PROBLEMS

Something I Wrote when I was angry at the age of 15

Sometimes I wonder about life. Who we are, why we are here, and the decisions we make. Life is one big puzzle that has yet to be complete. Alcohol. Drugs. Cigaretttes. Sex. We are responsible for our own decisions in life, bad or good. However, did you ever wonder if it was really you? If it was your fault? Did you ever actually sit down and think about the fact that it was your own decision to get drunk last night and make out with random guys, or do you just blame it on your friends? Maybe even peer pressure? Peer pressure leads you to do a lot of things that you, yourself wouldn’t normally do. It is your choice. You have to stay strong and resist to peer pressure. You may blame it on your friends, cry and say I will never do it again, understand that it’s bad, but still continue. Learn to say NO. Learn to STOP.

Alcohol. I have a story about that. I am fifteen years old, live in cape town, and I’m a girl. In capetown, there are so many parties, House parties, venue parties, beach parties, and pool parties. These parties lead you to do things you would never imagine. Like any other cape tonian girl, I think it’s cool to go to parties, enjoy getting drunk, and agree to smoke because I can’t say no.  You run into many stoners, agree that they are loosers with no life, but you don’t have the courage to tell them what they are doing is wrong. Or maybe, you may look down on them now, but in a few years time, that would be you! You have to be wise. I know how fun the parties are, I realize that its fun getting drunk, and hell-I do feel cool when im at them! But, you’re only 15, and you have 18 years of your life being a kid, and 70 years being an adult. When you’re 18, you can party every year for the rest of your life, go clubbing everyday, get drunk how much you want, and drive, the freedom is yours! But right now, at 15 years old, honestly from your heart, do you really think its right? Do you really think that becoming stoned at such a young age, going to parties is the right thing to do? Do you believe that drinking is cool? The stuff doesn’t even taste good!  Sober girls at parties even act drunk sometimes, just to look cool. Being wasted is not cool. The next day, you can’t remember a fu king thing, too much alcohol can lead you to having sex with someone you don’t know, get pregnant, take weed, do drugs, and basically ruin your life. Is that cool to you? Does having sex with a stranger in the bathroom sound cool? Or doing weed, and becoming an addict, failing classes sound cool? No, its not. Getting that wasted does not benefit you in anyway, it just makes yiou happy when you are bored.  You have only 3 years left of being a kid, then you’re free, out in the real world, facing life and not a fantasy, living under your own roof and not your parent’s. you need to start making important decisions now, when you have time to change, you have time to learn, to stop, and a roof to live under.  If you continue living a life of smoke, drugs, and beer, you will not go far. You won’t know how to live in the real world. God gives us second chances, God gives us a great life, a great gift, and we ruin it. How would your grandpa feel If he found out about the parties and what you were doing? And your parents? And brothers? Think how much of a shame you would be to them if you continue living like this. God gave us something wonderful, and we should live life everyday. You should be able to have as much fun as you can while you are sober, and not rely on alcohol nonsense in order for you to have fun at a party. You have to listen, stop, think, change, and be yourself, not someone else.