I remember by age 15 my best friend and I decided to give up chemical drugs for Lent (smoking weed was still okay lol)

The thing that stopped me was age 16 when I had fucked 3 different guys casually in a week, the condom broke with one and the last gave me chlamydia.

I got the results from the clinic the week after fucking those guys and was on a music course. The chlamydia coincided with a UTI. I was terrified and thought that the symptoms of the UTI were part of having chlamydia and although I tried to convince myself that I wouldn't actually piss myself whilst constantly feeling the need to pee, I couldn't be sure that the chlamydia wasn't complicating the UTI and didn't know whether or not I would.

In that week I was having panic attacks over the thought of pissing myself in rehearsal in front of everyone, or worse, on stage!

After pissing blood one morning and sitting in my room crying, I reevaluated my life, realising I no longer wanted to do drugs or sleep around. I was thinking about what there was left for me to do, something that was 'good' and 'pure', and I realised I had to pursue the violin.

Over the next few years my dedication to the instrument and desire to become professional kept me on the straight and narrow as taking it seriously made it impossible for me to have time to keep going out all the time. This led to me drifting away from most of the friends I had made that were leading the party lifestyle. I still enjoy a good rave because I love the music and I love dancing, but now I mostly go sober.

Violin saved my life. Classical music is cool guys! Go and listen to some :) (Would recommend Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht, version for string sextet, but the list is endless)