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Powerless (Recovery)

I write of my recovery from alcoholism,
as much to help others as to help myself.
Telling of the bad things I did in the past,
of my arrogance in thinking I had control.

Living for drink or drug, is no way to live,
I know this, I did it for thirty plus years.
Numbed myself to the world, buried my fears,
only taking from you, never did I give.

What's yours is yours, until I make it mine,
I'm ashamed of the things I did for a buck.
Life had beaten me senseless before I gave up,
crawling, demoralized, begging for help...

Was shown I was powerless over alcohol,
and that my life was unmanageable.*
Explained why I always felt so terrible,
my operating system needs a fresh install.

A vicious worm has infected my system,
corrupted programs are running rampant.
Lies bred more lies and become my truth,
denial is a deadly dangerous thing.

Weeping, I held out my hand to A.A.,
Alcoholic Antivirus saved my life.










Author notes

*Alcoholics Anonymous step one: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable."

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  • Manda Kathryn Greeters member
    November 1

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    This background is gonna be burned in my memory since you've used it so often with these writes

    I quite like that picture, it works well with the message within the ink;
    the almost defenseless tone of what went wrong and how you reacted
    doesn't stop hitting my heart no matter how many of these I read by you


  • Poetess12
    August 9

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    This is a great poem on Alcohol recovery. The example of one overcoming addiction can be a help to others also. I like this poem.

    Thank you for your entry.