When we got the ice cube addiction assignment i decided i wanted to take it seriously because it seemed like it would be a very good lesson. Also its not everyday that i get to participate in a experimental simulation. Before it even started i knew it would be challenging. I thought about my day and how i would need to plan around my activities so i could fit my ice cube addiction in. It would be a challenge just to go to school. I had a few options either i just don't drink anything while i am there, i hope the ice in my water bottle doesn't melt, or i take a cooler of ice to school. I think I'm just gonna take the easy way out and hope i don't get thirsty...
That night i had to work and it would be just way to challenging to try and take ice to work, one because we didn't have a freezer and two because i thought the ice would melt if i put it in my purse. Instead of taking anything to drink i just went without one day. Another challenge i ran into was hiding my bracelet. The gym Thursday night was just way too hot and i had to take off my sweatshirt. No one noticed my ribbon because it isn't a very obvious article, but if it was a real addiction people would have noticed the scars or bruises, that is just one of the MANY reasons why i couldn't do any type of drug. Two people noticed my bracelet. Thursday during first hour my sister asked why i had a ribbon on my wrist. I said it was nothing and put my sweatshirt back over it, but i guess i was just way too obvious and she knew something was up ( I'm just not a very good lier). Anyways she wouldn't let it go and eventually she guessed it was a psychology experiment, although i didn't say anything!!! My mother was the other person that noticed. She didn't really make a big deal about it all she said was "Ohh is that a new bracelet?" and i realized it was showing so i covered it up and just said "Yeah mom, thats what it is..."
Doing drugs is very complicated, just in the 48 hours i thought so much about the ice cubes. I had to think about how to hide the evidence and how i would get my daily dosage. I can't even imagine how drugs take over peoples lives, its terrible how such a little thing can have so much influence over someone. Even though i knew it already, it became even clearer that i wouldn't be able to go unnoticed if i were doing drugs. My family and my friends would eventually notice and then there would be big consequences. It surprises me how families of addicts can not notice if a member of their family is doing drugs, there are so many signs.
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