Student Storybook

Table of Contents

Editor's Note Author's Note Stories: Ankit's Story "When I came to Rutgers, I knew that I wanted to be premed." Katie's Story "I can't explain how lucky I feel to have had my mother." Stacey's Story "I found out that I was accepted to Rutgers on Christmas Eve. "

Aaron's Story (2001)
I was twelve the first time I used drugs.

Allison's Story (2000)
When I was a sophomore, I had an acute episode of mania.

Alexandra's Story (2000)
I think I always had an intuition that something was wrong.

Ameera's Story (2002)
Even though I knew he had been drinking, I got into the car.

Amy's Story (2000)
It often seems like everyone is on a diet.

Deb's Story (2001)
In my hometown, everybody did the same things, had the same culture and the same religion.

Gil's Story (2002)
I wasn't totally either Korean or American.

Gina's Story (2000)
I didn't realize for about six years that my parents had a drug problem.

Greta's Story (2001)
My doctor found the breast lump during a routine check-up.

Jessica's Story (2003)
My stepfather is an alcoholic.

Leigh's Story (2002)
My dad didn't just hit me; he beat me.

Liam's Story (2002)
Using drugs wasn't really a conscious decision, it just became a thing to do.

Merrie's Story (2000)
I have been legally blind since I was born.

Rachel's Story (2003)
I was so scared that I couldn't think about screaming, I was just trying to say no loud enough for him to hear me.

Raj's Story (2000)
During my junior year in high school, I started asking other students for a gun.

Tiffani's Story (2002)
I was diagnosed with B-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma just after my 20^th birthday.

Vicky's Story (2000)
I thought that not eating was the only thing I was really being successful at.

Addendum: Richie's Story
There was pressure twenty-four hours a day to go along with the other guys no matter what they were doing and not to speak out because you'd be ostracized or retaliated against.

Afterword

Last Modified 12/22/2005