During a game of never have a ever, a question came up about hard drugs. One friend who I’d only known for about a month (she was new to the restaurant I worked in and this was the first time I invited her out to dinner with some of my friends) confessed to having formerly been addicted to meth.

This was especially shocking to me because she was only 20, which seems too young to be someone formally addicted to meth. Apparently she got started around 16 and turned to prostitution at 17 to pay for it. Lived that life for about 2 years before her parents moved her across the country to live with her brother and get clean.

Away from the people who were influencing her, she was able to turn it around. I knew her to be a very hardworking, strong girl with a go-getter attitude (but admittedly a very short temper). Now she’s a CNA and studying to be a nurse. I’m so very proud of her.