Is life that bad that kids turn to chemicals, poisonous chemicals in all shapes and forms?
I know what suffering is like because of one member of my family's bad decision. It is extremely deep pain & it has altered our lives forever. Nothing will ever be the same. Our family no longer has balance. We are heart broken. I love my son with all my soul, but he made mistakes after mistakes and we struggle to live with it now. He hid it from us which makes it even more painful.
... if you can get the perspective as in your brain is your body's computer. You would not want your computer to willingly be attacked by a virus. It can mess all of your programs and music up. You computer won't run correctly and might shut down and restart when you don't want it to. Wires can fry. Your favorite pictures could be deleted. You will loose all your information. Only certain buttons on your keyboard will work. The cursor freezes. All the work you put into your computer will be lost. The worst, your computer might not ever start back up again.
Your growing and fragile brain is your body's computer. Why attack it with junk and chemicals ? Would you do this to your computer ??? Why do it to your brain ?
Life is important and you only get one chance at it. Good behavior takes work, but it is worth it. From it you will create good thoughts and good feelings. Well, bad behavior...you know what that does...YOU ARE WORTH LIVING A GOOD LIFE.