The first time I smoked pot was when I was 16. At first I had been very adamant about not smoking weed. In fact, I thought people who smoked were stupid. But, because of my schools small size everyone became very close to one another. And so the peer pressure got to me and I gave in to smoking pot. The first time I did it I loved it and from then on I kept on doing it. At first is was once a week, but then it started to become twice a week and eventually I was at the point where I was smoking 3-4 times a week. The effects were terrible. My grades were getting mediocre and I was barely keeping up with assignments. Life at home was becoming stagnant. I communicated with no one in my family. It came to a point where I wasn’t even saying good morning or see you later when I was entering and leaving the house. I had lost interest in my family and they had lost interest in me.
It wasn’t until 12th grade when I began to change. It took a lot for me to change though. The thing that changed me was getting in trouble on my senior trip. During senior trip a few friends and I decided to smoke pot and my chaperones noticed that we were high. My parents had to come in and I was basically kicked out out of senior trip. Thats when I started to change. Immediately after the incident I stopped smoking for about a month and I began hanging out with new people and doing different things. I immersed myself in other activities like blog writing, exercising, reading books, and watching movies.
Don’t get me wrong though, I still love pot. And I didn’t quit forever. I just cooled down. I got over the “pothead” life style and just began casually smoking. The key to enjoying things like pot, alcohol and what ever else people like to use, is to exhibit self control. If you can’t control yourself then you will fall victim to addiction. Always remember there are people who have never ‘used’ at all. Just think about what some of these people might do for fun and try to inject the same activities into your life. Self control will build it self as you learn about other things to do in your leisure time.
