Drugs & Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is our personal self-image, our self-respect, our self-worth. It is a measure of how we "see" and "feel about" ourselves. Some people have high self-esteem, meaning they are self-confident and feel good about them. Other people have low self-esteem, meaning they lack self-confidence and feel less than good about themselves. Much of how we handle life, what we do and become, depends upon our self-esteem.


Probably more than any other age group, teenagers experience feelings of low ...