I went to a selective highschool, where you had to take a test to prove you were smart enough to get in. My school was full of 'nerds' so to speak and me and maybe three or four other kids were the worst thing that ever happened to that school. In year 9 I was literally drunk every single day. I'd take a bottle of beam, another friend would bring a hipflask of whatever and we'd drink all day. In class, at lunch, on the bus to school and on the way home. I was a full blown alcoholic, and then I got into weed, which my other partner in crime never really got into. I stopped drinking except for the weekends but was instead constantly stoned at school. I remember sneaking off into the drain that ran through our school where I had a bong hidden in the bushes almost every day. Being drunk never actually hindered my work, as I was more confident, asked more questions etc but when I started smoking weed my grades went down hill, I got labeled as a drug addict and lost a lot of friends, or just changed the way they thought about me.
I then left that school at the end of year 10 to a normal public school which was conveniently right near a bud dealer I knew. I'd go to his house every recess/lunch even before school to buy a tenner or a stick and smoke a few cones with him. I'd first tried ecstasy at the end of year 10 and hit it pretty fucking hard but i'd never seen the appeal of taking it at school. One day I had a few pills left over from the weekend and I decided to eat them (all three at once mind you). I peaked so fucking hard, I was running around the school like a maniac off my chops. Ended up leaving at lunch time to go and smoke cones. I didn't take MDMA at school anymore after that, and instead made friends with a guy who's brother cooked and dealt methamphetamine. I started taking the shit at school, after school. I became a lot better at my school work again but I was always tweaking too hard to care too much. Eventually ended up dropping out three quarters of the way through year 11. I've grown up now and i'm not so reckless with my drug use anymore, don't smoke pot anymore, don't take MDMA, only drink and take meth occasionally. If I could have seen what'd happen to me instead of caring so much about keeping my reputation up as a habitual drug user i'd have finished school all the way through last year and right now i'd be preparing myself for university, instead I have no job and live off government payments.
Shit sucks hahaha