As I walked into my brand new house, the first thing I noticed was
             the new paint scent. I overheard my parents talking about how much they
             liked the new house and how much they were looking foward to live in it. As
             they were discussing the issue, I could see it in their faces that they
             were saying it to self-justify the misery that they've been going through
             Ever since my high school life began, that was when my parents
             started to struggle with financial issues. The owner of the company that
             my dad was affiliated with was not only a friend of ours, but a distant
             family member as well. When Silicon Valley hit the economic crisis, that
             was when the company started spiraling downhill, leaving my dad with
             nothing but a feeling of depression and stupidity. This feeling stirred up
             within him because he felt that his not being able to speak English well
             enough was what stopped him into working for an American company. The
             economy became so horrible that our family friend told my dad that because
             of the bad economy and his own financial circumstances, he would pay my dad
             later when the economy was better. My dad didn't like the idea, but he went
             because we trusted him. Time passed and the outlook for the economy was
             getting worse. We later found out that this family friend of ours filed for
             a personal bankruptcy and took his every penny back to Korea, along with my
             Our so called family friend leaving with our money was only the
             beginning. It soon became to be the beginning of my family falling apart.
             This devastation caused with our family friend leaving left my parents
             horrified. My mom became so distraught and stressed that she developed
             thyroid. My dad was then unemployed and remained unemployed for the longest
             time because his english wasn't very fluent; this drove him into digging a
             deep hole for himself and for the alcohol he soon turned to for
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