Joe Flood was a drug and alchohol user. He had a very miserable life. Although he did all of this stuff in the past and doesn't do them anymore, his brain still looks like he does them. Once you do drugs they stay inside your brain forever. Joe Flood visited Rye Junior High School for 4 days. He talked to the 7th grade classes about his life and what it was like. He gave examples on what it's like. One was that you ake your favorite treat and eat just a little bit of it. Then you have to keep the rest of it in front of you without eating it. You then have to go as long as you can without eating eat. It is very hard to do.

I learned  many things when Joe Flood came to our school. One thing I learned was how awful it is to do drugs. He has changed my whole like. He may have saved my life for all I know. I learned that you never know the first time you're going to do a drug. Even 1 hour before that moment. That's why you always have to be on alert and that is what Joe Flood had taught me.