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RE: 21 on 21st
4/11/2008 8:46:04 AM StunnaShades
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Ya I've heard of many people going to Las Vegas to get trashed too.  But I don't necessarily believe the 21 shots, that 4 our of 5 do this?  Maybe 4 out of 5 twenty-one year olds decide to drink but 21 shots is enough to overdose anyone.. that's 21 beers!  
RE: National Alcohol Screening Day
4/11/2008 9:22:59 AM StunnaShades
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This is a very good idea, I wonder if they've always had this day.. I've never heard of it.  I think they should have a screening for prescription pills also because I know a lot of people who would probably fail it without realizing they had a problem in the first place. 
Almost...
4/11/2008 9:44:14 AM StunnaShades
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I'm not fully recovered, but I consider myself recovered as a person.  I still deal with my addiction of course, but compared to how I was 2 years ago, well doesn't even compare.  I started drinking and doing drugs at the age of 11.  And at 16, I'd already served time in prison.  Once I was released, I was no longer looking for a buzz, I drank until I could no longer stand up.  I was looking for the ultimate high or the ultimate drunk.  I wanted to stop, I wanted it to be over, I desperately wanted to go into rehab but I never had the guts to do it.. 
Actually my next arrest became the answer that I needed.  At that time I was court ordered to go through substance abuse treatment and yah, it saved my life.  There I found a band of brothers battling the same disease.  It took a long time, but I went through hours of one-on-one counseling, but it helped me realize the type of life I wanted for myself. 
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