Wake Up Call

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Wake Up Call I woke up in a fog in a room I had never seen before, unable to focus on my surroundings. As I tried to move I realized a net was holding me down and restraints on my feet and wrists kept me from being able to do so. I heard myself say, “This has got to be a dream. Where am I? Is this really happening? This has got to be a dream….” This is the story of my wake up call to my drug use, the impact it had on my relationships with my friends, family and high school in one day. It was nearly 6:00 p.m. on August 24th, 2007 and somehow I had misplaced a half dozen hours. The last thing I remembered was looking at my cell phone, it was 12:13 p.m., and I was walking out of computer class heading to my car after fourth hour, just one of the privileges of being a senior. That was my intention anyway, just as I had done any other day, but instead, I passed out in the parking lot having overdosed on a muscle relaxant called “Soma.” I convinced myself I did not have a problem with drugs because I had never got into trouble, until…August 24, 2007. . I had drank alcohol, tri...

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