I got up, the room spinning around me, my vision blurry, my legs shaky and I somehow made it to my mom’s bedroom door. I knocked on her door, and I heard her yell what in an angry tone. I told her “Mom, the reason I overslept is cause I took some pills last night.” …

I was a sophomore in high school the first time I almost died. This would be the only time it was self inflicted. When you are a teenager, filled with hormones, every slightest thing seems like the end of the world. When several things happen that seem to be so drastic you don’t know how …