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Unit 7

Drug Abuse

Passage A Agony from Ecstasy

I hear a lot of people talking about Ecstasy, calling it a fun, harmless drug. All I can

think is,

I

grew

up

in

a

small,

rural

town

in

Pennsylvania.

It's

one

of

those

places

where

everyone

knows

your

name,

what

you

did,

what

you

ate

and

so

on.

I

was

a

straight-A

student and one of the popular kids, liked by all the different crowds. Drugs never played

a part in my life. They were never a question - I was too involved and focused on other

things.

I always dreamed of moving to New York City to study acting and pursue a career in

theater.

My

dream

came

true

when

my

mom

brought

me

to

the

city

to

attend

acting

school. As you can imagine, it was quite a change from home.

I was exposed to new people, new ideas and a completely new way of life - a way of

life

that

exposed

me

to

drugs.

Most

of

the

people

that

I

met

in

the

acting

school

had

already been doing drugs for years. I felt that by using drugs, I would become a part of

their world and it would deepen my friendships with them to new levels. I tried pot, even

a little cocaine, but it was Ecstasy that changed my life forever.

I remember the feeling I had the first time I did Ecstasy: complete and utter bliss. I

could feel the pulse of the universe. It was as if I had unlocked some sort of secret world;

it was as if I'd found heaven. And I wondered how anything that made you feel so good

could possibly be bad.

As

time

went

by,

things

changed.

I

graduated,

and

began

to

use

drugs,

especially

Ecstasy, more frequently. As I did, I actually started to look down on those who did not. I

surrounded myself only with those who did. I had gone from a girl who never used drugs

to a woman who couldn't imagine life without them.

In five months, I went from a person living somewhat responsibly while pursuing my

dream to a person who didn't care about a thing - and the higher I got, the deeper I sank

into a dark, lonely place. When I did sleep, I had nightmares and the shakes. I had pasty

skin, a throbbing head and the beginnings of paranoia, but I ignored it all, thinking it was

normal until the night I thought I was dying.

On

this

night,

I

was

sitting

on

the

couch

with

my

friends,

watching

a

movie

and

feeling

normal

when

suddenly,

I

felt

as

if

I

needed

to

jump

out

of

my

skin.

Racing

thoughts, horrible images and illusions crept through my mind. I thought I was seeing the

devil, and I repeatedly asked my friends if I was dead. On top of all this, I felt as if I was

having a heart attack. Somehow, I managed to pick up the telephone and call my mom in

the

middle

of

the

night,

telling

her

to

come

get

me.

She

did,

pulling

me

out

of

my

apartment the next morning.

I didn't know who I was or where I was as my mom drove me back to my family's

hospital in Pennsylvania. I spent most of the drive curled up in the back seat while my

younger sister tried to keep me calm.

I spent the next 14 days in the hospital in a state of extreme confusion. This is what

Ecstasy

gave me -

but it

didn't

stop there. My

doctors

performed

a

scan

of my

brain.

I

couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the results. The scan showed several dark marks on

the image of my brain, and my doctors told me those were areas

- areas that carry out

memory functions - where the activity of my brain had been changed in some way.

Since I saw that scan, my life has been an uphill crawl.

I hear people say Ecstasy is a harmless, happy drug. There's nothing happy about the

way

that

drug

chipped

away

at

my

life.

Ecstasy

took

my

strength,

my

motivation, my dreams, my friends, my apartment, my money and most of all, my sanity.

I worry about my future and my health every day. I have many mountains ahead of me,

but I plan to keep climbing because I'm one of the lucky ones.

I've been given a second chance, and that's not something that everyone gets.

摇头丸苦海无崖

我听到许多人谈论摇头丸，说它是一种奇妙无害的麻醉品。对 此，我只能暗自感叹，

要是他们知道就好了。

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我是在宾夕法尼亚的一个乡间小镇长大的。

在那个地方，

你叫什 么名字，

你是干什么的，

你吃的是什么，以及诸如此类的事儿别 人都了如指掌。那时，我是一个门门皆优的好学生，

是大家公认的一个乖孩子，

人人都喜欢我。

毒品与我的生活中根本不沾边，

从来也没去想过

--

我别的事情还忙不过来咧。

我一直梦想到纽约市去学表演，

然后从事舞台表演生涯。

后 来，

我妈带我到那座城市去

上表演艺术学校，实现了我的梦想。 你能想象得到，这与家里相比可是大不一样。

我接触到了许多新朋友，新观念，接触到了一种全新的生活方 式

--

这种生活方式也使我

开始接触到 了毒品。

我在艺术学校遇到的那些人多数都已经有多年的吸毒经历。

当时我觉得

通过吸毒我可以真正融入他们那个世界，

可以加 深我与他们的友情。

我试过大麻，

甚至还试

过一点可卡因，不过，永远改变了我的生活的是摇头丸。

我还记得我第一次用摇头丸时的感觉：

浑身上下飘然若仙。