Too Fast

I admit that i grew up too fast.  When i was younger....maybe 14 or 15 (the worst years of a teen's life to me) I wanted so badly for someone to like me, to think i was pretty.  I wanted to be popular and feel like i belonged.  I realize now that every teenager wants that but when you're that age it seems so urgent and thats why i believe most kids grow up too fast.
I lost my virginity at an early age.  For me it was early at least.  16 was too early for me and I just wanted attention from the opposite sex.  I regret it now, among other things.  I continued that promiscuous lifestyle for a while.  Thank God I never got pregnant or contracted any diseases. 
Then there was the drugs and alcohol.  I was hanging around people much older than I was.  I was impressionable.  I just wanted to fit in.  I still continue to use drugs, pot and alcohol mainly, but not like I used to.  It used to be an everyday thing, or at least every other day. 
I'm not that old.  I'm only 23 but I know what it's like to grow up too fast.  If I had the choice I would go back and change some of the stupid mistakes I made.  I wouldn't be so gullible but I guess those mistakes are what make me who I am today.  A word of advice:  Just take it slow.  Keep your priorities in order.  Don't get caught up in the "glamorous" lifestyle of drugs, sex, drama, etc.  I wish I could go back and take it slow.