Staring at the ground and wishing with all of her might.
It's just an urge. Fight! Fight! Fight!
The glass beckons. It's call so loud it threatens
all that she holds dear.
She can taste it, hear it, feel it in her soul.
Heeding it's cry, the only way she knows.
There's no where to run. No place she
can hide.
No one to help despite the tears she's
cried!
" Just stop," they all say. " You must not
want help!"
They fail to understand that she would if
she could
only find a way!
Her Mother sleeps with prayers on her lips.
Her Family is helpless as she falter's again
and again until eventually she slips!
All the while wanting it not be so
always turning back to that which she knows!
Every one watches, they hold their breath
as she sinks further and further
into the crystal meth!
Author notes
This piece is about addiction. I can only imagine what an addict feels like in the throes of their addiction. My crusade is to change the way society/ the world thinks about addiction. The way we respond to the plight of addiction. Currently we expect the addict to " ask," for help. To hit rock bottom and do something as " sane," as recognize they need help and ask for it. Families are helpless to help. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. The addict keeps getting high expecting each time to get different results. I don't know the statistics ( per say ) but I am sure that a great many addicts never make it to " rock bottom." In recent years a great number of " famous," people have lost their lives as the result of addiction. Michael Jackson being the most recent!
If families had a say in the treatment of the addict the number of deaths from addiction could be drastically reduced. I would like to see a program implemented that enables a direct family member the ability to petition a court and have their loved one placed in a rehabilitation center for no less than 30 but no more than 90 days! A detoxification period that would give the addict a chance to make a " sane," decision about their future!
If we can spend BILLIONS of dollars on a " cash for clunkers " program to " stimulate," the economy we should be able to spend money on programs that give member's of our society a chance to find sobriety and become functioning members of society!
Please critic as I could use suggestions for the meter and flow of this piece
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Yes, I agree that there are stories of recovery! People do over come and that is truly wonderful! I commend them but more people lose the battle than win it and that is disheartening to say the least. It's not as easy as one might think to have some one committed. If it were I'd have done it, trust me! I was told there was nothing I could do ( and this was from a CRISIS CENTER worker and also a treatment specialist involved in the case ). It's wrong. Than you hear about waiting lists and costs associated with treatment facilities. Does the system work? Some times and I am so grateful for that but it does not work nearly enough! Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts! I appreciate it!
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This piece hits me in the heart knowing what your talking about. But, many people, many addicts, have hit that "rock bottom," to make that sane decision to get help. I know the call of the addiction is very strong and very hard to beat. I've been there. Yes, there are many stars dying due to their addiction as far back as Elvis, but there are just as many that have overcome. You can't claim defeat and let this drain you of all of your hope. As, I've said before you CAN petition the court to have a loved one institutionalized. However, it is not a rehabilitation treatment center but there stay there can be up to 2 weeks waiting for a court hearing and then the judge may render more time in that facility. Again, as I said before, I was there and most of the people that were there were placed there by family members whether they were married or not. There were two in the exact same situation as you write this poem about. One accepted the fact she needed help, the other stayed in denial. The social worker for the partial program was an addict on meth. He is great, his story is amazing. He turned his life around now he is helping other people with a MSW.
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