Case Study Of Allison's Drug And Alcohol Addiction

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Allison had a drug and alcohol addiction. She have taken several kinds of drugs, and also drank alcohol and stole it from her parents. Allison began her addiction during the 8th grade in her middle school. After starting to have problems and when she started her addiction she started to feel distanced from her family. Allison’s grades started to drop down ,during her 8th grade, from above average to average to below average. During her addiction period she started hanging out with people who did drugs and alcohol.

Allison was diagnosed with a knee injury during her 7th grade that made her leave the soccer team. She felt that she lost something important to her because she had to leave the team. Allison started to feel distanced from

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