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When one becomes addicted to a substance, thing, or activity. Quite often, they feel as though they are dependent on it and can not live without it.

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Someone who is battling addiction often feels chained to whatever they are addicted to, and feel as though they are not able to break free. Overcoming addiction is one of the biggest battles one may face.

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"We all get addicted to things that take the pain away"

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"We all get addicted to things that take the pain away"

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"Before you can break out of prison, you must realize you are locked up"

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"Before you can break out of prison, you must realize you are locked up"

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Two of the biggest contributors to becoming a substance abuser is growing up around other substance abusers and struggling with a mental illness. In Juniors case, he grew up on a reservation full of super depressed alcoholics.

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"It's all about me and what I want
Lying, cheating, and manipulating to get what I want
"I can take care of myself!"
"Rationalize, justify and minimize when i'm wrong.
Projecting a false image of myself
Hide and deny my fears so as not to appear weak" (Anonymous)

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"My father went on a legendary drinking binge. My mother went to church every single day. It was all booze and god, booze and god, booze and god. we'd lost my grandmother and Eugene. How much loss were we supposed to endure?" (Alexie 171).

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"My father went on a legendary drinking binge. My mother went to church every single day. It was all booze and god, booze and god, booze and god. we'd lost my grandmother and Eugene. How much loss were we supposed to endure?" (Alexie 171).

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"Drunk for a week, my father must have really wanted to spend those last five dollars. He could have spent that five bucks and stayed drunk for another day or two. But he saved it for me" (Alexie 151).

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"Drunk for a week, my father must have really wanted to spend those last five dollars. He could have spent that five bucks and stayed drunk for another day or two. But he saved it for me" (Alexie 151).

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This is one of the few good and sober moments Junior gets to share with his father.

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I mean, the thing is, plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. And plenty of drunken Indians have killed other drunken Indians." (Alexie 158)

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I mean, the thing is, plenty of Indians have died because they were drunk. And plenty of drunken Indians have killed other drunken Indians." (Alexie 158)

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"Funny how the saddest guys can be happy drunks"(Alexie 70)

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"Funny how the saddest guys can be happy drunks"(Alexie 70)

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"When the holidays rolled around, we didn't have any money for presents, so dad did what he always does when we don't have enough money. He took what little money we did have and ran away to get drunk"(Alexie 50)

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"When the holidays rolled around, we didn't have any money for presents, so dad did what he always does when we don't have enough money. He took what little money we did have and ran away to get drunk"(Alexie 50)

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It's no secret that pretty much everyone on the reservation is a depressed drunk that has little to no money. When the holidays come around, Juniors dad probably feels guilty he can't offer his kids a good Christmas, so he runs away to try and push away his emotions with feeding his alcohol addiction.

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“In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.”(Alexie) 

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“In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.”(Alexie) 

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Hardly anything good comes from addiction, so it's the short and sweet moments that one must hang onto.