I myself am a nineteen year old i have drank partied done illegal drugs have caught an STD but not a life threatning one thank God but have had problems with upholding friendships and relationships do to my bad decisions but have changed bue to the bad economy and lack of job and money i haver ealized what all my friends but a select few wanted and would like to help other teens through school and encourage them with my advice and life story at fifteen i move from alabama to Illinois leaving behind all my family and my only life i knew at that time but made two oft he greatest friends of all time that school year my sophmore year i was in the band since fifth grade and loved it but going to a bigger school frightened me and exhilarated me to no extent biggers school means bigger band which means better funding during my only year in illinois I participated in church activites for ac hange with friends but the peer pressure didnt come til chtistmas break when i came home to alabama for the holidays where i got drunk for the first time allthough i tried to hide it everyone knew i was drunk the bad part is I did not want to drink it just was something to do with old friends and they were doin it so what was the harm of it besides of killing your liver and hundreds of brain cells by the end of the night i could not walk much less run and had regurgitated on myself three times and did not know where i was or who i was with not a good thing at all for a fifteen year old but i did make it home ok with only a few bruises from being throwed into the back of a pick up truck and rolling around in it the next morning i promised myself i would  never drink again but over the next few years not only did I drink I also partook in many illegal substances was chased by cops and almost arrested seven times  but now I am nineteen a highschool graduate college drop out no job or skill due to the state of the economy overweight so i can not join the army my last resort and all i can think of is all these what if quiestions so I am now asking the youth ne begging the youth not to follow in my footsteps it gets you nowhere but probaly millions of braincells dead your parents and family do not trust you and  no money to better yourself with just your own will power so please do not waste your youth on alchohol drugs or sex please.