Moiseeff is a freelance writer in Farmington Hills, Mich.


Signs of this adolescent activity are subtle, easily missed


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fter Zach died, it all became so clear. The knotted shoe-


laces tied to his bedpost, all the charging cords that were lost and replaced, the bruises around his neck, the head- aches and the need for utter privacy.


All were indications Zach was playing the choking game, where adolescents and teenagers get a brief high by being choked by another person or by chok- ing themselves. If you think Zach was a kid living in the fast lane,


The choking game 18 The Lutheran • www.thelutheran.org


By Dolly Moiseeff


MICHAEL D. WATSON


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