An Addicts Poem: A selection of poems written through addiction and recovery.

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My dear friend contemplates this every night laying in bed, fetal position; the anxiety if having to be a part of this.

I’ll sometimes lay silent, just waiting to strike, What’s yours becomes mine, coz I take what I like, I’ll take all you own and I won’t care who sees, I’m your constant companion…. I am your disease. Weeping on and on for seemingly endless time frames of a dilapidated relationship that was so strained that a miniscule breeze could cause it to collapse but still clinging to every memory as if they were vital hieroglyphics depicting your very essence. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.Radiate boundless love towards the entire world above, below and across. Unhindered without ill will without enmity.” Oh Buddha the truth as it ever was. Neil Steinberg: Yes. We’re under a variety of stresses. Getting a release can be difficult. I think substances are increasingly there. Drugs are becoming more legal, more available. Some of the Puritanical scorn that came along with consuming that kind of things are going away; it used to be a sin, and now it’s just a bad choice. So yes.

Going to book stores, coffee shops just to have some peace of mind and a moment of silence to themselves so that can weave the tapestry of imaginative innovation. Writing their own versions of the same story, endless doors of perception, reading news papers and taking it with a grain of salt. Watching the news on TV with a hand full of salt. Searching for the real story so they can know if the world they all live in is actually safe.I want to leave you with a quote that reminds me of [Deceased's Name]: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. And [Deceased's Name] had an incredible spirit within him, which we must cherish and keep in our hearts forever. You just can’t dismiss all the good times we’ve shared, When you were alone… wasn’t it I who appeared? When you sold those possessions you knew you would need, Wasn’t I the first one who stepped in and agreed? Parents bringing up their kids with values and morals, The Holy Bible, mantras and meditation, the Holy Quran, The Bhagavad Gita, and Upanishads. Islamic anecdotes and Jewish parables. His fragile arms wrap around me like a porcelain doll as he takes his last drag of his cigarette. He tells me it won’t **** him. Just as the euphoric experiences of all kinds of hard drugs differ significantly, so are their withdrawal symptoms. Despite their seeming surface unrelatedness, whichever hard drug it may be, the creation of an illegal and dangerous dependency in users is a common denominator.

It is no secret that [Deceased's Name] struggled with addiction. But it's important that we honor the person behind the struggle, the person who meant so much to us all. [Deceased's Name] was a man of immense courage, strength, and determination. To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you. Begin Again The feeling of an empty stomach, can be just as great as the feeling others get while watching ****. Mary Robinson, a writer and former actress, was far ahead of Coleridge with her claim to have been poetically inspired by taking laudanum, the medicinal opiate widely sold at grocers and pubs. In 1791, six years before the great Romantic poet woke from his reverie to write his mysterious masterpiece, Kubla Khan, Robinson’s poem, The Maniac, came to her after a night of delirious visions in Bath. Robinson took ‘near eighty drops of laudanum’ for pains in her leg and that night she had dreams about a homeless madman she had seen in the streets of Bath that day. In the morning she dictated the poem to her daughter and then later claimed to have no memory of the incident,” said Crawford.Share stories that highlight the positive memories and experiences of the person's life. Illustrate moments where the deceased made a difference in the lives of others or memories that showcase their true personality. Incorporating Quotes or Poems