| I come from a big but close circle of friends. We've | | | | When you begin to notice the change of personality |
| been friends since high school and most of us | | | | in your friends. That's when you think you should |
| continue to be. But I tell you, we've been through | | | | drug test friend. And you should drug test him or her! |
| some tough times. Some of my closest friends began | | | | The thing is how are you going to do it? You can't |
| experimenting with drugs and soon they got hooked. | | | | just come up and tell your friend you want him drug |
| It was ugly, and for two of those it still is… | | | | tested… or can you? No, you have to! |
| Thankfully though, with the help of some of the | | | | There comes a moment when you HAVE to do |
| guys we were able to intern them in drug rehab | | | | something |
| centers. | | | | After that phase you just can't see your best friends |
| They got a second chance | | | | damage themselves the way they are. You have see |
| It's been around 5 years since most of them got out, | | | | the general picture and realize you have to take |
| and I still thank the drug rehab centers. They gave | | | | them to a drug rehab center. The sooner the better, |
| my friends a second chance at life. We're still working | | | | trust me. When we interned our first friend we were |
| on two of our friends. I'd like to think they aren't | | | | still teenagers so we got him to an adolescent center |
| doomed to be drug addicts for the rest of their lives. | | | | drug rehab. They treated his drug addiction and let |
| That's why I keep telling them to go to a rehab | | | | family and friends visit from time to time. He got |
| center, but each time they seem to be doing a good | | | | better and now he's perfect. Stories like that repeat |
| job, they fall into a relapse. It's difficult to talk about | | | | themselves all around. |
| this, and that's why I chose to write about it. I feel | | | | Maybe it's luck, maybe it's determination… but |
| like I should warn people that haven't gone through | | | | whatever it is, drug rehab centers provide what drug |
| what I've gone… to prepare them. | | | | addicts need to overcome that horrible phase; to |
| I think the most difficult part is the start… | | | | have a second chance at life. |