Weed Reflection Paper

"Just try it, hurry up. Don't be scared." These were the exact words that were told to my brother. This made a big impact from then to now. My brother is now addicted to marijuana or also known as 'weed'. I've talked to him numerous times, trying to get him away from it but sadly he isn't strong enough to. I decided to do my reflection paper on my brother's story, how weed as impacted his life using the symbolic perspective. I asked him several questions and this it what he told me.
The first question I asked was if he could take back the first time he used. He answered with 'no'. He than continue that weed has helped him throughout his life, it was simply his key to happiness. It was his escape from his problems. Since the first time he took his first hit, he found it good, a positive …show more content…
He answered with peer pressure. Peer pressure is a big thing in high school, especially on the reservation and my brother failed to avoid it. It didn't surprise me at all that he tried it but once his friends started doing it, he continued to use. From his first time using to now, it not only affected himself but the people around including me. I saw how it slowly changed him to a completely different person. He wasn't focus in school, and his interest for music slowly die down. My brother used to be a A and B student and turned to a D and F student. His freshmen and sophomore year of high school is where he really messed up. He is now in a bad place for college, because an important thing colleges look at are your transcripts they show how well you do in school. My brother also had a big heart for music. He loved doing it, something he was good at, something he could see himself doing some day in the future. But because of weed, he slowly lost his interest. He doesn’t write or even try to sing. Weed caused him not to focus on both things. Weed is said to lowered motivation throughout years of using. This happen to my brother