Blatantly Honest by Makaila Nichols

Author:Makaila Nichols [Makaila Nichols]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-61254-950-7
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

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DRUGS AND ADDICTIONS

When I hear the word “drugs,” I think of an immediate escape. But life doesn’t work that way. There’s no such thing as an immediate escape, but the scary thing about drugs is that they can make you feel like there is. They have the power to take away your problems for a moment while they quietly destroy your body and mind. Once your moment of “serenity” ends, you want it back, so you continue to pop pills, snort powder, or inhale smoke. A one-time experiment never really ends.

The saying “people will either want to be you, kill you, or kiss you” holds true in every interaction we have. People come into our lives as a blessing or to teach us a lesson. I once befriended a classmate whom I thought amazing at first. He had been one of my closest friends for quite some time, and he was someone I could trust, so we started dating. I knew from all of our conversations that his home life was not the best. His parents were divorced, and his mom struggled as a single parent. He ended up moving to another school in Central Florida. I noticed right away that he made friends with the wrong people.

He once told me how stoned he got after school. It broke my heart, and I told him that I wanted nothing to do with him if he did that again. But bad habits are hard to break. He assured me for over a year that he would never smoke again, so I reluctantly believed him.

One day, I ran into him late at night while I was walking my dog in my neighborhood. I smelled the distinct scent of weed on him. I confronted him immediately and, having given him a warning in the past, decided to break up with him. Over a two-day period, his newly found “friends” tried to convince me that it hadn’t been him smoking. He had just happened to be around people who’d been doing drugs. Because I wanted it to be true, I believed them.

Clearly his friends were turning him into someone he wasn’t. I still thought he was a good person, but I guess I was wrong. Now, he’s in too deep with the wrong crowd, and it’s consumed him. The saddest part is not that we are no longer friends but that he lost control of himself so completely. As I stated earlier, you are the people you hang out with. It’s horrifying to see how those we surround ourselves with can influence who we are and who we will become.

I would like to believe that he thought they were good people. Sure, his life was hard, but it leaves me to wonder: Did I ever really know him? Maybe he was into drugs before our friendship began and I never knew. Maybe I was just gullible to believe his promises. At the end of the day, however, I don’t know how he looks his mother in the face and lies to her.

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