A Brief Summary Of Addiction

This article outlines the first-hand experience of a previous drug addict and her struggles with her illness. She takes readers on her journey through living a seemingly normal life as a teenage drug addict. From coping mechanisms to learning to make herself vulnerable, the author summarizes her experience in an authentic manner. Then, the article talks about the severity of addiction as a whole and what she has learned from her experience. In addition to this, the article proves itself to be useful because she seeks to help others and provide the virtue of hope to the helpless victims of addiction as she explains how addiction is a disease and like any disease, addiction can affect one’s life regardless of their past. The author’s vulnerability
is present in her article and writing style, which justifies the article to be credible as she also only discusses her experiences. However, this can ultimately mean there could be bias present since she revealed she was anxious to publish her article in fear of others invalidating her struggles.