Drugs and Alcohol
Drugs and alcohol have become very popular among people throughout the world. If it is not to escape their reality that is not what they wished it to be, it is the addiction that they have obtained from overuse of the drugs or alcohol.
Drugs and alcohol are misused and abused by every age group including pre teens, teens, adults and the elderly. People feel as if the alcohol can sooth their broken hearts or that the drugs can help them to feel like they are happy. The harsh reality that the users and addicts need to realize is that drugs and alcohol mainly depress a person and in the end, life will be exactly as it was before you turned to substance to fix your problems.
Along with people trying to leave reality through drugs and alcohol, there are also people who want to fit in and many feel that everyone is using substances on a daily basis. Teens are constantly pressured at school, parties and through group cliques to try drugs and drink, but many teens do not know the harmful side effects that come along with trying drugs. A person that tries a drug is 100% more likely to become addicted than someone who stays above the influence. That means that if every child tries drugs, more than half of the population will more than likely obtain a drug addiction and as for alcohol, you can ruin your liver and kidneys or even get cancer from the weekend binge drinking that has become popular throughout young people around the country.
There are numerous harmful things that can come drugs and alcohol that many people are unaware of or simply ignore. Before you or someone you care for does the wrong thing to fit in, learn how to be above the influence, but also learn that drugs and alcohol only heighten your problems instead of diminishing them.
