Even if it was illegal and zero tolerance policy for teens to have alcohol in fraternities its not like its actually going to stop them. It's illegal for teens to drink period, but they still do. Alcohol abuse by teens will never end. Its really unfortunate that one died from overdose though. But your right its not the university or the fraternity that should be blamed its the teens fault he should've been more cautious about his limit.

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ThaGrouch said: Her lawsuit was dismissed by a judge.  He said that a gambling problem is not a toxic habit, and it is not up to the casinos to physically stop gamblers.  The casinos denied any wrong doing and said that she brought it on herself. 

lol her suing the casino was pretty funny and ridiculous but i feel bad for her. She has so much to pay and probably so many people angry at her and on top of that a hard habit to kick.

If they're old and they get that much in debt I wonder what happens. Theres no way to pay it, wouldn't she just keep getting sued and keep having to spend jail time?

I was reading this a story about a paramedic driver who was abusing drugs. He would steal morphine and versed and either dispose of them or replace them with saline solution. I think that was really selfish of him, if he was going to steal the drugs its already bad enough but he’s better off throwing them away than replacing them with saline solution and when patients come who need the morphine or versed they’re just getting treated with saline which does nothing to help them. The driver crashed his AMR vehicle when he took his eyes off a two way road and drove into a ditch. When drug tested to see if he was under the influence the test came out negative but he admitted his drug abuse and theft.  Ofcourse got his license revoked. But did you know there are more than 65 reported cases of drug and alcohol abuse among paramedics in 2005 and 2006 and only 8 in 1999-2000.

I know of a few people who are addicted to facebook. They're constantly always on facebook. Whenever you click the chat icon on facebook they're on there. I dont get how they can be so consumed with it. I get bored of it after I reply back to my posts and messages.

PartyGirl said: I myself admit that i am partly addicted to Club Penguin. It is ok when you are new and you don't have any freinds but in many wayz it is like your life in genral. You get all these freinds that mean just as much to you as all your reality freinds and you get boyreinds and girlfreinds and it becomes just like a second life. In some wayz this is good but in others it's not so gr8 - i hav found myself crying over things that have happened on it, and although i hav neva gone as far as faking sick so as to play on it i hav sacrificed a lot in order to play it as much as possible. I hav not been on Club Penguin for 3 weeks but usually i go on for anything from one to three hours a day, if i didn't have restrictions on my computer times this could be streched to six or seven hours.

I think its very good that youve been off of it for three weeks. Its not good to waste your time on fake online friends when instead you could be making real ones and having a blast with them! Also relationships online? I dont think thats really healthy, What if you actually fell for the person, you know nothing about them they could be 30 year olds playing and telling you they're 10. People should be out having a real life with real people, its much more interesting and fun.

I dont think half of all doctors smoke. I really doubt that. maybe 20% or less but half is an outrageous number. not even half the country smokes.

truesailor said: I went to Jordan for the summer and like 95% of the country smokes. They smoke everywhere in doors outdoors, even in elevators. And theres imported ciggarets and middle eastern ones. On the middle eastern ones it has a pic of healthy lungs, then one of bad lungs and has smoking kills on it. Or a picture of a guy that has one of those air things, and a whole phrase of how smoking kills. And in the bathrooms where the airdryer is theres a little video that plays of a cartoon character and how he smokes and then he tries to get away from it and cigg boxes keep falling down on him and hes getting hurt by cigarettes. I think thats really good that they do that and it could've stopped lots of smokers. The country tries really hard to get its citizens to stop smoking but its really hard.

It was like this in amsterdam too but people would just make fun of it. They'd say things like "cigg boxes here have a whole book on them telling us how bad smoke is" Most people are just so careless about it and the ones that do care already dont smoke.

My uncle smokes sooo much. He is very good looking and it drives his wife crazy how many women always want him. But the only problem is his teeth, and his breath. He smokes so much his teeth have turned brown and his breath always stinks. I think he smokes about 3 or more packs a day like its really outrageous one cigg after another all day long. His wife started collecting all his cigarette butts and putting them in plastic containers and labeling them, "october 1st- october 8th" Things like that. We still havent seen the outcome of that but hopefully itll get through to him how bad his smoking is. Its also affecting his baby daughter. She has to wear an oxygen mask with medicine in it for 2 hours every night because her cough and chest problems got so bad.

I think a lot of people probably wont drive all the way to the police station to dispose of their drugs though. I know my family wouldn't and they wouldn't feel comfortable with people knowing what drugs they're prescribed either. My parents pour cat litter into the bottle and throw it away n the trash. I think thats a good way to get rid of them.

I got perscribed vicodin for headaches before and so many people tried buying them from me. But my parents are smart about that and they kept the pills with them. I think at that time I probably would've sold my pills.. Extra cash for something i'd never use again. But I'm glad I didn't and I wouldn't now.

Maybe after a long time like 50 or 60 years some people would've also adapted to not drinking much. Maybe in fear of getting caught things like that. I'm sure many still would drink but not like now where its out in the open. But our economy would probably suffer from it because alcohol is taxed a lot.

What keeps me busy and preoccupied is just staying out of the house. If I want to focus on studying I'll study in the library or if i want to exercise I'll exercise at the gym. I'll meet up with friends for lunch and stuff and try to surround myself with friends. I think this helps a lot. It keeps you so preoccupied that you dont even have much time to think about what your trying to stay away from.

alessandra said: I wonder why there's been such a steep rise in teenage drug use.  I've been seeing a lot of news reports on this topic.  Do you think that a majority of parents are simply failing to talk to their kids?  Or the availability of drugs is more than before?  I think it could be a lot of different factors combined, but it's sad.  Another thing is the influence of drugs from the media and music.  Almost everyone I know that is my age, listens to rap. This type of music usually glorifies drug use, drinking, and party scenes.  If it seems like everyone else is using drugs and drinking, then teenagers won't feel weird doing drugs, they probably feel like they're fitting in more.

Alot of teens do drugs, which pressures a lot of other teens to do it. Not only pressures they make it seem like its an OK thing to do. Adults are old fashioned they dont understand that this thing is normal!! Thats how they start thinking so they do a little drug like marijuana which really doesn't do much harm but then since that was ok they want to try something stronger, they think they can handle it. And that something stronger leads to an addiction. Teen life right now makes drugs seem like such a normal thing and I think thats what provokes more teen drug abuse and its just an ongoing circle.

honestly I dont think it has to do much with the parents talking to their kids. My parents talked to me ALOT about drugs and I still ended up drinking and experimenting. Im not saying parents shouldn't talk to their children no they should. But I think what helps out more is when there are a lot family activities going on in the kids life. Like traveling. Spending all weekend together. Board games, things like that. When the whole family are friends it helps a great deal and it could prevent your kid from turning to drugs. I know a lot of people whos families were like this and they really had the most ideal kids. Good grades, drug free and amazing personalities.

Actually I'm the same. I'll jsut start zoning off and thinking about so many things but I just have a low attention span. When I was in school and the teacher would teach I'd understand everything and I'd learn but yet I'd zone off and be in my own little world where I fantasize about things and just think of all my problems and all that. I really think I just have a really small attention span and thats why I do that.

I used to always be craving something and almost always hungry. But lately I havent had an appetite for anything and I only think about food when it starts hurting that I'm hungry. I'm not trying to lose weight at all but i'm also just not getting hungry either.

"Good better best. Never let it rest. Till your good is better, and your better is best"-my 5th grade teacher :)

I DIDN'T WRITE THIS.. I FOUND THIS AND THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING!!

MY DAUGHTER, MY DAUGHTER  
My daughter, my daughter where did you go?
I remember those pretty dresses and bows
 
You were always a beautiful person inside and out
I always imagined you as a successful adult
 
High school was hard for you, I know this is true, because that’s when Oxy-Contin took hold and consumed you
 
I did everything I could to save you from falling, but the OC had won and its grip kept you crawling.
 
20, 40, 60, 80, meaning the street value for OC
You stole to afford because it was so costly
Sentimental things that can never be replaced
To slowly kill yourself for a temporary smile on your face
 
After you stole and sold everything for OC
You ran out of resources for its affordability.
 
Your body in pain, your skin itching and crawling
OC had taken hold and was desperately calling
 
Your buddy, your dealer, who you thought was cool
No money, no drugs was his golden rule
The little money you had, he wanted for sure
So he offered you heroin as an alternative for a quick cure
 
You allowed him to stick that needle in your vein
As a desperate measure to end the physical pain
 
Heroin has made you even more different than before
You seem empty and sad like never before
You sleep all day and get high all night
Fighting with those who love you, not caring about your life
 
Your eyes never change, they are constantly pinned
With a glaze overlay and flushing of the skin skin
 
Now you’re an addict, worse than before
Risks of AIDS, hepatitis C, and death are constantly knocking at your door.
 
True friends you gave up a long time ago
Hiding your addiction as if they didn’t know
The new friends you have will stay by your side
But will have no use for you once you stop getting high  
    
I love you so much, I wish you could see
What consumes you also consumes me
The pain you feel, I feel it too
Society has failed both me and you
 
I’ll be here what else can I do?
I’ve tried tough love and I still can’t get through
If I had known what this drug OC could do
My imagined successful adult just may have come true
 
My daughter, my daughter where did you go?
To another rehab facility to get back your soul
Today I imagine your life will be complete
Struggling no more with drugs from the street
 
My hopes of you being successful doesn’t matter anymore
I’d rather see you drug-free and happy, than have death at your door
 
To all the addicts out there, understand this
There are people that love you, who constantly wish
That society will acknowledge you have a disease
By funding more programs to keep you drug-free
 
To all who have read this, please take care
Drugs just aren’t worth this endless nightmare
 
Love,
Mom advocating for change

Cold medicine makes me have weird weird dreams and it wont be just one weird dream its a bunch of them. Everytime I wake up for like a second and fall back asleep I get another strange dream. But when I wake up Im wide awake and aware throughout the rest of the day because I got so much sleep.

Aries said: I do, I'm a fairly superstitious person and I often predict things in dreams. Like when I dream about my hometown of Greenock, something will upset me the very next day. I dreamed of it last night so I'm sitting here listening to music, phone off the hook, logged out of MSN and I have a mastiff chained up outside to prevent anyone from ruining my day. Hahaha, I'm crazy.

haha omgosh and I thought I was superstitious. I dont take it quite that far :P. But I do get really paranoid about my dreams. I really believe that theres meaning to it. I never did before untill I took art my junior year. I used to tell my teacher about my dreams and she told me what they meant and EVERYTHING she said came true. I wish I could still contact her and ask her what my dreams mean but she moved to Cypress :(

I think I would kind of get bothered by it being in my neighborhood. I think a sober living house is an absolutely great idea but I wouldn't want it in my neighborhood. I live in a very nice neighborhood where most the people are wealthy and respectable and I think (although I dont agree with this) many peoples prespectives would change if there was a sober living house. Many people dont understand much about addiction and they'll just think of the recovered as "junkies" when they're not and they're just getting their lives back together so they could be just as good as you and me or even better!!