debatable.