It’s funny how so many times in life there are things that we say we will never do and yet by some strange twist of fate we end up doing what we said we would never do. We try to hold on to our virginity and save our selves for marriage, we replay the “Just say no to drugs” campaign religiously in our minds, and we are more than aware of the dangers of drinking and driving. Then we grow up and for those of us fortunate enough, we experiance the college life.While I can only speak for myself, everything that I say I would not ever do or ever try I did. You name it and I did it with flying colors. Ironically, I have no regret for the mistakes I made because I not only learned from my mistakes but I took to heart the lessons that life had to teach me the hard way. I learned that people who drink or smoke chronically to the point of alcoholism or getting so high from marijuana (the gateway drug) that they eventually experiment with other drugs in attempt to get even higher were just hurting people.
When I reached a cross roads in my college career when I couldn’t make sense of the senseless things that I had done, I realized I was trying to cope with my problems by the use of substances. I did not want that for myself. I did not want to become co-dependant on the taste of a drink to deal with my anger or whatever my personal demons were at that time.
The first full week of March is National Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week and the Lifestyles/Health/ and Arts/Entertainment section is dedicated to making the dangers of chronic drinking or drug usage of social consciousness to the student body of PVAMU. Whether your addiction is the taste of alcohol, marijuana, or, even sex please know that you cannot live a healthy life if you make unhealthy choices.