Addiction is profoundly lonely. The fight to stay sober happens in the darkest part of the night – often when the fighter is alone. And sometimes that can make it feel as though there is no one available. Help is out there. It might come from a loved-one, a caring stranger or, if you believe, a higher power.
Addiction Recovery
You think you are going it
Alone
You think this daily struggle
These nights curled up
Telling yourself
NO –
Just this one time –
WON’T be fine –
Resisting that wave-like urge
To give in
Just
This
Once
You think
All that
Happens
Alone?
You think your friends
Family
And even smiling strangers
Aren’t there for you
Every single day?
They aren’t –
Just like a seed
Doesn’t have sweet rain
Doesn’t have tender soil
Doesn’t have a higher power
Shining down
All of that cuddled love
Seen and unseen
There, always
To help you keep
Growing
Through each daily
Grateful
Battle.
