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Intro. Jim Carroll was a school basketball player with his friends. Besides basketball, Jim shows a creative interest in writing; he keeps his work in his diary, expressing his thoughts and creating poetry. Everything changes when he tries drugs for the first time. At first it seems like harmless fun to him, but gradually he slides further and further, trying harder and harder substances. Drugs negatively affect his studies, basketball career and relationships with loved ones. Carroll gradually slides into the abyss of addiction. He spends more and more time in dubious companies, steals money from his mother and even sells his basketball medal to buy drugs. His life is spinning out of control, he loses friends, his relationships with his family are breaking down more and more. But there is one last person in his life who still comes to his aid every time, inviting him to his home and treating his wounds. One cold evening, Jimm is sitting in Ten's bedroom while they tend to his wounds afte

Jim Carroll (The Basketball Diaries)

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