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An Addict’s Poem

An Addict’s Poem

May 18, 2015 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Believe, Clean & Sober, Disease, Judge, Life, Live Again, Mirror, Pain, Poem, Recovery, Strength, Suffer, War

Today I am borrowing from a website that posts poems written for and about addiction, by addicts, their family and friends. I hope you enjoy. A powerful poem, a day in the life of an addict trying to stay clean for another day. This is for everyone who helped me. My...
The Face of Heroin

The Face of Heroin

Mar 27, 2015 | Addict, Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Death, Epidemic, Heroin, Huffington Post, Katie Couric, Mirror, Residential Treatment, Treatment

What does a heroin addict look like? Everyone and anyone. Look over the table. Peer across the room. Turn to the right. Or to the left. Check behind you. Turn around, and around, and around. No matter where you look, that person looks like a heroin addict, because...

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