These past 48 hours of constantly drinking ice water was nothing close to easy. Taking a cooler to school was irritating and trying to keep the ice from melting was difficult. I found myself feeling dehydrated from not being able to drink water if there wasn’t ice in it. The most challenging part of this simulation was during track practice; my ice would melt making it difficult to stay hydrated. It was not an issue to hide my ice cube use from my family. It made me realize how easy it would be to use drugs. However, I also realized how sports keep me out of trouble for it was very hard to “use” ice cubes during practice. In the beginning of the experiment, I was thirsty but by the end of the 48 hours I became very thirsty. It frustrated me when I constantly had to put ice cubes within my drink, whether it was water, milk, or soup. I found it a burden and a long process. No, I did not get addicted to ice cubes but this simulation made me gain (to some degree) a perspective of an addict. The log we had to keep every hour made me think of “the drug” very often. I could see through an addict’s eyes- always thinking of how to get their “fix”. Using other people’s ice cubes and hiding my ice cube use made me feel like a stereotypical drug addict- stealing from friends and hiding from family. It felt strange to experiment and thinking how it would feel to be an addict because I never thought about drug use being in my future. I now see a different side to addiction and am more aware of the dangers of drug use.