Personal Narrative: Substance Abuse And Suicide
Freshman year was very rough for me for two specific reasons. One of my closest friends had a severe car accident and he ended up at the hospital with critical condition. As the time passed by friends, family, and I had aspirations that he would make it. Though, we also knew it was very unlikely. After, my friend’s passing away I went into a deep depression because I had never lost anyone before. I had no idea how to cope with the concept of death, especially not with someone’s death that I knew. Growing up in the neighborhood that I did, the only way I found to cope with the death was through substance abuse. The day was September 20th, 2013 when I received my suspension from high school. That Friday morning I had smoked before class began