I love the saying 'you play with fire and you eventually get burnt'. It's simple, yet packed with truth. I've heard it many times growing up, possibly because of the life choices i made. But let me assure you, if you play with fire you will get burnt. It's not always at the beginning but it eventually happens.

So this is a letter to the kids in their early years in high school. I would love to tell you i didn't fit in or that i was uber weird and ate worms but i didn't. I was somewhat average, I tried playing sports and had decent grades. I had a good amount of friends and got along with most folks, but there was something about me that was always different. This thing made me feel so incomplete that i would do whatever it took to feel apart of something. Looking back now, i recognize it.

I know that not everybody who uses drugs or alcohol becomes a full blown drug addict but it can happen, and thats my own warning to you. Because, no matter what you do, you will never know if the key will fit the lock.

Let me tell you. The key fit the lock for me, I love getting high. I am not going to deny it or try to tell you it sucked because at first it was great, but what isn't so great are the consequences that are followed by the choices I've made.

I'm not in the mood for a long spill, but i will tell you one little story. I went to a pirates football game with my father recently, and sat with him. This is something I hadn't done in forever and as we are sitting there he looks at me and speaks the words "I never thought I would be able to do this with you".

That was extremely powerful for me because I was enjoying myself immensely and to realize that the choices I'd made could have caused me some things I never wanted to love. To even think of leaving my father and other family members, or even to just make them worry is just awful.

So just remember that all the choices you make have numerous outcomes, be careful what you choose.