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Personal Narrative: My Struggle With Addiction
I have known many people who have struggled with addiction in my life and have witnessed some of the terrible characteristics that come along with it. I personally have many negative attitudes towards people of addiction because I have lived with a sister who struggled with drugs for many years. People who are addicted to drugs are very self-absorbed. I watched my sister abandon her own children because she was too selfish to see past her own pain. Second, people who struggle with addiction are deceitful. Addicts will do whatever it takes to get a fix. They will steal, lie, and make up lavish stories all just for another high. Third, they have no morals. Like I said above addicts will do whatever it takes to get another fix which many times

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