Bill Wilson Center

Teenagers are the most misunderstood people on earth. We are treated like children but are expected to act like adults. Today I am sixteen years old & although I’m still in my early teens I’ve experienced way more then I wanted to, good & bad. All my experiences are mostly things I’m not proud of, but I’m proud of the fact that I can admit to myself I made horrible mistakes & learn from them.

Starting from thirteen is when my life started going really bad. I’d experienced with drugs. It all started with a little weed then progressed to every other drug. Some i got addicted & some i absolutely hated. I was using every day for three years mixing everything and not worrying about my heath or the chance of over dosing.

I was chilling everyday in something you would call a “crack house” & was surrounded by drug addicts shooting up crystal meth & abusing every other drug you can name & eachother. Doing drugs & hanging out with bad influences made me a bad influence. I was stealing from the people I cared about the most, & making my parents cry themselves to sleep every night. I was not only stealing from people but I was stealing from every mall, every store you can name every day. I would steal anything from clothes to alcohol. I had a bad attitude towards mostly everyone besides my so called “friends” I was doing drugs with. I was getting into fights and fou ght over 20 people. I was getting arrested & cited, which happened about ten times.

I was a big trouble maker & was always on drugs during school. Mostly ditched school & if I was at school I wasn’t going there to learn I was going to fight whether that was with the teachers or other students. I was surrounded by the shadiest people in the world who I thought I could trust. It doesn’t sound that bad but I was at the lowest stage of my life.

I don’t regret anything I did. I wouldn’t take it back if I could because I’m so proud of myself for learning from my mistakes & struggles I went through. Now, I’m still a teenager and I’m still growing up, but no one but myself can understand how much I grew from my experiences.

I just recently stopped all my bad habits. Not because someone forced me to but because I had to. It was time for me to grow up & a part of growing up is realizing what’s right & wrong & taking action upon what’s right. Every since I stopped doing drugs I’ve set goals for myself & found new hobbies to replace my old hobbies. My hobby is making music & I’ve decided I really want to make a career out of it. I’m going back to school, hopefully getting into middle college so I can get my credits fast.

I’ve dropped my old friends & realized who’s really there for me at the end of the day. That’s was probably one of the hardest things I had to do. My parents are slowly seeing that I don’t use anymore, although were still not as close as before I know they appreciate the fact that I’m learning from my mistakes and that makes me really proud of myself. I don’t steal & I don’t lie. I also don’t get arrested anymore.

I’ve really matured and had to grow up fast & I’m glad a did because if I didn’t I’d still be the person who I was before. I’m honestly at the happiest stage of my life right now. If you’re happy & a positive person, those are the kind of people you will attract and that’s what happened to me.

Although I write a little story about myself & it sounds all so easy for me it really isn’t. I still struggle till this day trying not to use, tempting not to steal, having to think positive, & very slowly gaining my parents trust. This is the hardest obstacle I overcame & if I can do it anyone can too.