My story of sniffing gas Nukum Mani Shan School Davis Inlet, Newfoundland By Tara (Grade 10) I first tried it when I was 12 years old. My friends were just showing me how to do it. I didn't try it but when I was 14 I sniffed for the first time. When I started to sniff for a long time, I use to feel I was angry all the time. Because I use to misunderstand what people were saying and the people I sniff with. I use to get scared like I felt paranoid like someone was watching me. Every since I sniffed for a long time. I started to get sick and I was losing my weight because I couldn't eat. I thought it was fun but it wasn't. When I imagine things that was the only time it was fun. I use to feel that I was powerful and I wanted to escape from my problems and I didn't want to think about my childhood. When people get upset at me. and I thought that people would care so much about me if I did it. All my friends were do it and some of them still do. I didn't want to feel left out. So I wasn't so happy what I did.