Description

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The story begins with you - a hero-in-the-making built for greatness, with every right to dream heroic dreams. But first, there is a storm up ahead - one that threatens you with team expulsions, OVI's, wrecked cars, and broken friendships. The Just Say No Promise Agreement brings you together with your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles to defeat the storm and maybe even provide some added rewards along the way; a tangible tool to resist peer pressure, find your guitar, and look past Friday night to a big future Learn why you are in control, powerful, and the hero that will keep yourself and your siblings safe from binge drinking, drug use, and smoking in middle school and high school. You will learn about the power of just saying no, the collision course of new freedoms vs. relative inexperience, the great paradox of your life, and how guitars reveal your true superpowers regardless of any limitations or challenges you might have. Learn how to prepare for your polygraph exam, how to write a letter to your future self, and why you will never look back and wish you had smoked more cigarettes The story ends with you, in victory, ready to take on the next chapter of your life. And like all heroes, you gain the tremendous respect of your guides, while setting a great example for your friends and family to follow. Every story needs a hero. Let it be you.

About the Author

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Garrett K. Scanlon has served as a volunteer instructor, author, and speaker at middle schools, high schools, parent events, rotaries, and business organizations over the last 15 years, providing teens and their parents, coaches, and teachers with tangible tools to confront binge drinking, drug use, and smoking. Garrett is founder of JustSayNo.org, a website dedicated to helping teens partner with their parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles to help students thrive during their high school years. The Just Say No Promise Agreement continues to inspire students, long after Garrett has left their school. He is also the author of Walking and Talking - 57 Stories of Success and Humor in the Real Estate World of Business, Seeing Past Friday Night (his first book on this subject), A Road to Bountiful, and Single Page Life Plan. Garrett is available to speak to school assemblies, parent groups, podcast venues, churches, and drug and alcohol prevention events of any kind.