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Students from all corners of the state have come together to send a message to their fellow teens. They're part of a group called Breakdown, and they're encouraging their peers to make good decisions in their lives. They recently performed their multi-media presentation in Belcourt. The student who helped get Breakdown going in North Dakota is this week's Someone You Should Know... We let other people make decisions for us. We let our friends decide if we're going to drink. (Jim Olson, KX News) Daniel Peterson is one of the motivational speakers in Breakdown and that's his main message - make your own decisions (Daniel Peterson, Bottineau) I love being part of Breakdown because it not only challenges me to keep my life the way it should be, it also gives me a chance to talk to others about it. (Jim Olson, KX News) He's just one part of the multi-media presentation called Breakdown. A program that's part of SADD, Students Against Destructive Decision and a program that NDSU student and Kindred native Brooke Jameson discovered at a national convention and brought to North Dakota (Brooke Jameson, Kindred) It involves students from all over North Dakota and from Minnesota. We have students from Minot as well as Fargo, Hillsboro, Valley City, Moorhead, Halstad, Grand Forks, all areas across the state. (Jim Olson, KX News) Brooke says the message of Breakdown is centered on encouraging kids to avoid premarital sex We didn't exactly decide, it just kind of happened. (Jim Olson, KX News) But also gets across a message of avoiding the trap of drugs and alcohol Back before I turned into a raging alcoholic, right? (Jim Olson, KX News) The group uses various skits to make some powerful points It's not going to get you what you want. How would you know what I want? What do you want? I want to be loved. You think they love you? (Jim Olson, KX News) And now these brave kids are hoping to crisscross the state, bringing the message to kids in schools everywhere What do you think it means? (Brooke Jameson, Kindred) I think it makes it even more positive coming from peers instead of from adults. It's not like I'm a virgin anymore. No one is ever going to respect me. Wouldn't you respect someone who was trying to turn her life around? Yeah I would. (Jim Olson, KX News) And that's what they're trying to do with this presentation - help kids turn troubles lives around - or avoid the problems to begin with (Brooke Jameson, Kindred) It is not easy to say no to our boyfriends and girlfriends. It is not easy to say no to our media and our society and our peers. But in the end, the outcome is so much better than if we say yes. Jim Olson, KX News. You can learn more about Breakdown by going online to WWW.NLSADD.COM