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addict

noun as in someone dependent on a substance

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noun as in devoted fan

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"They were drug addicts. If it expires, they might go back there, and here they are reformed."

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The court heard she was addicted to cannabis and vaping around that time, which she did not tell the nursery.

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"She struggled for many years, 20 years, but she was a functioning addict," Jones told Rugby Union Weekly.

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He was one of four men, who all preyed on vulnerable women who were addicted to drugs.

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He was addicted to his cause, which was himself.