Autobiography: Chemical substances and how they affect our brains have always fascinated me. Fortunately, I haven’t been curious enough to find out for myself firsthand, despite the struggles I’ve experienced throughout my life. I grew up in an authoritarian household with a neglectful father. My parents had a very codependent marriage, which I later adapted to my own relationships later in life. I’ve always had a lot of anxiety and depression as a child.…
I am an addict. So I guess that’s the first step, right? Admit that you have a problem. Well I do. My addiction sucks my time away.…
He made sure the small child was covered and he grabbed the gun and slipped it into his waistband. Adjusting himself he added the snapback. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go. Dark brown eyes looked around the room and all he felt was panic.…
My sister was taking but it don’t matter to me, so I doze off. “You even paying attention to me Jeremy?” she snapped at me. “ Yes, Lillian Jean.” in a sarcastic way I rolled my eyes away and started to doze off again.…
The Heroin Epidemic According to Josh Katz, “drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans under 50, and deaths are rising faster than ever.” It doesn’t matter your age, gender or social status, heroin affects people of all kinds. It’s a crisis 30 years in the making. (“Chasing Heroin”) The danger from drugs is too great to ignore for us and our children.…
I'm a moderate psychedelic user. I've had a large number of LSD trips at both low and high doses, a few non-breakthrough DMT experiences, one 25C-NBOMe trip, and one 20mg metocin (4-HO-MET) trip before this experience. My friend S wanted to try metocin as her first 'strong' psychedelic. She smoked weed and drank alcohol, but hasn't used any other drugs before.…
They picked me up, and threw me on the ground. I felt like I had no back anymore, it was throbbing with pain. They walked me back to the office, and I didn't spill anymore things. I think the other prisoners had already broken out, and I was happy about it. Then, just when I thought that the prisoners were gone, I heard multiple gun shots, it sounded like what was sub-machine guns, rifles, and other fully automatic weapons.…
“I knew it was getting bad when everyone would tell me that I needed to tone it down, they would be like, ‘hey man, it’s getting out of hand.’ It was like the medication would take over my body and mind and I felt energized, I felt good. But, when you are going through that much Adderall, you know, you would run out of it.…
According to Webster Dictionary, ecstasy is defined as “an illegal drug that is used to produce a feeling of excitement and pleasure” Ecstasy. (n.d.). Retrieved November 11, 2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ecstasy. As with all drugs, ecstasy was produced to treat one symptom and evolved to affect another part of the brain. This research will address: what is ecstasy, how does ecstasy work, the short and long-term effects from using ecstasy, users of the drug, and prevention and support. Although ecstasy was introduced as a legal drug to address an ailment, its long term effects caused it to not be an efficient drug for consumption and an illegal drug.…
Effects and Consequences of Taking Ecstasy Ecstasy has been a popular party drug for a long time. It is a popular drug to be distributed at raves and parties. In the recent years electronic dance music festivals have been a common place for people to go dance and take ecstasy and enjoy themselves. One of the most well known of these festivals is called EDC or the Electric Daisy Carnival and it is held here in Las Vegas annually. The article followed the story of a 19-year-old girl in Austria and how she died after taking ecstasy.…
Heroin Some people carry addictions as if it were a secret. They wouldn’t look like your typical drug addict. They were clean, took care of their kids, and lived life as if it were normal. That’s what Beth’s story was like. She was was your typical mom with beautiful children and a normal life.…
Addiction is a disease far too many do not truly understand. It is horrible, especially for the ones who; are affected by parents of addiction, or have children who suffer addiction. When I was two years old, my father had left home and my mother was alone in raising three children. Addiction affected my father since an early age and was the main reason I saw little of him throughout my earlier years. He faced jail sentences which sometimes would require him to miss my birthdays and most holidays.…
Daelyn Sagert August 16, 2017 4th period Comp. Narrative Essay Addiction Everyone has their good and bad moments in life. During the bad, you’re usually making up for a mistake that you made during a good moment in your life. The consequences for your actions will always catch up to you eventually.…
The Ill Feeling of a Mother Addicted to Pills I still remember the day I found out my mother was sick. It was not a disease doctors or medicine could cure. It was a disease one finds at the bottom of a pill bottle. My mother’s drug addiction was not only destructive to her, but it was destructive to her children. As a result, I was diagnosed with depression, turned to self-harm, and developed an eating disorder.…
Life as a Drug Addict Most people don’t see me doing drugs but I did and it ruined my life but I survived. I use to look down on people who did drugs and I didn’t understand why they did it and why they just wouldn’t stop using them. Then, I became a drug addict…