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Addiction
Title: Addiction
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1811 | Pages: 7.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Addiction
"Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years." -Tallulah Bankhead
At about quarter to four in the morning, not so long ago, I was awoken from much-needed sleep by a persistent pounding on the door. When I opened it, the young girl, who called herself "Kim," stood crying there, tall and gaunt, red-eyed and jagged toothed.
I knew almost right away that this girl was suffering from addiction …showed first 75 words of 1811 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1811 total…same, irrational ways?" Unlike other diseases, however, active addiction is an intricate network of behaviors; to nullify addiction, an addict must learn to adjust their behaviors, via willpower, to control it, and once the addict is aware of her disease, it is strictly her responsibility.
Works Cited
Carbonell, Marino. Lecture. May 1999.
Narcotics Anonymous Van Nuys : World Service Office, Inc., 1988
Smith, John P. "Frequently Asked Questions." Online. Internet.
http://members.aol.com/JohnPSmith/faqs.html. 18 Nov 1999.
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