A Hard Day To Live By...

It's crazy how there is soo many drugs everywhere and are so avaliable to people my age...and younger. I hear something about drugs all day at school. About selling, buying, fronting, ounces, grams, sources, people. Oxycotton, vicodin, methadone, weed, cocaine, morphene, acid....it's everywhere. And throughout the day I feel like I'm in a whirlwind. Everything flies buy....take it or leave it. You stand out and make a difference by not doing drugs...yet your left out in a way if you don't.

I'm still drug free though. Just wanted to post
I just cant imagine the pressure the younger generation is facing.When i was 18-25 really the only drugs around was pot and alcohol.Im sure there was more but it certainly wasnt out in the open that much,it was well hidden among much much smaller groups.I have 3 sons,the youngest 18 and i know through them how much is out there and how available it is.Its very hard to keep our children away from it(impossible really)Congratulations on DOING it,it must be very hard with all that temptation.School is something you cant walk away from.Picking and choosing the right friends,ditching the ones who are bad news is all you can really do.Do whateve it takes for YOU to stay clean and make it through.Im sure its true,you make the choice to take or not take,but you know what? all them others are going to either end up dead or they are going to end up with very messed up lives down the road and they will have to take the steps that you are taking,except you are doing it sooner rather than later,good for you,you are a very smart person to be able to see that and deal with that.How old are you? Will school be over soon? Are you getting any counseling? Please post back,take care~KIM
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I'm 15yrs. old. School started in august, will end in may. When all my $hit started, I did go to a physcologist(sp?) and I was put on antidepressents. I didn't talk to the counseler, and the "happy" pills made me feel like my feelings were fake. I quit the antidepressents and stopped seeing the counseler...so I have been fighting it alone
I just read your other post,almost a year clean,that is great.you're doing an amazing job.Like i said,i cant imagine the pressure with all the other stuff going on around you,just know,you are doing the right thing.My middle son fell into the pills real bad himself,he was around 16-17 when he started and is now 23,he just got clean 2 months ago.Im facing my own demons as well,its hard no matter how you look at it.Im glad to hear youre still going strong.With all these pressures,is there anybody you can talk to,even if its just your guidance counselor? Talking about all this can help so much.I wish you the best~KIM
I don't want a counseler....I see them as not knowing me, I don't want to know them, they aren't in the same boat...so how could they help me out? Besides I don't talk to people I don't know(I'm shy until I really know the person). The only people I talk to about it is a couple close friends and my boyfriend
I have a question for you, Punkbaby. I have a daughter two years younger than you.
If you were an adult, how would you stop what goes on in school?
I think that might be a question only you can answer because you're there and see what we parents don't get to.
Love, Kat