Week+4+-+Alcohol

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=Chapter 15 - Alcohol=

READ pages 370 - 389
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=Read this Poem=

Went to a party Mom...   I went to a party, And remembered what you said. You told me   not to drink, Mom, so I had a sprite instead. I felt proud of myself, The way you said I would, that I didn't drink and drive, though some friends said I should. I made a healthy choice, And your advice to me was right. The party finally ended, and the kids drove out of sight. I got into my car, Sure to get home in one piece. I never knew what was coming, Mom, something I expected least. Now I'm lying on the pavement, And I hear the policeman say, the kid that caused this wreck was drunk, Mom, his voice seems far away. My own blood's all around me, As I try hard not to cry. I can hear the paramedic say, this girl is going to die. I'm sure the guy had no idea, While he was flying high. Because he chose to drink and drive, now I would have to die. So why do people do it, Mom Knowing that it ruins lives? And now the pain is cutting me, like a hundred stabbing knives. Tell sister not to be afraid, Mom Tell daddy to be brave. And when I go to heaven, put ' Mommy's Girl' on my grave. Someone should have t aught him, That it's wrong to drink and drive. Maybe if his parent s had, I'd still be alive My breath is getting shorter, Mom I'm getting really scared These are my final moments, and I'm so unprepared. I wish that you could hold me Mom, As I lie here and die. I wish that I could say, 'I love you, Mom!' So I love you and good-bye.

=BLOG POSTs=

First Blog - Title - RECOVERY

When a person goes through a recovery program for alcoholics are they cured? Why or Why not.

Second Blog - Title - Alcohol Harms.......

Finish this statement with as many ways you can think that alcohol may harm.... whatever; people, places, things, events ETC. Brainstorm all of the ways alcohol can alter things.

Third Blog - Title - Went to a Party Mom

Thoughts on this poem written from the point of view of someone who tried to do the right thing.