 While all this was going on, I was still working hard at gymnastics. But I knew that cigarettes and marijuana kept me from doing my best. That was in my junior year. During the next summer, there was a lot of partying and drugs. In my senior year, I made my choice by dropping out of gymnastics. New Year's Eve of 1969 brought a new person into my life. I went with my friend to her boyfriend's trailer. They were going out for the evening and left me there.