Please Help – Need Help to Decide How to Change My Life?
Question by Harmonics: Please help – need help to decide how to change my life?
Here’s me and my problem:
I grew up in a very strict, very dysfunctional home. At my local public grade school I was exremely smart, always getting perfect grades. However, I was also a nerd, and was constantly bullied and teased. I tried to change my image a bit at the beginning of high school but the same thing happened. Finally I began to smoke to ease stress. This led me to hanging out with smokers, which led me to recreational drinking and drugs. I loved the effects they had on me – they let me escape. I also gained friends, and no one messed with me anymore. I had a new image, and lived up to it. I got acceptance, friends, and girls started to come onto me (i had never even dated until my senior year of hs; i still have never gone out with anyone). but recently a lot of girls have been interested and have been flirting with me, just because i’m wild and dangerous. However, I realize that I’m hurting people who love me. I’m going to the University of Minnesota on scholarship, but I’m falling into addiction. I know with me and alcohol its all or nothing; and I use drugs as an escape, from life and from all my troubles that I have bottled up for all of my life. I don’t want to hurt people, and want to make something of my life, but I NEVER want to go back to the old me. I love having girls interested in me and having friends; i’m know if i go and sober up i’ll lose all that. College will give me a fresh start – but I don’t know which path to take. Please help me.
Best answer:
Answer by Amanda
You know the answer. College is time to better your life for a great job. What would having a degree do when you go to get a job but can’t pass a drug test or worse have a criminal record with drugs. You know what the right answer is. Popularity is not what matters in the real world in high school yes but it won’t get you anywhere in real life.
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