Drunking, Drugs, whatnot, . Options

[orgasm]

Okay... first things first.

I've never done drugs, I've never smoked, I've never even been TEMPTED to try any of that shit. The only times I drink is when I'm with people I'm comfortable around, and even then, it's just a Pina Colada or a Strawberry Daquiery. Thus, I've never gotten drunk.

Ever since I turned thirteen, I've told myself I wouldn't ever cross that line and do something stupid like that. And I haven't.

But at the same time, so many of my friends have said the same thing and over the past 4-5 years, I've seen them change into people I don't even recognize.

I still want to be friends with them, but why can't they respect me when I say I DONT want to go to a certain party because I know there'll be beer, I'll know there'll be people I don't want to associate myself with, and I know they'll be doing things that they'll regret the next morning...

Nooo, they find it necessary to pressure me to the point where I just snap and tell them to get off my back. And then they get offended.

[Gigi]

If your friends can't respect your own choices and try to pressure you into doing something that you don't want to do and that completely goes against your morals, then these aren't your friends. No reason can excuse that: it doesn't matter how long you've known them for or if they're good people in other aspects.

Try seriously talking with them about it, and if they're good friends, they will at least attempt to listen to you. If they still can't realize how important this is to you, drop them; and quick. Well, they're not willing to respect your choices...why should you respect them? Stop hanging out with them. Eventually the peer pressure will catch up to you. I know it sounds brutal, and I know that you've known them for forever, but you'll regret it even more if something happens to you that you wish you had never done.