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 A Mother Under the Influence
by Mary Ferguson*
It took motherhood to finally force one woman to face her alcoholism. Here, how she stopped drinking and repaired the damage done to her family.
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 I Felt Like Super Mom
by Charlotte Sanders
I came from a good family although my parents divorced when I was 16. I always felt a void in my life just like most teenagers do. I decided to turn to try filling that emptiness with drugs.
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It Happened to Me
by Abby Betsinger
Meth became a part of my life when I was 19 years old. I was instantly hooked -- there was none of that "only on the weekends," or "I'll only stay up for two days." I eventually tried. . .
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 The Tightest Grip
by Brittany Bowman
Normal people do not constantly look out the window to see if the cops are there every two minutes. Normal people, do not see people sitting in their cars, when really no one is there. Normal. . .
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I Looked Like a Dead Person
by Michael Reichman
I was just barely 18 when my friend pulled a U-Haul up to my parent’s garage and we loaded my furniture, my clothes, my toys (TV, MP3 player and stuff like that) and headed back to Atlanta. . . .
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I Lived a Double and Lonely Life
by Brandi Gurin
Brandi didn't realize the hold meth would take on her life, until it spiraled out of control.
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 I Could Never Get High Enough
by Mindy McConnell
That one line of meth started me on a path of getting high at school and then eventually dropping out all together. Classes interfered with my drug life. What I thought was normal behavior was not normal. . .
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 Mother's (Dangerous) Little Helper
by Elizabeth Fish as told to Lisa Collier Cool
Methamphetamine is furiously spreading from rural areas, where it's home-brewed, into our cities and suburbs. Who is vulnerable? Often, exhausted new moms with 24/7 demands. Here's the cautionary tale. . .
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 Our Continued Struggle
by Lauren Huston
Lauren Huston had a full plate – five kids at home and a husband fighting a war overseas. When she started suspecting that Matt, her 15-year-old son, was using drugs, she knew she had to act immediately. . .
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My Addicted Son
by David Sheff
David's son says he was searching for meth his entire life.
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 A Mother’s Tale of Her Son’s Addiction & Recovery
by Denise McLean
My name is Denise McLean (Solis) and I am sharing this very personal story of my son’s triumph over depression and addiction with you.
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 My Own Private Hell
by AJ
My father was the one who gave me my first drink – a swallow of bourbon – when I was 4 years old. We were at a party together. He thought it was funny and I liked the warm rush it gave me. I remember that. . .
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A Friend In Need: An Intervention Story
by Jim Tardy
I’ve known Roberto for about four years now, and I noticed he was acting a little out of character throughout the year. I knew he’d had some problems with alcohol in the past, and I was worried that he. . .
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 My Son Brian
by David R. Pease
In a split second, my heart, and my life as I knew it, had stopped.
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 Red McCombs: A Billionaire's Drinking Problem
by Red McCombs
In my 48th year, I realized I had a problem with alcohol. I’ve had people ask me how you can tell when you need to stop drinking, and my answer is a simple one. You know you have a problem when you can’t. . .
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 My Son Justin
by Lea Minaglia
Justin is my only child and when he was just a baby his dad and I divorced so I raised him on my own. I was cognitive of the fact that Justin carried hurt feelings about his dad not participating much. . .
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My Daughter's Huffing Addiction
by Joan Hakeman
I had never heard of inhaling or huffing, and here my daughter was doing it on a daily basis.
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 My Son John
by Pam Heil
My nightmare began in the evening of June 1994 when I casually answered my phone, and received this disturbing message: “Hello my name is Damion Pecko. I am with the American Embassy in Mexico. . .
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 Drugs Made My Life a Living Hell
After having a huge fight with my girlfriend one night, I decided to go out with some friends to have a good time and forget my problems.
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 The Story of a Teen Girl's Huffing Addiction
by Megan Hakeman
I started to huff when I was 13 years old...
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 Agony From Ecstasy
I hear a lot of people talking about Ecstasy , calling it a fun, harmless drug. All I can think is, "If they only knew."
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 Real Drugs, False Friends
by Nicole Hansen
I never believed something like this would happen to me, but it did -- and it happened fast.
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Zack's Story
by Vicki Larison
A mother loses her son to inhalants.
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 Bobby Sharp’s Story
by Bobby Sharp
My childhood was pretty ordinary for the time and place. I was born in 1924 and grew up in L.A. and Harlem.
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 Abigail’s Story: To Boot Camp and Back
by Abigail Vona
My parents divorced when I was one. My father and mother fought over custody of my brother and me for years. Our parents loved us but they used us to get back at one another.
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 Son of Greenwich
I am a licensed alcohol/drug counselor in the state of Massachusetts. I have not always been a counselor. As a matter-of-fact, before entering the field, I began on the other side of the therapist’s desk.. . .
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 Josh’s Story
by Josh
My life started out like many others. I was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in a middle-class family. My father was in the Marine Corps, so we moved around a few times but I had a fun childhood and. . .
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I've Been Smoking for Four Years
by Anonymous
I am one of those typical teens you see when you walk into a high school. Stumbling around, eyes half shut, reeking of marijuana.
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XTC
by Anonymous
I am 28 now I have been using Ecstasy to alter my mood for a couple of years. About six months ago I overdosed on XTC.
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Think Before You Do Something You Will Regret
by Anonymous
One night we went to a party and we felt like we needed more energy. It seemed like other people were having a good time and we wanted to have a good time too.
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No Real Reason
by Kyle
Growing up I never really did anything wrong, I was probably one of the last people in my grade to even try drugs.
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Kids With Depression
by Anonymous
Not long ago we moved up to our new house, and my youngest daughter was having a really hard time finding friends and she became very depressed.
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I Just Turned 20, Thank God
by Anonymous
I had been smoking pot since I was a freshman in high school. At the time I didn't think I had a problem.
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Hope
by Anonymous
My boyfriend is the most caring and loving person alive. He loves making people laugh and cares so deeply about everyone surrounding him.
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How Drugs Affected My Life
by Anonymous
My best friend and I decided to experiment with smoking marijuana. One thing lead to another and we ended up smoking ever weekend.
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Heroin Addiction
by Anonymous
My niece was like a daughter to me after she lost both her parents to drug addiction. She struggled with many emotional problems throughout her life.
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E is For Eli...NOT For Ecstasy
by Anonymous
I started doing drugs a couple of years ago. Like most people it started off as just smoking weed with friends on the weekends because we were young, dumb and broke.
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Ecstasy?
by Anonymous
I was 20 years old and had been reunited with a childhood friend after two years of separation. So, we decide to party like we were in high school again.
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Dreams
by Anonymous
You’re 12 years old and your mother goes away and takes with her your sister, the one person you really trust. You're destroyed.
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Chris
by Chris
I am 32 years old and I tried LSD 14 years ago, when I was 18. My intentions were innocent enough. I had smoked pot a handful of times and I smoked cigarettes and drank a lot.
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Drug-Addicted Boyfriend
by Anonymous
I have seen firsthand what this horrible drug Meth does.
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The Worst Times
by Anonymous
My boyfriend was snorting meth for three years without me knowing. I felt so stupid.
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Good-bye
by Anonymous
One day when I got home from a party I received a phone call from my friend Jen. At first she didn't say anything and all I heard was a lot of crying.
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Drugs Mess Up Your Life
by Anonymous
I am one of those typical teens you see when you walk into a high school. Stumbling around, eyes half shut, reeking of marijuana.
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Nights of Ecstasy Not Worth Decades of Depression
by Anonymous
It's a simple as this: After doing it off and on for four months, I feel like Ecstasy destroyed a significant percentage of the neurons in my brain that produce serotonin.
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What Has He Done?
by Anonymous
My uncle was living a good life. He had everything he ever needed, a great family and a lot of talent.
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A Moment of Pleasure Leads to a Life of Pain
by Anonymous
My story is like many other addicts, I used and lost everything. I did not start to use drugs until my late 20s.
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Watching My Friends Slowly Fade
by Anonymous
I have never done any drugs. I have seen some terrible things which have made be believe that drug experimentation can only lead to death or physical, mental and emotional pain.
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My Ex-Boyfriend’s Addiction
by Anonymous
After six months of being very happy with my boyfriend, things started to go downhill. He had smoked before we were together, and it had gotten worse and worse by the day.
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My 17th Birthday
by Anonymous
When I hit 9th grade, I met a great counselor who helped me promise that I was not going to get high ever again, and I kept that promise to myself -- until my 17th birthday.
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Life Learned Lesson
by Anonymous
I’m 14, and a freshman in high school. When I was 11, I learned an important life-lesson. I went to a party with a cousin who went off with her boyfriend and left me alone.
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The Wrong Way
by Anonymous
When I turned 18, it's almost like I transformed into a different person with a one-track mind. I started smoking pot on a daily basis, next came Ecstasy and then I started popping pills like candy.
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Don’t Ever Try It
by Anonymous
Most people who have tried X for the first time understand how undeniably wonderful it can be. Unfortunately, no time is like the first.
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Drug and Alcohol Use Affects Relationships
by Anonymous
I am 18 years old and I have been in a few relationships where the girl I was with used drugs.
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My Brother With a 20-Plus-Years Crack Addition
by Anonymous
I have lived with a crack-addicted brother for over the last 20-plus years.
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Why Was I So Lucky?
by Anonymous
"Why was I so lucky?" I always ask myself. Why wasn't I chosen to enter the gates of hell?
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Speed Addiction
by Anonymous
I started smoking weed when I was 14. From then, I got bored with it, so I started drinking.
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A Life I Couldn't Save
by Anonymous
weed, pills, Adderall, alcohol, hospita
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A Living Hell Story
by Anonymous
I was always against drugs, always the girl at the party who said no. I loved life, I was motivated to succeed.
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Once Was Enough
by Anonymous
I cannot begin to tell you all what pain I am in. I moved to a new town in the last few weeks and met a new group of college friends.
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Losing My Life and Finding it Again
by Anonymous
I am a recovering drug addict. Recovering from 13 years of drug abuse at age 32 from cocaine, crack and last, but not least, crystal meth.
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My Mother
by Anonymous
I have been exposed to heroin my entire life. My mother was addicted to heroin when she was pregnant with me and I was born addicted to it.
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My Hard Life
by Jammall
I was just an ordinary 14-year-old kid. I loved to play basketball, hang out with my friends and skateboard.
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Bad Acid Trip
by Anonymous
One night out I was approached by an old friend who offered me and a friend acid. I had done acid several times before...
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My Friends Died
by Anonymous
Hi, I am 17 and I live in Minnesota. When I was growing up I always said I would never do any drugs.
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A Worried Friend
by Anonymous
I used to smoke weed, sniff coke and take a variety of pills with a big group of friends.
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I Miss My Sons
by Anonymous
I am a middle-aged mother of two sons who are using meth. I know that it is ten times worse than I could ever tell you.
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Could It?
by Francesca Denaut
I wrote the following anti-drug poem and I was hoping that it might make kids aware of the effects drugs and alcohol could have.
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Who Was I Hurting? Just Myself
by Patricia
I was 13 the first time I tried grass. I nearly passed out. My brother who was 9 smoked and drank.
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I Read All Posts Here
by Anonymous
I am currently struggling with a 22-year-old friend who is in second attempt to detox and rehab.
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I Never Knew
by Anonymous
I never thought I would go so far. I remember when I was 10 years old, I saw my big brother smoking a cigarette and it made me cry.
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A Stupid Mistake
by Anonymous
This is a story that I'd like to share to show everyone how stupid pot is and how pot made me make one of the hugest mistakes in my life.
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Watching Your Family Go Downhill
by Anonymous
For the last two years, I've watched my dad and my younger sister waste away from doing crank.
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Lost and Found
by Anonymous
My entire life I have been around drugs and alcohol, in fact that is why I am even here.
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Ice Is Not Just An Energy Pill
by Anonymous
My best friend of 10 years told me one day that she tried crystal meth. I was shocked.
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The Drugs in My Life
by Anonymous
I am a 14-year-old boy living in Bogota, Colombia. In my city the consumption of cocaine (the Spanish slang term is “perico”) and marijuana (“bareta cannabis”) is common.
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Drugs Ruined Everything I Once Had
by Anonymous
When I was 14 I had a boyfriend who smoked weed and I decided that nothing bad could come of it so I did it too.
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My Dad
by Anonymous
My dad has been an alcoholic for as long as I can remember. He also had a problem with drugs.
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Drugs, Alcohol and My Dad
by Anonymous
When I was 10 years old my dad finally gained custody of me and I moved in with my new, real family.
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My Mistakes
by Anonymous
I'm 18 now, so very lucky to be alive. I started doing drugs when I was 14. It was cool to smoke pot (bud) at parties, which was the first drug I tried and became addicted to using.
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I'm a Lucky One
by Susan
My experience with drugs started when I was in high school. I am 19 years old now. It is very surprising that I would do any drugs. I am from a very good and religious family.
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Post Effects of Methamphetamine
by Anonymous
I am 22-years old, but I feel as though I am 40 or 50 sometimes. This is not easy to talk about, but I figure if I can change one person’s life, then it’s worth it.
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Pain Pills Almost Took My Life
by Anonymous
In my late 20s I started using pain pills; Vicodin was my drug of choice
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Goodbye My Son
by Anonymous
My son was 21 and addicted to heroin. I remember the day I found out.
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My Life Slowly Torn Away From Drugs
by Anonymous
I was 12 years old when I smoked weed for the first time. I didn’t like it because nothing happened to me.
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The Home-Wrecking Drug
by Anonymous
It all started about four years ago when my dad started to stay away for days at a time. I knew he was up to no good.
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I Stood By Him
by Anonymous
Just about two years ago I met a really cute guy.
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Friends Aren’t Always Friends
by Anonymous
I am 14 years old and started smoking weed at 12 because of my friend.
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Losing a Best Friend
by Anonymous
I met my best friend in 8th grade. We were inseparable.
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Relating to Real Life
by Anonymous
I am 36 years old and have a brother who is addicted to pot and I am sure other drugs also.
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Everyone Needs An Anti-Drug
by Anonymous
Most kids are forced to be involved with the D.A.R.E program around 5th and 6th grade.
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I Don’t Understand
by Anonymous
We are parents of four sons ages 17 – 23 years. We've raised them to the best of our knowledge
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Why Did This Happen to Me?
by Anonymous
I had a friend who was into the whole drug circle. She would smoke pot every weekend and get drunk without worrying about the consequences.
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Plummeting Further
by Anonymous
I started out smoking marijuana a few years ago. It was to fit in, I suppose.
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My Life Is A Nightmare
by Anonymous
My son began using drugs when he was 13 years old. We didn't want to believe it at first.
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Escape From the Fairy Tale: From the Tears of a Mom
by Anonymous
I see your busy fingers and the sadness in your eyes, I hear you promise quitting, and stay right by your side.
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Running Scared
by Anonymous
I was only 12 when I met Greg and I thought he was cool because he was so much older than I was.
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Reaching Out
by Anonymous
I have recently moved back home from college to be with my family due to my brother’s drug problems.
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You Cannot Stop Me
by Anonymous
Four months ago I was introduced to the drug known as tweak. I swore that it was just an occasional thing that I did with friends.
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Marijuana
by Anonymous
I started smoking my senior year of high school. I made a lot of cool friends and had fun at the time, but I missed out on a lot of other things in life.
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Takes Over You
by Anonymous
I'm 17 years old. I started using drugs during my middle school years. Right now I’m a senior in high school and I've used every kind of drug
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Trying to Understand
by Anonymous
My husband's daughter, Luanna, is laying in the hospital right now in critical condition.
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Anti-Drug
by Anonymous
I'm 14 years old and I am the youngest of about 15 cousins.
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My Son Joshua
by Anonymous
After taking a year off when he graduated, my son Joshua started at a culinary college in Chicago.
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A Meth Addict at 14
by Anonymous
I had been doing meth for about two years. When I first started I weighed about 120 lbs and at the end of the two years I was about 98 lbs.
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If It Weren’t For Weed, My Mom Would Still Be Here
by Brooke
When I was in 6th grade I really wanted to try smoking weed. When I got into 7th grade I finally got the chance and I really liked it.
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My Life Addicted to Meth
by Kristen S.
It’s kind of hard to believe that a person can get so addicted to a substance that their daily life revolves around it.
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I Lost a Friend to a Bad Ecstasy Pill
by Anonymous
Last month I lost one of my best friends to a bad Ecstasy pill. I had experimented with her twice before and we didn't realize how dangerous the drug could be.
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One Night of Hell
by Athesia
My name is Athesia and when I was 14 I got in trouble with the law. To alleviate my stress I went to a movie with some friends.
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Never High Enough
by Anonymous
My name is Starla and I am 15 years old and a sophomore in high school.I first began to drink in the 7th grade.
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Rollin High
by Anonymous
I am a 22-year-old woman. I left home when I was 15 and I started to experiment with Ecstasy when I was 17.
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My Cousin Died Using Ecstasy
by Anonymous
My cousin and I started using Ecstasy when we were in sixth grade.
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It’s Not An Easy Road
by Anonymous
First of all, I want everyone to know that I am off hard drugs for six years today!
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You’re Killing Your Family Too
by Anonymous
I have been with my husband for 13 years and have put up with his drug use on and off the whole time.
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Live Life Without Meth
by Anonymous
I'm 29 years old and I had been using meth on a regular basis for about 10 years.
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My Brother’s Addiction
by Anonymous
My brother is 15 years old and he is dipping. He started when he was 9 years old. He had quit for a few months, but now he has started again!
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Weed Controls My Life
by Anonymous
The first time I smoked weed I was 12 and it was at a Pearl Jam Concert with my sister and her friends. I remember I loved it and thought it was great.
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My Darling Nephew
by Anonymous
My nephew Aaron used many drugs in his lifetime -- from weed and alcohol to eventually heroin. Of course there were many other drugs that he used in between these.
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How Drugs and Alcohol Ruined My Life
by Anonymous
I was 7 when I first drank alcohol and 12 when I took my first hit of weed. I have been hooked on both ever since.
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My Trip to the ER
by Anonymous
I’ve had experiences with a couple of drugs in my earlier teen years, such as weed and acid. I tried E for the first time when I was 15 and I only took a half of a pill.
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Bad Trip on Shrooms
by Anonymous
Last night I ate some shrooms for the first time and for a while it felt like I was just drunk. It was fun -- until I started having a really bad trip.
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Professional Drug Addict
by Anonymous
I was not from a broken home, nor did I come from a family with a history of substance abuse. I knew the dangers of drugs and alcohol growing up, but I guess the curiosity was just too much.
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Drugs
by Anonymous
I had lived in the same town for 14 years, but then one day we moved. After the move, things started going downhill.
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The Glamorous Lifestyles of the Addicted
by Anonymous
I used to think that being addicted to anything was really lame; who wants to be dependent on something out of their control?
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Yesterday
by Anonymous
I'm 27 now. I started using marijuana when I was 16. I would've stopped there, but I had a friend at the time who kept telling me about acid, and how great a high it was.
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How Drug Life Really Is
by Edward
I was 9 when I started drinking, 13 when I started smoking pot, 14 when I started snorting cocaine and 15 when I started smoking crack and snorting heroin.
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Drug Abuse to Feel Right
by Jenny
Drug abuse is common all throughout Oklahoma. I started out with cigarettes (yes they are a drug too) at age 11. Then for behavior management, the doctor prescribed Xanax for me. I took them and loved. . .
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What Do You Do When Your Kid is on Meth?
by Anonymous
I’m a 40-year-old single mother of three children and I’ve had problems with each of them. With one, however, I faced the meth dragon. It all started when she got a job baby-sitting on Friday nights.
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The Thief
by Anonymous
I am 34 years old, and never met anything or anyone more powerful until I met "meth." Today I am five months clean and this time around I am stronger and more determined than ever because its no longer. . .
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From Popular To Nothing
by Anonymous
I am 14 years old. I had a lot of stress in my life from things like deaths in the family and my mom having AIDS. It all started at about age 12 when I found out about my mom. I started taking pills like. . .
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My Addicted Friend
by Anonymous
My friend is addicted to inhalants, crystal meth and weed. I’ve tried telling her that she does it too much and she should stop before something bad happens -- but she won’t listen. I’m very concerned. . .
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Regrets
by Anonymous
I went through a few years of depression. I took drugs and drank to forget. I know I'll regret it for the rest of my life. I don't even know why I was so sad. At one point, I lost all hope and tried to. . .
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Please Help Our Kids
by Anonymous
This is a little different than the other stories, but it needs to be addressed. My 7-year-old son found a syringe in our back yard and ended up getting poked with the needle.
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A Life Less Lived
by Anonymous
At 15 I considered myself on top of the world. I was a pristine girl, in good classes with an A-average. I didn't come from some decrepit neighborhood with a broken family. I was just your average bright. . .
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Don’t Be Another Me
by Anonymous
am 18 years old and have been using cocaine every day for almost two years now. I got into it when I was driving my friend somewhere after school and she asked me if I did "yayo.”
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Chains
by Anonymous
It took me two years of using to realize that drugs can take a horrible toll on your life in a very small amount of time. I’m 15 now and it all started when I was 13. My boyfriend and I would go over to. . .
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Heroin Doesn’t Discriminate
by Anonymous
I am 18 years old, however I feel like I should be much older. My story is actually more of my brother’s. My brother is twenty and very lucky to be alive.
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Former Professional Pot Smoker
by Anonymous
The first time I smoked, I absolutely loved it. I would go to school stoned and drive around stoned – it started to become an everyday activity for me.
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Why?
by Anonymous
I started using meth about three years ago. I was in college and one night at a party I got offered a line of crank. I took it and didn’t see it again for a few months.
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Teen Drug Addiction
by Anonymous
I started doing drugs around a year and a half ago, the summer after 8th grade. It started with small things like weed. Eventually I took acid, X, and prescription drugs -- basically anything I could get. . .
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Change of Friends
by Sarah
I grew up in an average household with the basic problems. I started smoking cigarettes when I was about 12, because most of my friends were doing it. When I was 13, I met a guy who was 17 years old.
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The Other Side of the Story
by Anonymous
I am the mother of a heroin addict. I can only begin to imagine what my 25-year-old son is experiencing, because it is beyond my comprehension.
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My Son’s Death
by Anonymous
My son had experimented with coke, Ecstasy, ketamine and GHB for a few years. Everyone else was doing it, so he thought it was the “cool thing to do.”
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Is It Really Worth It?
by Anonymous
Sure these stories are all pretty tragic, but mine is never ending. Ever since I was a little girl, my neighbors had always looked at me as if I were a little angel. When I started high school, I was pretty. . .
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I Never Thought it Would Happen to Me…But it Did
by Anonymous
I am 15 and I used to be very popular.I was a straight-A student, cheerleader, and I was said to be one of the best ballerinas in my dance school. I got really bored with my life and all the things I did. . .
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I Never Thought…
by Anonymous
I'm a 15-year-old freshman. I live in northern Ohio and I recently had a friend die of Ecstasy. It wasn't like Jenny and I took X all the time.
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Be Smart, Never Start
by Anonymous
Unlike some of the other stories you have read, I have never smoked crack, snorted cocaine, popped Ecstasy or injected heroin, but like you I read their stories.
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Drugs Do Tear Families Apart
by Anonymous
Where do I begin? I guess I will start with the first time I found drugs in my brother’s room, which was when I was 13. I knew enough about drugs to realize that what I found was Estasy, and I was really,. . .
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I Was Really Lucky
by Anonymous
When I was 13 I started drinking and getting high. I met this guy and we started dating, but he was 17 and addicted to speed.
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Yeah, Sure Dope is Great (Sarcasm)
by Anonymous
When I was introduced to heroin I was told it could be a one-time thing. Something that, if I tried once, wouldn't affect me at all. Well, it's not a one-time thing, and being 19 at the time I should've. . .
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It Made Me...Or So I Thought
by Anonymous
When I was in high school I started to use meth. Not to lose weight but just because. Some of my girlfriends were trying it out so I decided to as well. I was 14 and never stopped until I was 17.
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No Longer Alone
by Anonymous
I didn’t just wake up one day as an alcoholic – it slowly evolved without me realizing it.
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Hard Knock Life for Me
by Anonymous
Okay, here's my story. I'm a 17-year-old male that's finally noticing the truth about drug use and how drugs are so unnecessary in your life.
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Heroin Landed Me in Intensive Care
by Anonymous
I had an experience with heroin that almost took my life. I had about $800 in the bank, until one night when my friends and I decided to take it out and spend it on heroin.
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A Friend's Death Due To Methamphetamine
by Anonymous
Hello my name is Amy L. and I think that everyone should be able to read your web page at least once in their lives, it has really made me think differently about the things that I have done and...
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Ex-Pot Smoker
by Anonymous
Hi, I'm Mary. I'm 39 years old. I have been drug free for 10 years now. When Iwas 15, I smoked pot for the first time. I thought I had to have it for thenext 14 years, I would lie...
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Marijuana Laced with Something?
by Anonymous
Hi my name is Tatiana Cespedes and I'm 14 I think this site is a great place to get information on drugs that are illegal. The reason why I was on this was because I am doing a project on...
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A Downward Spiral Due To Marijuana
by Anonymous
I am a 20-year-old woman who has been on drugs since I was about 14. Drugs have played a major role in my life over the past 5 yrs. When I was a child it wasn't unusual for me to...
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An Ex-Pot Smoker's Story
by Anonymous
The first time that I smoked weed I didn't feel anything at all. I smoked again about three more times and still felt nothing. It didn't hit me till the fourth time I smoked. I felt numb all over, and.... . .
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6’5” and 135 lbs—What Drugs Did To Me
by Anonymous
I first smoked pot when I was 13. I did it just for kicks—I didn't think anything would come of it. I was wrong—for the next 18 years I was wrong. It seems to me I would get bored with one kind of high. . .
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A Teen's Story
by Dorothy
Hi, I'm Dorothy. I'm 16. I started doing drugs when I was around 12 or 13. First I was smoking pot and sniffing glue, thinking nothing at all would happen to me, that I could stop at anytime I wanted.... . .
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A Cousin's Dilemma
by Anonymous
I live in a community that is probably around 80 percent drug populated, meaning out of the people that live there probably 80 percent use drugs (including alcohol). I don't live in a populated area, I. . .
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Loss of A Friend To Heroin
by Anonymous
I am a student at a small town college in Rochester, Michigan (Oakland University). On May 6th, 1999, I had the most horrifying experience of carrying a childhood friend to the grave. Josh, probably the. . .
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I Didn’t Know My Friend Used Drugs—Until He Died
by Anonymous
I’m a high school student. I lost my best friend last June to drugs. He died of an overdose of morphine. He was a happy-go-lucky kid who tried to keep himself out of trouble, but never did. During the. . .
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Agony, Not Ecstasy
by Anonymous
I had a horrible experience on the drug ecstasy. I had taken it a couple times before, and the effects were relatively mild and enjoyable. But the last time I tried it, I started with only a half of a.... . .
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A Mother's Worries
by Anonymous
I started with pot, booze and alcohol. From there I went to mostly pills. I experimented with acid, mushrooms and every kind of pill made. Then I got hooked on cocaine. I used coke for about 6 years. I. . .
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Addicted to Meth at 16!
by Ashley B Warmington
The first week of summer I tried tweak for the first time and I LOVED IT. It always seemed that I couldn't get enough.
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People in the Real World
by Anonymous
My fiancee's brother is a marijuana user. I have a problem with thissince he has a 9-month-old baby and a wife. He has asked us for money onseveral occasions, and always complains about not having enough. . .
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An Ex-Pot Smoker's Views
by Anonymous
I quit smoking marijuana 2 months ago at the age of 40, after about 20 years of chronic use. Why? 1. The cost. Pot is costing $160 an ounce now in my area and I was buying 2 ounces...
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Advice From A Teen
by Anonymous
I'm 15 years old and a freshman. When I was 13 I guess it was, I tried pot for the first time and quit a few months later. That was the scariest few months I have ever had. I want...
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An Australian Mother's Story
by Anonymous
I have found your site through the news network here in Australia. I am somebody's mother. My son is a 21-year-old heroin addict. Our experiences together have taken me to places physically and emotionally. . .
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Trying to Pick Up the Pieces
by Erin
I am 16 years old and desperately trying to pick up the pieces of my life. Three weeks ago I got caught for the third time this year using drugs. I did every drug imaginable in the last four months ranging. . .
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Friend Slipped GHB?
by Anonymous
I went to a party with some people I just met. Was out of town, so was looking for fun. I was with three other people, and I've never had a safety issue before, besides, I'm 20 and bulletproof. We...
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Too Late
by Ernestina S Haynes
I am a sixteen year-old high school student and in my town there is alot of drug abuse. Every where i turn I hear about drugs. My town is very small and everyone knows everyone...
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My ‘X’ Wasn’t Really ‘X’ and I Almost Died
by Anonymous
I was 7-years-old when I broke into my parent’s liquor cabinet for the first time. Two years later I was drinking daily. I began shooting heroin only 3 years after that.
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Bangs and Whimpers
by Lori J Silberman, Age 13
A plane brings down towers of strengthA person crumbles with just one pill.Futures fade away.
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Irreparable Damage
by Annie
I was 7-years-old when I broke into my parent’s liquor cabinet for the first time. Two years later I was drinking daily. I began shooting heroin only 3 years after that.
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Alcohol and Tobacco – A Family’s Devastation
by Anonymous
I am a 21 year old male from Indiana. I grew up with alcohol and tobacco all around me.Last year, I lost my grandfather, an Army veteran and proud American, to lung cancer. His battle was relatively short,. . .
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A Family Suffers
by Anonymous
I am what addicts call a recreational user. I could use cocaine or drink alcohol or not, it was a party thing to me, but not my life. While doing the party thing, I met a man. We did some...
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Don't Drink and Drive -- It Can Happen to You
by Anonymous
In November, 1984, when I was a freshman in college I met the man of my dreams. He was sweet as could be and had the same values that I did. We had professed our lovefor each other by my...
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A Plea For Her Brother
by Anonymous
My brother is 22, and I am worried about his drug use... I'm 18, and have been watching him take drugs since he was 16, but it really wasn't a problem until about a year ago... he would just smoke...
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Suffering From Meth
by Anonymous
I suffered extremely from meth. I used for about 8 years. I started at the age of 13 and finally quit when I was 21. I have been to prison twice. I have never been convicted of any drug felonies...
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Middle Class Ex-Addict Tells Her Story
by Anonymous
You'd never guess! I am a respected special education teacher, I am a mother of 2 high achieving kids, I am a wife, I live in a nice house with a pool and a dog, and I'm well educated! Well...
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A Beautiful Princess
by Anonymous
On a dark, lonely night in the desert a beautiful wonderful, kind and caring person left this world and changed her form; she was my little sister.
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I Changed…So Can You
by Anonymous
I am 14 years old and I haven't been doing drugs for that long. However, I've realized what I lost just because I wanted to feel good for that little moment. It started when I fell for this guy who was. . .
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It Was Just Out Of Curiosity
by Anonymous
I met my boyfriend when I was 15 and he was turning 20. We were in a car with a few of his friends and they decided to smoke. Out of curiosity I decided to try it.
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Advice
by Anonymous
At 14, I started dating a 19 year old who always smoked pot. So many times I declined his offers to smoke, but one day I finally gave in.
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My Boyfriend is a Drug Addict
by Anonymous
My boyfriend has been on meth for almost two years and he has done many other drugs. I need help on how to talk to him about quitting, because I have tried before and nothing has worked
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Kidnapped By a Monster
by Anonymous
My happy life
Is slipping away
Cutting like a knife
Worse each day
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The White Stuff
by Anonymous
I started using cocaine in ninth grade. I first used it at work to get me going and make me work faster and, at the time, I thought it worked.
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Heart Breaker
by Anonymous
I was 12 years old when I first started popping pills and I was 13 when I started drinking. After my 14th birthday I started smoking pot.
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What Happened?
by Anonymous
I was at my friend’s house kicking back and she asked if I wanted to go to a party and I said yes. So we went.We were just chilling -- drinking and smoking pot.
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I Never Thought I Would Survive, But Here I Am
by Anonymous
I started doing drugs when I was 15. I came from a great family, no abuse, no addictions, lots of love and communication. So how did I get so far into drugs that I never thought I'd come out alive?
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Mi Cuento
by Anonymous
I was 13 when I met all of the wrong people. I had tons of friends who were older than I was and who would drive and drink.
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Don't Take Drugs
by Howard Jay Meyer
Last time I checkedThe streets were decked with the likes of them. Drug addicts that you meet are now sprawled Out dead in the street.
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My Story With Drugs
by Anonymous
I was 13 when I first started sniffing cocaine and speed. It was a very sad day for me, my parent were getting into many arguments and I just couldn’t stand it.
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Lost Friendship
by Anonymous
When I used Ecstasy I never thought about what would happen if that drug actually took away my friendships
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Losing A Friend Slowly
by Anonymous
This year is my sophomore year in high school, I'm suppose to be having the time of my life, but I have this fear that I'm losing one of my best friends, Jeff.
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The First Time…The Last Time
by Anonymous
The first time I tried weed I was in my third year of college. I tried it at a party. I remember taking a lot of puffs and then zoning out.
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Weakness
by Anonymous
I was 14 when I started to smoke weed. I was a good kid but I did it because I thought everyone did it, and I wanted to look cool in front of three older guys who I thought were pretty awesome.
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My Teenage Years As a Drug-Addict
by Anonymous
When I was 12, I started smoking pot. That didn’t seem that bad, so I thought. Then, when I was 16, I was introduced to a new group of friends.
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It Was All I Ever Knew
by Anonymous
My parents made it, sold it – it was their lives. Meth consumed their every thought, every action.
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It's Just Weed -- It Won't Hurt Me
by Anonymous
I was in elementary school when I started smoking marijuana -- at the end of fifth grade! I would go visit my dad every other weekend. I thought my mom’s house was boring so I would just go over to my. . .
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Addict
by Anonymous
I am 18 years old and I have been an addict since I was 15. I started with alcohol and I haven't ended yet.
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Hooked
by Anonymous
I’m 20 years old and I started using E about five months ago. Since then I have used it five times and now I can’t stop.
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Just When I Thought Things Were OK…
by Anonymous
Just When I Thought Things Were OK… I am a 25-year old woman and I have been seriously dating someone since I was 16.
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First Time
by Anonymous
Last night I tried X for the first time in my 22 years on this earth.
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Don’t Prove Me Wrong
by Anonymous
My name is Kristin and my older brother was once a drug user.
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Mellow, Mello
by Anonymous
My best friend was only 16 when her boyfriend turned her onto drugs.
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Not Worth It
by Anonymous
I'm 15 years old, and just a few weeks ago I was kicked out of school for drug trafficking on the school campus.
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I Wasn’t As Happy As I Thought
by Anonymous
I started experimenting with drugs when I was 15.
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Good Advice From a Former Addict
by Anonymous
It was about 7 months ago when I tried my first pill of E. I loved it, and nothing felt better -- I wanted it all the time.
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How I Was Saved
by Anonymous
was 14 when I started to do weed.
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Drugs: The Life was Hell
by Anonymous
My name is Rachael and I started to use drugs when I was 12 years old.
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Waste Story
by Anonymous
I was a really good girl, but my parents were really strict.
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Screaming and Nobody’s Listening
by Anonymous
Stand in a crowded room, elbows rubbing elbows. So packed in together that the heat sticks to your skin. Then scream.
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Meth
by Anonymous
I am 21 years old and am very worried about a friend who does methamphetamines.
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Hard Life of Secrets
by Anonymous
I was 15 the day my brother died from using drugs.
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Better Safe Than Sorry
by Anonymous
This July I will be sober for five years; I’m only 21 right now. I started doing drugs (pot, acid, meth, heroin, etc.) when I was way too young.
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Meth Is Taking Over My Boyfriend’s Life
by Anonymous
I never knew about meth until I met my boyfriend.
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Meth Tore My Family Apart
by Anonymous
My brother and I were very close. He introduced me to Rocket Fuel, a cleaner cut crank. I got all my friends addicted.
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I Lost Almost Everything
by Anonymous
I was married when I was 19. Our marriage was fine till I became pregnant with our second child.
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No One Is Safe From Drugs
by Anonymous
This story is about my girlfriend and how she lost everything to crank and how I almost lost her.
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Life or Meth?
by Anonymous
I am 29 years old, and I am starting over again all because of meth.
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Clouds of Hell
by Anonymous
My story is as common as the next. I was 25 years old and running scared of life. I met a man who I thought was perfect.
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My Love of the Dragon
by Anonymous
I would like to share my story of my addiction to crystal meth. It is not what you would expect as the norm for a drug addict.
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Choose Life
by Anonymous
I was 14 when I started tweaking. My friend did it and he asked if I wanted to do it. I didn't know anything about it but I said "sure."
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What A Life
by Anonymous
I was a drug addict for two years. I was addicted to "crank." Looking back on it I have yet to figure out why I started doing it in the first place.
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Words of Wisdom From an "Old-Timer"
by Anonymous
I started using drugs when I was 14, alcohol was my first drug of choice, but it was only a matter of time before other drugs entered the picture.
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But for the Grace of God
by Anonymous
Hi. First let me say that it doesn't matter what type of family you come from. Drugs don't discriminate.
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Never Being Able To Just Say No
by Anonymous
I became addicted to drugs at the age of 12 years old. I am now almost 15. I have no life. I am nothing more than an existence. I have used every drug imaginable but still, no matter what or how much I. . .
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Not Worth What You Have To Give Up
by Anonymous
I had a happy childhood, with loving parents and great friends. I was brought up to think drugs were things that only poor, uneducated people did.
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I Wished I Could Say I Stopped Then
by Anonymous
When I was 17 years old I used Ecstasy for the first time.The first time I ended up dehydrating myself from dancing that I collapsed, passed out and remained unconscious for about 20 minutes.
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If X Doesn't Kill You
by Anonymous
I took Ecstasy all the time, because the feeling was euphoric and I loved it. Then one night, after eating a pill, my so-called "friend" left me down a dark highway at 2 in the morning.
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Drugs are Bad
by Dan
My name is Dan and I have been abusing drugs and alcohol for at least five years now. I am 19. I just recently realized the effects of the drugs I was taking. For the longest time I was in complete denial.. . .
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I Don't Have a Problem
by Anonymous
I started doing drugs at 15. Just the basic drinking, smoking weed and doing a little acid. I was a dancer.
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My Experience With Meth
by Anonymous
I am a 22-year-old girl and it's hard for me to believe that just a year ago my meth habit almost became a full on addiction.
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Stop!
by Anonymous
If you are reading my story right now, I believe you are on the right way. Because, you realize that something's wrong with taking drugs, and you need to change the habit that you have.
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Fun?
by Anonymous
I started drinking when I was probably 11. I always thought drinking was okay because I came from a family of alcoholics
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I'll Never Go Back
by Matt
Hi. I'm 17 and I started using drugs at the ripe age of 12.I basically stumbled into drugs because of my poor choice in friends.
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Mine, In a Nutshell
by Anonymous
I started smoking weed when I was 12 thinking it was just fun.Within one year I started doing coke, X, dust, speed and prescription meds.
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I'm Really Happy Now
by Anonymous
When I was 14, I was riding home with one of my friends from school (at that point I had never even seen marijuana) and she pulled out a joint and asked me if I had ever smoked before.
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What Really Happens
by Anonymous
I started doing Ecstasy to experience the pure happiness and the niceness of everyone around me. I thought it would be innocent.
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I Was Addicted to Ecstasy
by Anonymous
I was addicted to Ecstasy and I would take it daily. I thought that it was the only way to stop my problems.
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My Life in a Baggie
by Anonymous
I was late to drugs. Almost 19. Perhaps I meant to make up for lost time. How do I explain that first rush, that first line up my nose? At the time, for all it embodied, it was beautiful.
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Drunken Death
by Anonymous
I am 14. My dad died in an alcohol-related car accident. He was at a bar and he got very drunk.
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Biggest Nightmare Of Our Lives
by Anonymous
On May 13, 2002 we lost our beloved son, Brad, to the world of drugs. Very few facts are known except that Brad died of drugs that he had never been known to touch.
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A Warning for Teens: My Mother's Addiction to Crystal Meth
by Anonymous
My name is Jessica. I am 20 years old, and for the past two years, I have had to witness to my mother's addiction to meth.
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The Road Less Traveled (Hopefully)
by Anonymous
Becoming a drug addict is not something to look forward to. Take me, for example.
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Curiosity Killed My Brain
by Jesup, GA
I started using Ecstasy only because I was around a group of friends who were on it. They always seemed at peace and having so much fun.
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Why Bother?
by Anonymous
Hi I'm Jess and I'm 14 years old. I started doing drugs about one year ago. I did skunk (marijuana) and sniffed poppers (inhalants).
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My Experience
by Precious
Hi, I'm happy to say that I have been drug-free since Feb 13, 2002. I was born to a drug-addicted mother. For that reason, I was adopted.
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Alcohol: Liar, Thief, Killer
by Anonymous
My Aunt Carolyn was a brilliant woman. She was one of the first female branch managers at the bank where she worked in the '60s. She was witty, fun and looked like Lauren Bacall.
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Father of Mine
by Anonymous
On December 25, 1987, Christmas day, my father killed himself because he was addicted to heroin and felt that death was the only way to free himself of his addiction.
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Sad Mother
by Frances Moran
Well my son is 35 years old has been on heroin since he was 21. A girlfriend got him started. He stayed with her for sex and drugs.
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I'm Alive, But I'm Lucky To Be This
by Daniel Wally Fisher
I grew up in a small town (pop. 4500 ) in Northern Manitoba, Canada. It's two hours away from any other city; therefore, I only knew the people in my town.
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Torn Family By Drug Abuse
by Anonymous
Last Christmas my brother went into a mental hospital for two months. I was 14 and I didn't understand much of what had happened and my parents refused to tell me.
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My Two Sons Going Downhill
by Anonymous
How can a mother describe watching her two sons that were members of the Beta Club in school sink to robbing their own boss for money for drugs? Their drug of choice is crack.
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Mother
by Anonymous
My daughter began taking drugs when she was 12 or 13. Her best friend died of an overdose at the age of 15. This did not stop her or her friends from taking drugs. I think they did all of them -- if it. . .
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A Sister's Story
by Anonymous
I want to tell you a story about why you should always say no to drugs. I have a sister, she was my best friend, and we did the things sisters do together. She had her own apartment, was hard-working,. . .
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Lost One Too Many Years to Drugs
by Anonymous
I started using drugs when I was only 12. I was hanging out with a lot of older guys and they were doing them so I figured if they were doing drugs and seemed fine, then I could do them and still be fine.. . .
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Think Before You Act
by Anonymous
I thought I was doing drugs just for fun, but what I came to realize was totally different. I started hanging out with older people in the 6th grade. I knew my Mom would never approve of these people who. . .
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Drunk Again
by Kelly
Hey, my name is Kelly and I was 13 when I started to drink. I would drink mostly beer and vodka mixed with Coke. I use to be depressed a lot so I would get drunk because I thought it was a way out of my. . .
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For My Mother
by Anonymous
When I was 9 years old and found out that my mother was a crackhead. Although my father tried his hardest to raise me in a positive home setting and to shelter me from all of the evils of the world, nothing. . .
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My Stepsister and 15 Years of Crack Addiction
by Anonymous
My sister started using crack when she was 16 years old. She is now 31. She has never held a job. Her boyfriend has an unlimited supply of money.
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Brother on Crack
by Anonymous
My brother is bi-polar and he started using crack a few years ago. I have watched him go through several relationships. He has a great job, and it, too, is going downhill.
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Clean For Two Years
by Marie
Hey, I'm Marie and I'm an addict who has been clean for two years. I just wanted to let all the other addicts out there to not to give up.
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My Story
by Anonymous
I was married for eight years and of those eight years my ex-husband did drugs and alcohol for five of them. My life was a living hell. I never knew what kind of mood he would be in so I tried to do my. . .
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I Lost a Great Friend
by Anonymous
This story is dedicated to Ralphy. I lost a good friend to heroin -- and I didn't even know he had a problem. He was my best friend's boyfriend. Can you imagine coming in from work and finding the man. . .
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My Brother's Life
by Anonymous
Hi, my name is Pearl. My brother is 18 years old and addicted to crack. It all started when he was 9 years old and he started hanging out with the older crowd.
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Is There Help For Me Or Is This A Waste of Time?
by Anonymous
I'm 18 and still using. I drink, smoke (cigs and buds) and basically do everything else except heroin, crystal meth, and liquid g. I've tried to quit. It probably wasn't hard enough.
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My Boyfriend
by Anonymous
My boyfriend and I had just bought a house together and we were happy. Until he started hanging put with the wrong people and tweaking.
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Thanks To My Husband, I'm Afraid For My Children
by Anonymous
I am the parent of twin 9-year-old boys. They are the greatest thing to ever happen to me. But I am so scared of what may happen to them.
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Think Before You Try Meth
by Anonymous
I am 29 years old. I took my first drink at 11, I started smoking pot at 12, and tried pretty much everything else not long after that. I managed not to let my drug use get the best of me until I was 28. . .
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My X Experience
by Anonymous
In June I found my boyfriend unconscious and in cardiac arrest due to X. He survived after being in a coma, and is now in speech and cognitive rehab due to brain injury.
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Family
by Anonymous
Meth tore my family apart. My brother and I were very close. He introduced me to Rocket Fuel, a cleaner cut crank. I got all my friends addicted.
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I Tried To Help Him
by Anonymous
I started going out with my boyfriend during my senior year of high school. We were both so in love.He cared for me very much and I felt the same way for him.
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I've Lost Too Many
by Anonymous
Six months ago my cousin died of a heroin overdose. His sister is now in rehab because of heroin. My aunt's best friend's daughter is slowly dying because of heroin. I've been in recovery for 13 years. . .
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Think About It
by Anonymous
I started to use meth at 14 and continued until I was almost 17. I started snorting it, however, soon it lead to injecting. Now, I have almost 16 months clean but I am scared as hell because all of that. . .
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One Life, Many Mistakes.
by Anonymous
All my life, I've been totally against drugs and alcohol. I use to stay up late just dreaming of how I would accomplish my dreams and goals, and it didn't take drugs to do that. It made me feel good inside. . .
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My Mom's Story
by Anonymous
My mom did crack for about a year and was sent to jail for possession and selling crack. She's been in jail for about eight months and has about four or five more to go, we think.
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2 1/2 Years of My Life Wasted
by Anonymous
Two-and-a-half years of my life were wasted from drugs and drinking. I starting drinking and pill popping at age 11. I think that the pill popping was more dangerous then the drinking because I took random. . .
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 9 Tips: From One Parent to Another
by Barbara Hansen
Barbara Hansen is the mother of Nicole Hansen, a 19-year-old former Ecstasy and party drug user. Barbara, along with her husband, Barry, has worked hard to help Nicole get through this difficult and troubling. . .
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My Mom
by Anonymous
I lost my mom. She was a Pilot for the USAF. I live in Hawaii and two years ago while in school, I heard about a serious accident, and was told by the counselor that my mom was killed by a driver running. . .
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I Started To Use Meth To Lose Weight
by Anonymous
Honestly, I can't believe I am writing this right now. I've always read testimonies like this when I was doing research for a school projects. Never in a million years did I think I would be the one telling. . .
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Say No While You Still Have the Choice, Don't Wait Till You Can't
by Anonymous
At 12 years old I started drinking, 13 smoking pot and huffing paint, 14 taking pills. My mother died when I was 15, a month later I found out I was pregnant -- which occurred after I drank a fifth of. . .
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Bound for Heaven, Ended Up in Hell
by Anonymous
I was always looked upon as a role model, team leader, the one who always knew what to do. I was a top student, involved in numerous activities, and always found success in anything I did. I guess I didn't. . .
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Just Taste A Little
by Anonymous
I have been working in prevention services for the last five months and it truly has been both a great and devastating eye opener.
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Drugs Have Basically Destroyed My Life
by Anonymous
Right now I'm a week away from 20 years old and I've already ruined my life from abusing drugs
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Almost Lost My Brother to E
by Anonymous
Let me start off by telling you about my brother. Mike is now 20 years old, healthy, and off E, pot and acid.
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Meth Is Not The Road To Take
by Anonymous
I am almost 21, and all I have to say about that is thank God I am not a drinker! But I have struggled with methamphetamine use for almost 6 years now.
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Three Children, Three Choices
by Dawn Branham
As a mother of three kids who have all taken very different paths in their lives with respect to drugs, I was deeply touched by the commercial
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The Worst Two Years of My Life
by Anonymous
I am a 19-year-old female and I have been off drugs for almost one year now. About three years ago, I started experimenting with weed and started doing it every day.
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Alcohol Took My Father
by Anonymous
Hi. I'm 11 years old. What did alcohol do to me? Well, it took my father. I was only 5 weeks old, so I never got to know my dad.
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Addicted to Pain Pills
by Dawn
Hi, I am a 26-year-old wife and mother. I used to have a respected career until my addiction took over. I became addicted to pain pills. I was taking Lortabs, Percocets, Darvocet — whatever I could get. . .
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A Message From A Former Drug Supplier
by Richard
Hi, I'm Richard, formerly your friendly drug supplier. You wanted it and I found it and supplied it to your dealers to sell to you. I'm a middle aged, ex-con now, with three drug trafficking convictions.. . .
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Wish I Would Have Asked
by Steve Saucier
When I was born my parents were already 37. I was the 4th child and the only boy. Growing up I was always the smallest in class, therefore the target of others’ jokes. I tried to laugh it off but it dug. . .
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A Dirty LSD Story
by Anonymous
When I was 14 I tried LSD for the first time, and was amazed at how different it was from marijuana. It took me completely and I wanted to do it every time I could. The first time I did...
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A Mother's Choice
by Anonymous
My name is Dawn and I'm an alcoholic and drug addict. My drug of choice was cocaine, although I would do whatever was available. I began drinking alcohol when I was 14. It appeared to give me a newconfidence,. . .
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