So Drug Use From My Group of Friends Has Pretty Much Screwed My Social Life…?
Question by crackerjacks12: so drug use from my group of friends has pretty much screwed my social life…?
Well im in kind of a shi**y situation where my group of friends who I have hung out with since i was kid (im now 20) have let their drug use get the best of them… I have done drugs in the past but I had the brains to get out of it while I could and I have not done any drugs other then tobacco and alcohol in 3 years… Well, its gotten to the point where they have moved on to hard drugs, and all they care about is getting high, and its gotten to the point for me that I can not even hang with them because I can not stand seeing them like that. I hated to leave my old group of friends behind, but i knew that I needed to. I eventually did make a new set of friends who were clean and the good majority of them had never even touched a drug. After a while though it went right back into the same routine for me because out of nowhere they began using drugs too.
Im just sick of this crap because I have lost too many people who are close to me… Some of my friends have died from drugs, some are in prison because of drugs, I have lost relationships because of drugs, and the rest are just wasting their lives away because of drugs. I really do not know what too move onto, because it seems to me that every time I get accepted into a new group of people, they all end up being your typical crack head…. im just really starting to believe that The entire youth of northern Illinois is completely screwed. I really need answers on what I can do, and how I can move on, because it seems every time I make progress in disassociating myself with drugs, it somehow finds its way back into the lives of my friends and my social life
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Answer by ANGELMIGUEL
if you think that the presurre its getting onto you the best bet its to moe to another city and start brand new you are already concious of what drugs do to you the things that you are experiencing its for you to learn from them not for you to follow that path, you probably better off in another city going to school to be a counselour for people that are into drugs badly or volunteer with youths in your new area
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8 Responses to So Drug Use From My Group of Friends Has Pretty Much Screwed My Social Life…?
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Maybe because you live in Illinios and everyone is bored out of there muind living there. I would be on drugs too if I lived there LOL: all you can do it leave behind the crackheads and find another group of friends. That’s all you can really do.
It is good that you recognize the damage that drugs can do to a person’s life.
You need to figure out what your personal goals in life are. Then start hanging out with people who have already attained those goals, do they can Mentor you.
If those people also have drug problems, you may need to reassess your goals.
Keep moving forward. Let the past be an education, not an anchor.
All the best to you.
I actually lost my father and uncle to drugs :(, It really is all for the best to quit find find more use to your life.
I can’t explain why you keep falling in with people who are, or become, druggies. But I applaud you for your personal decision not to use them yourself.
I made a similar decision myself when I was 14 or 15. I looked at what the people around me were becoming and decided I didn’t want to end up like that. This came shortly after I smoked a joint at the bus stop before school and then doused myself in cologne before getting on the bus. It didn’t take me long to look back and realize how stupid that was.
I’m 36 now and I haven’t touched pot (or any other drug) in over 20 years. I’ve been around it and felt no partake. Regardless of the situation with your friends, just stay strong in the decision you’ve made for yourself.
i know exactly where youre coming from.
sometimes you have to take the independent approach and just take a step back to analyze things. dont be so concerned about having people around because in the end all that really matters is yourself..
so as long as youre comfortable with yourself and what you do, you shouldnt worry so much about everyone else. youll know who you can trust and who is a “friend”..just takes time and patience
sounds like there`s nothing good for you in illinois, is it possible for you to move?
start studying or working somewhere else?
also do you have any hobbies that will enable you to meet new friends? or something you`re interested in but never pursued?
something like motocross racing, skateboarding, snow boarding, carpenters course, something you can get involved in that attracts active people that you can befriend. this could be a way to change your whole circle of friends and start living a happy life.
it`s sad that your friends have all chosen bad patyhs in life, but you have a chance to do better. it`s a great thing that you`ve identified whats wrong in your life.
if there`s something you dont like in your life, then change it. thats the best advice i was ever given.
take a chance and do something big that could be good for you. you only live once 😉
good luck, dont get dragged down x
You moved on mentally my mother got killed when I was 8 over drug use. I some how stayed straight so far in my life I have tried things of course but I stick to my cigs and a drink at the local bar here and there.
My sister is just like her hooked on hard core drugs she is a mess. I also have aunts this way. I just gave up on all of them because I had no choice I wanted more in my life and all they were doing was taking me down with them.
I know you can’t change people they have to change themselves. Just remember not all youth will be some will survive I did somehow over the years and I turned out ok.
I had to just go on with life and turn the other way because with the shooting up and them being on ice and pills and drinking even on top of all that I could not make these people I know stop.
I have no answer for you on what you do to move on you just have to move on for your own sake.
Live your life the best that you can for you and the important ones in your life. It’s their life to live it’s hard enough living your own life you can’t worry about it all the time.
Just take care of yourself that’s all I can tell you to do.
maybe you need to look at making friends with different kinds of people, people you normally would not associate with or think you have nothing in common with. i would suggest traveling too, preferably abroad so that you can gain perspective and be able to interact with all sorts of people. good luck