The Basketball Diaries
Hoop addict's journal
A 1978 memoir by Jim Carroll chronicling his teenage years in 1960s New York City—his time as a promising basketball player, his descent into heroin addiction, and his life on the streets.
The book became a cult classic and was adapted into a 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
I read The Basketball Diaries in high school and it scared me straight.
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
- drug addictionCompulsive need for intoxicants
- shooting upRising or injecting rapidly
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- fall from graceLoss of status or reputation
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Indiana natives' nickname
Rudy · Rocky · Remember the Titans · Miracle · Seabiscuit
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Leave It to Beaver · The Andy Griffith Show · after-school special
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Imagined narrative work
novel · fantasy · fairy tale · fable · The Natural
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