Addiction in any form is rough. For me it was an addiction to people.


--- In borderlinecreativity@yahoogroups.com, Misty Dixon
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> My Addiction
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> I have been an addict for 10 long years,
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> And brought my family so many tears.
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> I asked the Lord to hear my cry,
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> And when he did not answer I wondered why.
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> My addiction made me stop about anyone and everything anymore,
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> Made my family wonder if I would ever change or carry on forever more.
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> I was so strung out that my future was no loger in sight,
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> My loved ones doing all they could but feared I would never see the
light.
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> My family was so full of fear,
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> But all I cared about was drugs and alcohol throughout my years.
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> My addiction turned me into someone I did not know or want to be,
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> But I was so pumped up with drugs I never could see; let alone believe.
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> I felt there was not an ounce of hope,
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> My loved ones could no longer cope.
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> I did the drugs to escape reality and pain,
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> It ended up turning my whole world upside down; making me totally
insane.
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> I have seen and done things I wish I never had,
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> No one realizes how much it makes me sad.
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> I turned my back on my loved ones and avoided them all as much as I
could,
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> Now I comprehend that I hurt everyone pretty damn good.
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> My loved ones thought they knew me exceptionally well,
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> I hid the monstrous creature I was `cause I knew it would break
their hearts and make the tears begin to swell.
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> I know that I have died on many occasions deep down inside of my core,
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> By then I was just a junkie, not caring, setting my sights on my
next score.
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> I have lived a life full of many regrets,
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> Now I have learned many valuable lessons I will not ever forget.
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> Written By Misty M. Dixon
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> Written On 10- 20-2002
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> For my parents and Lewis to try and understand.
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