Gratitude after Addiction

 

I give up you won

Playing with you stopped bring fun

 

At first you played nice

But you never named your price

 

I couldn’t see it then

But you were always one step ahead

Always messing with my head

 

Thought I was strong

But boy was I wrong

 

Spellbound

 

Underneath your spell

But soon I became unwell

 

Amphetamine, ketamine the occasional trip

Swallowing it whole

 

Even though it made me gip

 

I played your game

I rolled your dices

Oblivious of the sacrifices

 

I lashed out at loved ones

Convinced that nobody cared

 

Too afraid to admit that deep down I was really scared

 

I’d lost sight of me

The person I was meant to be

 

When I hit my rock bottom

I was defeated and lost

 

I was shattered beyond recognition

Turns out it was to be the start of my very own mission

 

It was in my darkest hours

I salvaged some inner power

 

And I started to flower

And nuggets of gold started to unfold

 

I slowly worked through the pain that you inflicted

And came to understand how I became addicted

 

I played your game once

But I’ll never play it twice

 

I learned the hard way

That you don’t play nice

 

I am no longer ashamed of the games we played

There are no regrets of our adventures to hell

 

Because after all – had you not taken me there

I would never have broken your spell

 

So don’t you worry about me

You did me a favour

Don’t you see?

 

I now realise you were always wrong

And in fact, the games that we played

Played a role in making me strong

 

I sometimes look back at the games we used to play

And thank my lucky stars I chose a different way

 

I play my own game now

Where I make the rules

 

I’m no longer confused

 

Our games helped me find a part of me

 

The person I was always meant to be

 

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