________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS _________________________________________________ To Emmalie Lee, Principle of Brookings-Harbor High School, Art Dingle, English teacher, and the seniors who participated for, without them, this would never have materialized. To Words and Pictures Book Club for judging the contest and providing a distribution point for this booklet and the first edition on Alcohol abuse. To Wild River Pizza for providing gift certificates for the three runner-up essays. ToThe Curry Coastal Pilot for publishing the winning essays. To Fred Meyer and Hot Shotz Espresso for providing gift certificates so every author would be rewarded. To First Impressions for binding and trimming this booklet. And to an anonymous group from The Citizens Who Care who donated the $100 Grand Prize and their time to develop and organize the contest and produce this booklet. Thanks.