My mom and dad did not want me to go to a college that was on the other side of the country.
They told me that it would be hard for me to make friends and they worried that I would get home sick and leave the campus early.
For the first time in my life I had the opportunity to go somewhere away from my parents and there was no way that I was going to give up the opportunity even if it meant being a thousand miles away from my mom and dad. I got accepted to several college campuses and I chose the one that is an hour from a beach. It was hard for me to make friends at first, because I was from the country and most of the people in my classes were from the city. When I finally made some friends, I was opened up to a whole brand new world and way of living. On Friday nights my friends and I go to the bar and drink and we smoke recreational marijuana. I never smoked any recreational marijuana until I went to college and now I smoke every Friday night. I also smoke recreational marijuana after I have spent an entire night studying. Sometimes I will stay up until three in the morning studying for a test or exam and I need to rest well for those next few hours. Marijuana helps me relax and wind down after using a bunch of adderall. My mom and dad would freak out if they knew what I was doing every weekend.