PE-185/WellnessActivity13

What do you think is the most important message regarding tobacco, alcohol and/or other drugs/addictive behaviors for today’s young people?

Today's young people need to see some real addicts and what its done to them. In my time with the rescue squad I saw some things that would really hit home.

One that really sticks out in my mind was a guy who needed to have a stoma put in because of his cancer. We got a call to take him in because he was bleeding from it. When we got to his house he was getting one last drag off a cigarette through the very same stoma. I don't think I truly understood how powerful addiction was till I saw that.