Getting High

I was talking to a friend yesterday when I noticed he was looking at me funny, like someone who was under the influence of something. So I had asked him if he had taken anything, and at first, he had denied it but later opened up to me.

Before he told me what it was, he had first said to me that the only reason he loved being honest with me was because he knew I wasn't the kind to judge or tell someone else his business, which partially is true; I don't really tell other people's business (unless it's on here where the person remains anonymous for life), but every now and then I find myself judging them in my heart; I just never say it to them or anyone.

Well, I didn't realize it then, but the reason he had begun that statement that way was to kind of trick me into not saying anything to him when he eventually told me what he was on, and sadly it worked.

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He had told me that he was on crystal meth, which was very shocking to me because this was the first time I was hearing something like that from him. I've always known he smoked weed, but crystal meth felt like him upping his game, and usually, I would immediately try to make him see the danger in doing that, the side effects and all that, but just because he had started that whole statement by singing my praises, I had said nothing other than he should be careful.

Only for me to wake up this morning to a text from him, telling me that he hadn't been able to sleep for the past two days (apparently he started taking it two days ago). He also said he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday, not because he didn't have food at home but because he wasn't feeling hungry.

I immediately took that as an opportunity to try to talk him out of it, telling him of the danger that comes with it and how addictive something like that can get. Thankfully, he agreed with me and said he wouldn't be taking it anymore.

The craziest part was when he told me that he had gotten introduced to it by a female friend, and she had been the one who gave it to him.

Hopefully he hasn't gotten too deep into it and keeps to his word of staying away from it.