ryan in maine
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I'm sure a lot of others have this issue on their plate as well.
I went thru my party-weed-liquor stage from ages 13-16. I stuck around on the scene for another couple of years, not participating directly, but still surrounded by those who were in it full swing. as I hit my 20's, I was realizing that I had to distance myself from all of it. even the friends.
I'm now 23, and still, old friends find me (I live in a town with under 10,000 citizens and not much to do, so eventually you're going to run into each other). they're usually the same, or have moved on to harder drugs, or distributing (or much more severe crimes). many of my old friends are now felons, or close to it. I have distanced myself from the scene completely. and still, they find me. it also doesn't help when (by my estimates), 4 out of 5 ppl here between the ages of 12-32 are frequent drug users (usually stoners or alcoholics, but pill-addictions, cocaine, meth, morphine, etc is becoming relatively common).
sometimes it gets to the point where it seems the only solution is moving (which isn't going to happen). so how do you gracefully sever ties with your old friends as you're moving towards maturity, especially when you're becoming a gun owner, and planning for your CCW?
I went thru my party-weed-liquor stage from ages 13-16. I stuck around on the scene for another couple of years, not participating directly, but still surrounded by those who were in it full swing. as I hit my 20's, I was realizing that I had to distance myself from all of it. even the friends.
I'm now 23, and still, old friends find me (I live in a town with under 10,000 citizens and not much to do, so eventually you're going to run into each other). they're usually the same, or have moved on to harder drugs, or distributing (or much more severe crimes). many of my old friends are now felons, or close to it. I have distanced myself from the scene completely. and still, they find me. it also doesn't help when (by my estimates), 4 out of 5 ppl here between the ages of 12-32 are frequent drug users (usually stoners or alcoholics, but pill-addictions, cocaine, meth, morphine, etc is becoming relatively common).
sometimes it gets to the point where it seems the only solution is moving (which isn't going to happen). so how do you gracefully sever ties with your old friends as you're moving towards maturity, especially when you're becoming a gun owner, and planning for your CCW?