Life As I Know It Essay

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It was already almost time to leave. Time to pack up and move on with my life. As I slowly walked out of my parents house no goodbyes and no hugs were exchanged. All I received was an inaudible grunt when I told them I was leaving. My friend of eight years, Ryan, was waiting outside for me. He's Hispanic, about 5'10 built averagely with black hair. I loaded my belongings into the back of his old beat up blue 85 Toyota Camry. As he pulled out and started to drive away, I was lost in my own thoughts wondering if I was ever going to see my family again. "So what happened?" he asked. I explained to him about the fights, the anger and hatred that my family shared with each other. "A unsatisfying home life, we all had that," he said with a grin. "Do you want to come and chill at my house till you get your feet on the ground?" I answered with a nod. We drove the rest of the way in silence, with me finally realizing the daunting task of living on my own at the age of sixteen. When he pulled into his driveway, I noticed the tell-tell signs of a flophouse, broken cars, and all kinds of garbage in the yard. Things that I have seen too much of in my short life and I wished I would never see again. When I walked in, right then and there I contemplated whether or not to stay or walk out. I knew exactly what was going on, drugs. Something I promised myself I would walk away from two years ago. It was a 2 bedroom house, the first room was connected with a kitchen, I could tell this is were the "business" would happen. The four people sitting around on the floor must have been regulars because Ryan paid no heed to them. Ryan just walked passed them into a backroom. I followed him in, he told me to wait in here while he ran up to the store. His friend Jake, who I considered as an acquaintance was also in the room. I sat around in the stained and filthy room for nearly 30 minutes while he was consuming drugs. Till he asked, "Want to hit this"? I felt disgusted and ashamed that I was even considering his offer, but I gave into my inner demons and allowed myself to fall into the trap, that I had...

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