By: Anonymous
Don’t let anyone tell you that marijuana is harmless. I can tell you otherwise. I almost lost my life thanks to marijuana. And I refuse to ever try it again. I learned a hard lesson, but it was one that I will never forget and one I hope helps others. Learn from my mistakes. God saved me, but He might not save you in the same situation….
I was over at my boyfriend’s house. I had watched him and his friends toke up many times before. They always encouraged me to join them, but knowing that my biological parents had been drug fiends I was afraid to try it – I was afraid I’d become a druggie like them and I refused to go down that path. God had saved me by giving me to the family that adopted me and I didn’t want to lose that because of drugs. So I always said no when they offered me the joint or pipe.
But for some reason I gave in this time. I went ahead and smoked out with them. It was my first time getting high and it was quite an experience.
After awhile I realized the time and knew I had to get home. No one tried to stop me… no one thought the marijuana was still affecting me. But my senses were all screwed up. I grabbed my Doritos (man, those were the BEST chips I have ever had) and my Dr. Pepper and got in the car. I headed back across town, cutting down the cross town freeway to get home faster. I noticed that things were still kind of weird around me – I can’t quite describe how, but I know my senses were still impaired by the pot.
I am not sure exactly what happened next, but somehow there was another car involved – they either cut me off or something. But I slammed on my brakes, jerked the wheel, and next thing I know I had lost control of the car. I veered across the lanes in to the center divider, spun in the gravel, shot back across the lanes, drove up the embankment, and rolled back down – rolling at least 3 or 4 times before coming to a rest facing oncoming traffic on the other side of the freeway.
I remember trying to find my phone. It was still working though it was pretty messed up. I couldnt’ get my seat belt off and I couldn’t open my door. A guy ran up to help me out. He coudln’t get the door open either. The car had landed right side up thankfully so I was not upside down or anything. About this time I began to notice the blood everywhere and realized it had to be mine – I was the only person in the car. The guy took off his sweatshirt and started wrapping it around my arm which was completely shredded and dripping with blood. I felt blood on my face and neck. And I realized that I was beginning to hurt where my seat belt had held me in place.
The firemen had to cut me out of my seat belt and take me out the passenger side of the car. I was put in an ambulence and taken to the hospital. I was able to call my parents and let them know what happened – they met me at the accident scene and followed me to the hospital. I was scared to death that I was going to get in trouble so confessed to the policeman that I had been stoned… I didn’t know what was going to happen to me but I figured it was better to be honest than to let them discover it on their own.
I spent the night in the Emergency Room. They x-rayed, examined, and pulled glass out of me all night long. I was lucky to have no broken bones, no internal bleeding, no damage other than the massive bruising and the massive cuts. And the massive amount of glass embedded in my body. God protected me for some reason and saved my life.
It was the hardest thing in the world knowing I had disappointed my family the way I had. Seeing the way they looked at me when they talked about what happened. Knowing that I had screwed up the way I did… Would they ever trust me again? Would they always wonder if I was a druggie? Would they beleive me when I said this was my first time? My heart was broken as badly as theirs was. I think the anguish of suffering the disappointment was worse than the actual pain of the accident…
I was lucky that I did not get jail time for this. Had I hit the other car and caused an actual accident with them I would have ended up doing some time – and heaven forbid had I killed someone. I did not get a DUI or anything on my driving record – just a car accident. I did not get my license taken away. My insurance only went up a little bit. I have no clue why I did not receive more punishment for my stupidity…. But God must have a plan for me.
Please – learn from my mistake. Don’t smoke pot. And DEFINATELY DO NOT drive under the influence of it. It is NOT a harmless drug – it can kill you if you are not careful. Save yourself and others. Don’t do it.
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