Personal Narrative Essay: 10th Grade At Pineview High School

Brittany was in 10th grade at Pineview High School she had long brown hair and brown eyes. She had 2 siblings; one older brother and older sister. Her family was middle class lived in a nice neighborhood in a nice house. She got along with her brother Spencer, but brittany and her sister Emily did not get along at all. Everyday when they came home from school they would pick fights just like any other sister relationship. Brittany was an okay school student her grades hovered around B’s and C’s and sometimes A’s; her older brother Spencer who was a senior in college was a D’s get degrees kind of guy; Emily is two years older than Brittany and is a straight A honors student. Brittany plays three sports Soccer, Tennis, and Swimming. Spencer

did swimming and Emily does tennis. Emily and Brittany on the tennis team together that is the only time those two get along. Brittany was happy she got a job that she loved and her sports were going good she made varsity in all three sports. But, her grades went from B’s to D’s and sometimes F’s. Emily would always rub her perfect grades into Brittany face and her Parents never let her forget about how bad they were. She became overwhelmed weeks went by every time she came home from work she could not find the energy to do her school work she never could and she had F’s in four classes she could no longer play any sports for the school. She couldn't think of anyway to stay awake after work other than drugs. She went into school the next day and heard from a friend that some kid had dealer that just came up with some drug that was made to keep people awake and alert called the “Smart Drug”. Her friends made fun of the kid as he walked by but Brittany stopped him and than walked out of the school to hear more about the “Smart Drug”. He was shocked that one of the preppy girls wanted a hook up. She swore to herself she was only going to take the drug until she got back on the field. The guy said the Designer of the drug based it off of methamphetamine to keep the user awake and alert but don't take more than a pill a day or you're going to burn up and start to sweat and than the school will be on to me again.

She took one everyday and got her school work done and got put back on the field she tried to stop but she liked the way the drug made her feel she didn't feel overwhelmed anymore. What the dealer forgot to mention is the drug was also mixed with a anti-depression drug to keep the user feeling good. She would try to stop maybe go a day without the drugs maybe two days but not longer than that. She loved that she didn't need to waste time sleeping to feel good. When she first took the drug it was helping but as time went by you could see that she hasn't slept in days maybe weeks but she wasn't tired, she was on edge and her school work was getting done but it was just good enough to land her a C, even though she got her spot back on the team she stopped going to the practices and stopped hanging on with her normal friends. Her brother and sister started to notice the change she was never home and her sister never saw her at tennis anymore. They tired to go to their parents about it but they just said she is to busy with work, and that they need to relax she just needs to find balance. They needed to know what was going on with her so they went to school they made Brittany take a drug test but since the the drug is a designer drug it didn't show up on any normal drug

tests. Brittany rubbed it in they face that mom and dad were right she just needed to find balance. As time went by the only sibling that she really got along with, she started to fight with and then shut him out of her life. She started to shut everyone out and wanted a better stronger drug. So she called the guy that she's been buying the drugs from and asked if he had anything stronger. The guy gave her some stronger drugs, the drug was synthetic ecstasy and a few months later she went to the hospital for a drug overdose of ecstasy. Her brother and sister were sad and mad once they discovered that it was drugs they hoped it wasn't they hoped that she just needed to find balance. Her parents were crushed they blamed themselves for what their daughter did to herself and she did everything to try to hide it and made it seem like it was nothing. She woke up and she was fine she can no longer be on any sports teams and she was sent to rehab and her life was ruined just because of one tiny drug that had a big power over her life. Should such a tiny drug made in some randoms dudes basement have such a big troll on someone's life? Instead of turning to a drug to push and hide away a problem, turn to a close friend or family or just someone who will listen, and get help to face and fix the problem.