As a teenager, I loved how I looked in the outfit of using drugs and exercising poor judgement. I had tried it on, spun around in the mirror, and decided I would choose this look, this image, this identity. But eventually and without realising it, the ability to choose had gone. I had become what at first I had only pretended to be.Nadia BolzWeber
About This Quote
In this quote, the author describes how the person had become the image of what they originally had only pretended to be. This statement is a metaphor for becoming a victim of one's own peer pressure. In this case, it is evident that the person had been pressured into trying drugs and exercising poor judgement at a young age. It was never his or her choice to use these things but society's choice for them. The person may have been a “teenager” but their identity had overtaken them even if they did not realise it.
Source: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith Of A Sinner & Saint
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