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Attach the following saying to some cornuts: "I'm not nuts...I leave drugs
alone!"
Give a small gift box with the following quote: "Life is a gift, don't waste it on drugs." There are
several patterns to make gift boxes out of paper on the internet. You
could fill the little box with Life cereal.
Handout from Christy's Clipart
I am planning on using "traps" as a little mini-theme.
I've got an old fashioned bear trap and I'm going to talk about how much easier
it would be if we just avoided traps (drugs) and not get caught in them. It
hurts much worse to get out of these traps when we should just avoid them all
together. I may even use mouse traps somehow for a type of hand out.....not sure
yet. (Credit Unknown)
(Karolynn Christiansen / ga10182006) - I am going to attach the following
quote to a bag of Smarties and hand them out to each girl. The
attached file is the actual print out and attach to some
smarties. I was reading the following quote in the lesson from President
Hinckley:
“Be smart. Do not be so shortsighted as to indulge in
the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. It simply is not smart to do so. It is
stupid, if you will pardon that harsh word, to use cocaine, marijuana, or any
of the other drugs that rob you of control of your mind. After every
drug-induced ‘high,’ there is a reactionary ‘low.’ Why spend money on that
which can only harm you? Why become enslaved to a habit that can only hinder
and short-circuit your future?” (Gordon B. Hinckley, in Conference Report,
Oct. 1981, p. 57; or Ensign, Nov. 1981, pp. 40–41).
It's a trap!
Satan's Bags of Tricks
I'm going to have a very large bowl of caramel popcorn on
the table with some cups next to it. It will have a note that says help
yourself. I'm going to recruit a few advisors to watch for girls who don't take
any and "pressure" them into having some by telling them how good it is and it
has no fat and so they should eat it etc. Hopefully, we will get all of the
girls to take some. Then, I'm going to talk to them about how hard it is to
resist peer pressure to take drugs or use alcohol especially when a friend is
doing it and makes it appear to be good. (Credit Unknown)
Lesson Helps from Debanae
Lesson Helps from Jenny Smith
Lesson Helps from Young Women Connection
Q & A - a good help (scroll down)
The Spirit of the Word of Wisdom
"Live the commandments. Never feed the foxes! What does
that mean? Breaking commandments is like feeding foxes. In England where we
live, my wife and I had heard that foxes were right in town. We wanted to see a
fox. A neighbor told us that if we left food for the foxes we probably would see
one. Our butcher gave us some bones. Each night we would place some bones out in
the backyard. Soon a fox came to eat. Then a few more. Now we have at least five
foxes racing through our flower garden, digging up the lawn, and leaving a
shamble every night, sort of like a furry Jurassic Park. What started out as a
curiosity is now a problem, and sin is much the same. An indiscretion can
begin a process that can make a mess of a whole life. Remember, if you don't
start feeding the foxes, they will never tear up your yard. If you avoid making
the seemingly small and harmless mistakes, your life will be free of many larger
problems later on. Be a courageous young man by living straight. Create happy
memories for yourselves and those around you." -Your Personal Checklist for a
Successful Eternal Flight by Elder Hugh W. Pinnock Of the Seventy, Ensign
November 1993
Addiction or Freedom?
Russell M. Nelson,
“Addiction or Freedom,”
Friend, May 2002, 7. Include this article in the discussion on the
spiritual and physical consequences of drug abuse.
Colleen Whitley, “I’m Not Hurting Anybody,” Liahona,
Mar. 2000, 41;
“I’m Not Hurting You,”
New Era, Apr. 1995, 44. Include John’s story in the section on “The
Consequences of Drug Abuse.”
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