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None of my friends overdosed or anything, but my brother's heroin problem a few years back pretty much scared me away from everything. I think my other brother is still doing a bunch of random things (cocaine, "prescription" anti-depressants he gets from Mexico, marijuana, E, acid... who knows). And all three of my brothers had a lot of friends O.D. between high school and now (they're in their 30s). My best friend's mom had (has?) a nasty addiction to prescription pain killers that really messed up the family dynamic, to say the least for her health. Then there's my other best friend who started looking like an anorexic domestic abuse victim when she was doing cocaine a couple of years ago, but thankfully she's looking healthy again so I'm pretty sure she stopped.
I smoked pot for a brief time, but right now I'm going illegal drug free and I'll probably stay that way. My prescription Ambien is already starting to worry me (because it feels sooooooo good) so I try not to take it unless I really need a good night's sleep before an important day.
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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)
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