Laura
Ecuador
Drogas
My name is Laura, but they call me Lola. I started with marijuana, just out of curiosity, at age 16 but I began to consume it regularly at age 18 along with other drugs such as ecstasy, ketamine, popper and others ... Then I quit all of them but not marijuana. Currently, I am 22 and there are times I'd rather stay home and smoke it, before doing the things I really love. I love dancing, I have been training in classical dance and jazz since the age of 5 but now marijuana makes me feel half-heartedly about going to school, working and even living. I try to control those feelings but I find it difficult at times. Also I feel tired when I spend several days smoking and I can not do anything. I would rather not smoke anymore. The first time I smoked, I never imagined it would end like this: addicted. Now that 6 years passed after that day, I very much regret having done what I did and I realize that I do this because of a spiritual void ... for all the problems I have with my family and not wanting to face them. What I can say to all drug addicts and myself, is that drugs do not solve anything, quite the contrary, you sink more and more. Every high will sink you more and more. It is up to us to want to get out of this world and live fully. Some days I'm better, some worse. When I stop smoking for several days I feel like living happy and when I smoke for several days, I want to die. Thus, this is the reality: drugs get you tied down to depression. And although it hurts you must accept it if you want to be happy: DO NOT USE DRUGS!.
