Drug and Alcohol Free

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In support of Red Ribbon week at my sons’ school I’m blogging about being drug and alcohol free. I think that the time is now to talk to our kids about being drug and alcohol free. My sons are only seven and eight but the other night we had an in depth conversation about this topic. They were actually the one who started the conversation, they were curious to know what exactly drugs and alcohol are and how are they’re harmful. By the end of our conversation my boys were thanking for explaining everything to them and I felt at ease knowing that they came to me and I hope that they always feel like they can come to me. I have a friend of nine years who had an addiction to pain killers; when I first met her I didn’t know that she had this problem. About a year into our friendship I realized that her “knee pain” was an addiction. This was my first time seeing firsthand the effects of drugs in a person’s life, the saddest part of the situation were her kids. Everyone sees movies or new stories, but not everyone gets to see the issue up close and personal. It took a car accident that gave a broken back in three places for her to become clean. The outcome could’ve been worse and many don’t get a second chance, I hope that for more than one week out the year, that parent are able to make their children aware of the dangers of drugs and alcohol.Drug Free World