Dec. 10, 2008 — The cycle of drug use
Mom, Dad, where were you?
At age nine I smoked my first cigarette. At 12, I was on the weed. Age 13 – 15, a little booze. At 16, I was on the pill Xanax, Oxycontin or whatever came along.
My girlfriends were on the pills also, but they forgot the birth control pills.
Now I have three kids by three different women in three different counties.
Papa, Mama, have fun raising my kids. I won’t raise them; my Mom and Dad won’t raise them. They are just like me, they taught me everything I know.
I am 23 years old. I look 43. My skin is like rubber, my face is wrinkled and my eyes look like two burnt holes in a blanket. In fact, I look like a dying calf in a hailstorm.
I used to have a lot of friends but most of them have died from an overdose, but don’t worry, it can’t happen to me.
Really, I get along pretty good. I take my food stamps; my crazy check and my lazy check and trade them for drugs. This lasts me most of the month.
When they run out, I lie, cheat, steal and sometimes even kill to get my next fix. Maybe you hard-working tax paying people could get another part-time job, pay a few more taxes and help me get one more check. I might be able to make it.
I have one goal in life, to destroy my family, my community and myself. I am winning. Who am I? I am he, I am she. I go from the very lowest rung of the ladder to the very top rung. I leave no stone unturned. I am 200 pounds, but I am controlled by something as small as an aspirin.
The clock has now moved forward. One generation is gone, another is just beginning. I am now eight year old. Just think, in one more year I can have my first cigarette.
Mom, Dad, where are you, I need help. Don’t lead me down the path you chose.
Who am I? I am probably about 40 percent of this county.
Willard Adkins
Morehead
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Thoughts on Hitchins High School
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Thanks to Grayson VFW for supporting school
Star Elementary School along with Bridges Family Resource Center would like to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" to the Grayson VFW for their support and over whelming generosity to the students at Star during the recent holiday season.
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Hospice thanks supporters
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Questions about Hitchins school
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Heritage Hoedowners go to Nashville
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Thanks from Holly Rollers
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Shop With a Cop successful event
Members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #72 would like to thank all of the local businesses and individuals who donated to our 12th annual Shop with a Cop program. On Saturday, Dec. 17th, children from our communities were treated to dinner at Pizza Hut and taken shopping at K-Mart thanks to your donations.
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