Too Much Caffine...

You know those awful commercials run by the DrugFree.Org people? (What am I? A larvae? A burrito? No, I'm a joint!) They also have a website that provides a lot of great links to statistics, info for parents, how and where to get help. There is also a link to personal testimonies from teens...Go Ask Aliceish but in today's language and situations.

Nicole's story in particular, stood out to me as being very close to what Alice went through.

The girls in the story grew up in the 'average American home', had a supportive family, felt out of place, trying one drug and getting hooked and then moving on to other drugs, overdosing unknowingly, found out her drug using "friends" would very quickly turn their backs on her, nearly died, and while using, never recognized that she had a substance abuse problem. Luckily for this girl, she didn't end up dead and was able to turn her life around.

Abby's story is a little less like Alice, but she has written a memoir of her drug use and recovery called Bad Girl: Confessions of a Teenage Delinquent. She also has a website www.badgirlbook.com.