Reality Check

This book opened my mind to see how I am wasting my life away. I began early with the many kids in my populated middle school. We experimented with everything; well not the “crazies”. I came to high school with a reputation which I tried to get rid of but it just wouldn’t go away. It became worse since all my weekend party pals were all druggies and extremely daring kids. Then it struck me when something happens to change my life. I didn’t pass out or I didn’t get pregnant but a guy. A guy who was the first guy I actually liked changed my views on everything. I got terribly scared to face the truth and I hid from everyone. Surely, there is more to it but I am not going to tell the public what happened exactly. 

They guy ruined me completely. I became weak and I struggled to sleep, eat, and socialize. I didn’t talk to most if any of my best friends. I was ashamed of what I have done.

I finally started to see that I make mistakes and if people are not going to see the changed me than I can not do anything to make them see it if I just stand in my house. Beginning of the school year of 2008, I started to get out and everyone remembered me and I became social fast. Then the devil in me came out again. I started to do things I would have never even thought of.

One day while looking in my bookshelf, I fumbled upon the book Crank. I was absorbed into the book completely and finished it within hours. Within days, I stopped all my wrong doings. I stopped and looked at my past. I never want to go back to where I came from. I have so much going for me. I am an all A student who does varsity track and additional clubs. I am not going to give up what I worked for by this stupid demon I cannot control. I stopped completely. I recommend the book to as many high school peers in my school and hope that they too will snap back to reality.

We only live life once. I know you want to live it fun and exciting with as many crazy things you can possibly do, but stop and think before you do anything because you live life for you. Don’t let those demons come get you too, for they are addicting and straight up poison. Never let your life hang on that line, because as we all know at the end it will be worth it.

There are two choices in life: to be safe or to take a risk. I call mine experience. Not on the safe side or on the wild side. Right in the middle going in zig zags.