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I was just an apprentice. You can imagine my excitement when the masters of the craft were so impressed by my work that they arranged to hold a week-long workshop where they could each tutor me in their individual skills.  
I was just an apprentice. You can imagine my excitement when the masters of the craft were so impressed by my work that they arranged to hold a week-long workshop where they could each tutor me in their individual skills.  


After a lifetime of being an outcast, I had been accepted into a brotherhood of sensitive, true artists. By the end of the week, they counted me as one of their own. I felt something I’d never felt before; trust in others and the love of a family. I had friends and I had a future.  
After a lifetime of being an outcast, I had been accepted into a brotherhood of sensitive, true artists. By the end of the week, they counted me as one of their own. I felt something I’d never felt before; trust in others and the love of a family. I had friends and I had a future.
 
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The doctors had warned me that medication was only part of the cure for ADHD. The other part, I would have to find for myself. And I had. Drugs and degradation, solitude and violence became a fading nightmare as I threw myself with all the energy I once squandered on destruction into my new life as a junior member of this tightly-knit fraternity of artisans.  
The doctors had warned me that medication was only part of the cure for ADHD. The other part, I would have to find for myself. And I had. Drugs and degradation, solitude and violence became a fading nightmare as I threw myself with all the energy I once squandered on destruction into my new life as a junior member of this tightly-knit fraternity of artisans.  
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