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Have You Been Pressured To Smoke Or Drink Or Have Sex? I Have Been To Do All. I Am Going Into Seventh Grade Next Fall And I Am Worried With New School If It Will Be Worse? Will It.

Sincerely,
Daniel G. Jones

Never. I knew smoking was bad since I was ten years old so smoking was stupid and anyone who did it was foolish. Drinking, I didn't like it so I never did it. I had a wine cooler once and a margarita once when I was 15. I tried a cigar when I was 13 and didn't like it. I never had sex as a kid because mom told me I was too young for it and I can get hurt after I have it and I need to wait till marriage. I tried to smoke at age 5 or 6 but my aunt and my mother stopped me thanks to my cousin tattling on me.

I have been told to do drugs but I never did them since I also knew they were bad. One kid even tried to give me a drug when I was 13 and she got suspended for it. I didn't even know it was a drug. All I did was asked a staff person what this thing was and she said it was a drug and that was it. Three years later the girl who tried to drug me told me she got suspended for that. I never knew she got suspended.

No not really, But I do smoke, drink and have had sex(last time was like a year ago, probably longer then that). But yeah I chose to do all of those things no one pressured me to.

Most "peers" did not know or care I existed; the exceptions - the only pressure exerted was toi talk me into watching just one football game.

A few times people tried to get me to do stupid things like that, and when I refused to do them they harrassed me like crazy.

Middle school is horrible. It's hell. And I'm sorry to tell you that it might get a little worse. The most important thing is to not do anything you don't want to do.

When it comes to things like smoking, drinking, or sex if you don't want to, then don't do it. Just ignore the people who are trying to pressure you (easier said than done, I know).

You will probably find that the class mates who say they have done those things lie to impress their friends. It might seem 'cool' now but later in life you will end up regretting it.

smoking-Never... because I have second-hand smoke in the house sometimes ( my parents are smokers)
drinking- picked it up in a family dinner when 14... still drinking with parents' supervision ( i am reaching 18 in about one and a half month)
sex- nope( my stand is after marriage =))