Manuela Almeida

The teenage years are for some the most traumatic or wonderful years they leave alone ever experience. some(prenominal) experiences through these years decide how individuals will act as adults, the paths they will take in purport, the careers they will choose, and if and how they raise their families. I remember a choice that I made as a teenager that would unendingly change my life. To this day, that choice still affects me.Choosing non to go to a society with my aces saved my life. My booster units were in a terrible car accident leave the party, and one of them did not survive. This experience has affected the choices I make today. Because of the bolshie of my friend, I do not take unnecessary risks, I monitor my behavior in hearty situations, and I have a great respect for life.Losing my friend when I was a teenager has made me actually cautious about getting into potentially chanceful situations. Just as the night I chose not to go to the party, I often pick out out of celebrations that involve alcohol or have the potential to tender drugs. I usually will go to the coffee shop or to dinner with a friend or family member instead. Potentially dangerous or volatile friends scare me as well. I wear offt get close to risk takers for the fear of losing them.My group of friends in spirited school was a little bit wild, and since the night of the party that took my friends life, I have changed my circle of friends. I dont go to the clubs to drink, but will go to dance every straightway and again if I am going with another friend who is in addition planning on staying sober. Even when I stay in, I do not partake in risky behaviors. I do not drink alcohol or take drugs. Unnecessary risks are expert that unnecessary.Going out doesnt mean the same thing to me flat as it did to me in high school. Then, it was all about finding a place to party, listening to music, drinking alcohol illegally, and hooking up with passel. Since that smutty night years ago, I monitor my behavior in social situations very carefully. Before even going out, I make incontestable that I have a safe friend to accompany me.I make sure that I am always prepared with a cell phone and extra money in case something happens and that person in my family get it ons where I am at all times. When I do go to a club to do some dancing, I dont drink, and I leave well before 1 a.m., which is when people seem to be getting the most drunk and impaired. Again, I extend not to attract any risky people by represent myself as wild. I keep a careful eye on what is going on around me at all times. I croup still have manoeuvre, dont get me wrong, but my friends death is never far from my memory when I am around alcohol.Since the loss of my friend, I value life much more. As a teen, I thought I was invincible and that I knew it all, as most teens do. I snuck around behind my parents backs without authorization to do the things I wanted to do. I knew it was wrong, but I didnt care. I did not see the value in my young life and the potential that I had for my future. I did not care about my parents or family members feelings I was very self-centered. I just wanted to have fun and live my life.The moment I lost my friend, I know that the only people who were guaranteed to be there for me through my life were my parents and my family. I turned to them for support and guidance through the ordeal. They became more special to me than they had been in a long time, and I determine them. I also valued myself more since I saw how important I was to them. I witnessed the rue of my friends family members and could not imagine my family having to face the same sight unnecessarily. If I could prevent something terrible from happening to me, I would do that not only for myself, but for them as well.Teenagers think they are invincible. They take risks. helping of this is just growing up. I took some risks that could have ended my life, and so did my fri ends. Fortunately, I skipped out on that night and made a fall apart choice. Since that night I have also made better choices and it has alter my life tremendously. I watch what I do and where I do it. I am aware of my surroundings at all times. I reach out to my family and keep in touch with them and let them know that I am OK. I value my family and their support and love and fool what a special person I am in this mankind to them. Because of tragedy, I have become a better person. My friends death still haunts me, but it also keeps me sober and aware of my aver precious life.