{"id":129301,"date":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingstudybay.com\/2021\/12\/20\/on-unsteady-ground\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T00:00:00","slug":"on-unsteady-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/on-unsteady-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"On Unsteady Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>I was uneasy. It was my first cruise, and I did not know what to expect. The wind whipped through my hair and threatened the ends of my dress as I staggered after Ashley\u2014the experienced cruise go-er\u2014aboard the swaying ship.<br \/> I admit that I can be socially awkward. Knowing this, I allowed Ashley to make friends for me, and soon she was successful. By the third day, we had quite an eclectic group: fellow Floridians, Texans, Marylanders, Californians, and even a few Brits. But in the definition of \u201cfun,\u201d we had a difference of opinion.<br \/> I watched, night after night, as my newfound \u201cfriends\u201d lived out their Dionysian vision of fun. In a dark corner of the burgundy smoking lounge, Ben, the 16-year-old chain-smoker, would have a fresh one dangling from his lower lip. Up a floor and through the tipsy gamblers, the casino\u2019s flashing lights would illuminate Troy and JR in their attempts to distract the barman and lift a bottle of Captain Morgan.<\/p>\n<p> If anyone managed to reach \u201cThe-Guy-Who-Was-Always-Screwing-His-Girlfriend,\u201d the gang would pitch over to the outer deck of Floor 6, where they could smoke some cheap dope, letting the scent drift off to sea.<br \/> Most frightening of all was the girl on Deck 9. Jamie, the girl with dull eyes and a far away look, sloshing drink in hand, glasses askew, will forever be imprinted in my mind. She was one of the many whose apparent goal was to \u201chook-up\u201d with as many strangers as possible within her seven-day-limit. And she had no problem with smoking, drinking, and getting high along the way.<br \/> Through all of this, I observed; I pondered. Jamie introduced herself to me multiple times. Regardless of how many times I met her, my brain failed to process Jamie\u2019s choices. How could she be so willing to relinquish her only true possession, her ability to think? It bothered me.<br \/> Back on steady ground, I wondered about my own role on the cruise ship. Everyone else had had the time of her life, but I had said \u201cNo.\u201d Was I exceedingly uptight, the kind of woman with a tight bun, straight knee-length skirt, and a sour, condescending look upon her face? I don\u2019t want to be her; I\u2019m not her. I am wholeheartedly unopposed to having fun\u2014but I will never sacrifice the control of my mind to any person or any thing. I need the comfort of having a firm foundation beneath me, and the assurance that all of my thoughts and feelings are true, and not the by-product of a mind-altering substance.<\/br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was uneasy. It was my first cruise, and I did not know what to expect. 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