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Results for 26-NOV-01 to 10-DEC-01
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Last week, Mia said:
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"All my friends at school drink all the time. They get drunk almost every weekend. They also smoke and do other things like that. They keep pressuring me to drink with them. I don't really want to but I also feel like all of my friends hate me. I kind of want to get drunk with them so I can feel like part of the group again, but I would feel really bad about it. I don't really want to get drunk, I just want to be part of the group again. Any suggestions???" |
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191 SmartGirls replied:
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Tell on your friends so that they will get in trouble and stop drinking. That
will take the pressure off of you. |
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Find some new friends who like to do the same things that you like to do. Friends
shouldn't make you feel bad or make you do things you don't feel comfortable doing. |
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Get drunk with them. As long as your parents don't find out, who cares? |
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Be honest with your friends and tell them how you feel about drinking and smoking.
If they are really your friends, they will accept your opinion and still like you. |
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Some SmartGirls said:
- I had the same problem, but I gave in. I hardly ever drank with my friends, but one time I was with them and we got caught. I wasn't even drinking that night, but that didn't matter! I got arrested and was known as a "bad girl". It hurt my REAL friends, and none of their mothers wanted me around. Make it loud and clear that you don't want do be with them when they are doing these things. If they don't stop pressuring you, drop them. Who needs friends who don't respect you??
- You should seriously consider you priorties and if it's what you want then that's all that matters who cares what other people think about you. Be a leader, let people know what you stand for and what you don't.
- Trust me when I say you can have a blast with out the alcohol and drugs thing. It's not worth it. You need to be ture to you and no one else. I know that everybody always tells you to just tell them how you feel but honestly it really works! I love my friends for who they are and they feel the same! So you don't have to do that stuff just because you feel left out!
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