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[object Object],[object Object],Polio Diabiates HIV/ AIDS Alzheimer' Spreading Melanoma Fatal Familial Insomnia Cystic Fibrosis Spinal Muscular Atrophy Takayasu's arteritis Hepatitis Leprosy Leukemia Sinusitis cancer Addiction

[object Object],It is considered a brain disease because drugs CHANGE THE BRAIN and its structure and how it works.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. Drugs are a bet with your mind Purple Haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem the same. Actin' funny but I don't know why. I get by with a little help from my friends, I get high with a little help from my friends. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky…

[object Object],this is addiction.

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One thing leads to another… ,[object Object],There is a difference between celebrating and medicating There is a difference between partying and numbing There is a difference between experimenting and avoiding the problem Theres a difference between doing drugs, abusing drugs, and being… Addicted.

Addiction means a person has no control over whether he or she uses a drug. Someone who's addicted has grown so used to the drug that he or she has to have it. Addiction can be physical, psychological, or both. ,[object Object],You can abuse a drug without having an addiction.

[object Object],Take the first step… Everything has to start somewhere whether its beginning it or ending it.

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[object Object],Freevibe.com Information about drugs and helping a friend in trouble, as well as free resources .

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. It is never too late to be what you might have been. Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Take the first step, no more, no less, and the next will be revealed.

[object Object],I spent the weekends partying running from the problem hoping the excitement of my lifestyle could keep me happy. For the next year I was threatened to be sectioned as a danger to myself. I missed more than half my junior year, sick and depressed in my bed. I didn’t believe there was a problem. So I was given a phone number for help and then I was sent along my way.

[object Object],The next day I was sent back to the program in Worcester…. A week later I was rushed to the emergency room where I spent the night for an overdose. I didn’t make it more than a night before I panicked and came home back to my old habits. I was then sent to a 90 day residential program in Haverhill where I was to live for the next three months of my life because my case manager did not feel I was ready. In 2010 I was checked into MYR detox in Worcester MA where I spent two weeks detoxing from oxycodone and taking a real look at the reality of my choices.

I no longer look at my mistakes as a character flaw but as an example to how I can be a better person. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. I can’t take back the past, But I can change my future.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],To the people who believed in me along the way

Thank you Dear Jocelyn, I just wanted to write and tell you we miss you and are thinking about you all the time. We are here for you – now and in the future. Remember you are a strong person, even in the toughest of times. Mrs. Hider

When you have come to the edge of all the light you have And must step into the unknown Believe that one of the two will happen to you Either you'll find something solid to stand on Or you'll be taught how to fly Created by: Jocelyn Smith

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