It has also taught me how to walk away when someone is offering or getting me to
try drugs and how to deal with stress for example: taking a test, family trouble
and also it has taught me the eight ways to say no, and how to say no to heavy peer
pressure. I have also learned that drugs can make you increase your violence,
inability to learn and remember, it changes your personality, and it can give you
or get you into trouble with other people.
I think it is very important to stay drug-free and avoid violence because you can accomplish more things in your life, and make your dreams come true, and give joy to your life, that you are living. You will always feel good about yourself, and what you have accomplished in your life at this point. And maybe when I'm 24 years old I will look back at this day, and be happy that I stayed drug-free, violence-free, and gang-free. And I promise my parents, Mr. Rimmeli, Officer Furst, my sister, and definitely to myself, that I will stay drug-free, violence-free, and gang-free for the rest of my life.
