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Age: 20
Gender: female

I'm 20 years old and got out of prison in February. I started using meth when I was 15 and from there, it was all downhill. I got arrested for the first time when I was 17 for possession with intent and was put on probation. I got clean for a year and a half, about, and then started using again. I got arrested again in December of 2008. 2 weeks into my time, I found out I was pregnant. I had my first child in prison and didn't get out until he was five months old. Now I'm home, and clean, and working. I'm on parole. This drug is so addicting. It doesn't care who it takes down. I come from a wonderful family and have been blessed to have had them stick by my side. I can remember staying up for three or four days and just driving around, lost. I was so addicted, I didn't care who I was with or what I was doing, as long as I was high. I wouldn't eat for days and would become so sick I couldn't keep water down. I would pass out. I would start seeing things and talking about nothing in particular. I was NOT myself. People look at me sometimes and say that they couldn't imagine me in prison or on drugs. I look like a "good girl". But like I said, meth DOES NOT CARE. It doesn't matter how smart, rich, beautiful, talented you are. It completely ravages the minds and bodies of wonderful people. It's an addiction. And it has GOT TO STOP at some point. I saw a guy have a stroke because he shot up so much meth. It's a scary, scary thing. PLEASE. It is NOT worth it. I thank God I had the opportunity to get clean. Even if it was through prison and jail, I'm clean today.

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