Mom and step-dad woke up that one fateful morning, and found their only teenage son smoking pot their lives changed forever in that one instant little did they know, hell was descending
Mom and step-Dad tried talking and negotiating finding ways and words to help their only son their attention given fully to their son but they did not know, darkness was not leaving
Soon Mom and step- Dad found their son graduating to heroin they found this only when their son overdosed in the bathroom the battle of addiction began to be too much to bear for them again, with little they know, they did everything they can
Mom and step-Dad finally took their son to a doctor to fix nothing changed, as their son relapsed minutes after detox and after a few months to their horror they found HIV and HCV has became a reality in their household
Mom and Dad went to yet another doctor, who said that they mut keep their son's behavior safe only to find a few months afterwards their only son had made three girls pregnant
Mom and Dad, began living in a private hell none of their kin would help, none understood the shame and the deep pain their son had caused all fingers blamed only Mom and step- Dad
Mom and step- Dad sought those who'd listen, through the doors of 12 Steps they have gone finally although their son was still addicted, their pain has slowly easing and diminishing
Yet, tonight as Mom and step-Dad were at the meeting the junkie son came home to rip off their home Mom and step-Dad, were left with nothing The reality of Addiction is nothing but hell
Addiction is an awakening hell, they know that by now dragging not only the addict, but also their families if families are not enough, they drag their friends deep into the abyss, the thick darkness of hell and still the darkness clamour for more and more .....
People continue to ask, why do you continue to go back why do you continue to live in hell, reduced, ultimately to animalistic level
Yet addicts continue to chase the dragon, until the dragon stops dead, red fiery eyed, on its track to the addict, the dragon would finally look back and roaring vicious fire, the dragon chases the addict
You can't tell the dragon to stop until the dragon has finally destroyed the addict and until what remains of the addict is ashes to ashes, dust to dust ....
For those of you who have found recovery please stop relapsing once and for all the cost is too great, for love, there's no survival all are lost, until all is regained, through true recovery
God, however you may call God patiently, and lovingly awaits you .... to reach out your hand and finally .... take 12 steps into a life with God ...
Leaving without turning .... honestly and willingly ... once and for all your life in hell retreating from your deadly dance with the devil
When I read that, I responded quite simply. What I really wanted to say is it makes me cry when I see young people in the places I have been and the things they are doing to themselves and thier loved ones. It makes me sad everytime I think about it. What will happen to those young people, what things do they have to do to support thier addiction, what pain does it cause everyone around them when the addiction takes them down hard. No parent or child should have to go through this.
Kenh.
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