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Now, that wasn't the only factor, of course. But, it certainly made me think!

Were you of a mind to consider becoming a drug user yourself at the time?

I was a drug user! But, it didn't take much interaction with many people who had very little energy, no goals in life, and no self-esteem, to realize it wasn't the best of possible worlds. The woman I mention, had everything going for her, a wonderful, wonderful life.

She wasn't street-trash, and neither was I. We both started out just having fun. For whatever reasons, she got sucked into it much more than I did, and could never climb back out.

I grew out of the youthful-experimentation phase, and haven't tried any illegal drugs in over eleven years. So, for whatever reasons, I crawled out of the hole, and this woman didn't. I look at it as, I could easily have fallen down this slippery slope, too. I thank God that I was saved from this dangerous atmosphere.