What are "Best Friends" for?

 

 

In your life you will come across a lot of people, but only one of them you can claim as your best friend. For me, this is my best bud, Uly. Me and Uly first met on a shyful first day of Kindergarten. I being the nervous guy I didn't know what to do and Uly challenged me to a game of tick tac toe and the rest was history. I am now in my 20's and Uly and I are still closer than ever and you want to know why? Uly and I never really caved into all the peer pressures of life. We never drank, we never did drugs, and we were always there for each other. Usually we go for pizza, see a flick, or talk about life... and those are some of the best times in my life. There was a time though when I caved myself. I started drinking a little just because I missed all of my other friends and I wanted to see what all the hype was and what all the parties were like. I went to a few and it was like my worst nightmare. I never really cared that people drank and a lot of my friends did. I never passed judgment and I never will because everyone chooses there own life and that's nothing for me to decide. For me though I felt really bummed out because I never enjoyed drinking and I was sad to watch all my friends move on. That's where Uly came in though. He always respected my safe lifestyle and we never really did things we had to worry about. My biggest fear was not being in control of my own body and worrying about all the consequences of drinking and doing drugs. I wanted to just have a good time without all the worries and have people who I felt understood me and believe me there are people out there who are like you, you just have to be willing to look. I'll never say drinking is bad, but it will never be for me. So if you are in high school and you feel like you have to pick a side between drinking and not, just know it is your choice. I'm not here to parent you or tell you what to do but if you do decide to give it a try, be responsible for me and everyone around you because you never know what could happen. Friends will come and go but your best bud will always be there to accept you for who you are.

 

Be safe and love your friends,

-Austin